Tag: Comics
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The Lois Lane ‘Batman V Superman’ Doesn’t Think You Can Handle
Here’s why The Daily Planet’s ace reporter is far more than just Superman’s victimised girlfriend.
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A Female Character’s Waistline Should be as Realistic as Her Job Description
If we want our heroines to look more positively ‘realistic’ then the parameters of their realism need to be defined by their individual lifestyles just as we real women are defined by ours.
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The Dark Gender Politics of ‘Black Butler’ Are The Secret To Its Success
Although there is something negative to be found in the twinning of androgyny with the monstrous, I think that what Toboso ultimately proves by playing on that connection in Black Butler is that we are perhaps more uncomfortable with androgyny then demonism, and this is the story’s unique appeal.
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Make Your Ultimate Disney-owned Property Team in #TheBigFour Game!
This started as a little time-waster game at the comic book company I work for (Cosmic Anvil – producers of the Age of Revolution comic book series) but we found it so much fun I decided to spread it out into the wider world! To form your team, all you have to do is choose ONE character…
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Disability Visibility in Comics & Manga
Roughly a year ago now I started reading a manga called Gangsta online and became pretty much hooked from the first few pages. I lapped up every chapter that was available, and every subsequent chapter that was painfully slowly uploaded by the scanlators (I would explain what a ‘scanlator’ is, but the clue…
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Comic Lore: Batman, Superman, and The Third Identity
“As you know, I’m quite keen on comic books. Especially the ones about superheroes. I find the whole mythology surrounding superheroes fascinating. Take my favorite superhero, Superman. Not a great comic book. Not particularly well-drawn. But the mythology… The mythology is not only great, it’s unique…Now, a staple of the superhero mythology is, there’s the…
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