Where the Wonder Women Are: #34 Molly Hayes/Bruiser of the Runaways
Okay, I have another favourite. Don’t tell Gert! But how can you not love an eleven-year-old who goes by the superhero name Bruiser? Well, she was Princess Powerful first, but even that is pretty...
View ArticleWhere the Wonder Women Are: #35 Big Barda
When I first met Scott and Barda Free, they were living a life of domestic bliss, occasionally punctuated by explosions and the other side effects of having a superhero in the family. Scott went off to...
View ArticleXX-Men
The new X-Men series caught my attention because of the all female line-up. All female characters, that is, as both the writer and artist on the series are in fact male. Intriguing then that it’s the...
View ArticleWonder Woman is Not the Problem
I’ve been meaning to write this for a while. How often do we hear about The Problem with Wonder Woman? That one is actually a very pro-Wonder Woman article which addresses many of the sillier myths...
View ArticleThat Captain America Movie (and that imaginary Black Widow movie)
I didn’t expect to start caring about Captain America. Even when I started getting seriously into the reading of Marvel comics (something I’ve only been doing this decade as opposed to DC comics which...
View ArticleIssue #1 – Thor (2014)
The Marvel comics universe is huge and sprawling and complex – and it’s tricky sometimes to figure out where to hop aboard. I thought since I’ve been on a comics kick lately, I’d do some short reviews...
View ArticleIssue #1 – Spider-Woman (2014)
Title: Spider-Woman #1 [AKA this Spider-quest brings all the Spider-Gals to the Spider-yard] Writer: Dennis Hopeless Artist: Greg Land The Buzz: Mostly the buzz around this comic was the negative kind...
View ArticleIssue #1 – Convergence Special – Oracle, JLI, Batgirl
A slightly different Issue #1 review this time – because DC Comics have exploded with a multitude of #1s of the like unseen since the New 52 revamp. I hate a massive sprawling comics event as much as...
View ArticleIssue #1: The Adventures of Supergirl
Title: The Adventures of Supergirl #1 Writer: Sterling Gates Artist: Bengal (cover by Cat Staggs) The Buzz: This digital-first comic is based on the CBS Supergirl series, which provides a whole bunch...
View ArticleEmotional Masculinity and Lost Opportunities: Why Deadpool 2 is Better Than...
ALL THE SPOILERS seriously I’m gonna talk about every beat of this movie and you don’t want that, not if you’re planning to see it, so only read this without seeing the movie if you’re that person who...
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