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Dracula, for the Mature Reader: How Marvel Built a ‘70s Horror Book Around a Victorian-Era Monster, Part 2

Gerard Waggett — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 11:00:12 +0000

On the 50th Anniversary of Tomb of Dracula, Gerard Waggett concludes his look back at the book, warts and all. [more]

Dracula, for the Mature Reader: How Marvel Built a ‘70s Horror Book Around a Victorian-Era Monster, Part 1

Gerard Waggett — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 12:00:06 +0000

On the 50th Anniversary of Tomb of Dracula, Gerard Waggett takes a look back at the book, warts and all. [more]

Citizenship 101: The DC Public Service Announcements of the 1950s and 1960s

Brian Puaca — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 23:30:04 +0000

An unlikely 1949 brown paper schoolbook cover produced by DC Comics and distributed by the Institute for American Democracy (IAD) received a great deal of attention following the violent protests in Charlottesville in August 2017.… [more]

Exploring White Privilege in Christopher Priest’s Black Panther: Part 2, Hunter, the White Wolf

Michael Hoskin — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 17:25:50 +0000

Hunter glided into the pages of Black Panther stealthily, first trailing him under a cloak of invisibility in the closing panels of issue #3, before fully appearing in issue #4. Even then, his back story… [more]

Exploring White Privilege in Christopher Priest’s Black Panther: Part 1, Everett K. Ross

Michael Hoskin — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 15:37:58 +0000

It seems shocking that it took more than 30 years for Marvel’s flagship black superhero Black Panther to have a writer who was himself black. This milestone on its own would have made Christopher Priest’s… [more]

Green Lantern’s Burden: Re-Evaluating the Superhero Genre’s ‘Woke’ Moment

Daniel Guy — Thu, 28 May 2020 21:20:42 +0000

At the turn of the new decade, as the euphoric epoch of the 1960s finally withered away, the symbols of American optimism took on new burdens and new crises. The superheroes of the 1970s, now… [more]

Gunning for Hits #1: Image Comics and Power and Responsibility

Tom Shapira — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 11:00:51 +0000

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An Open Letter to Guys

Mike Phillips — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 23:50:37 +0000

Editor’s Note: The author of this piece requested anonymity. Dear Guys, It sucks being a woman these days. I am a straight, cisgender, white woman, and there is not a day that goes by that… [more]

Politics, Power, and the Black Panther: A Commentary

Jeffrey Kahan — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 17:28:05 +0000

Much has been said about the recent blockbuster film, Black Panther. As of this writing— and the film has yet to play a full week—it has already grossed nearly $1 billion, and global box office… [more]

Hidden Figures: An Old-Fashioned Feel-Good Movie that Teaches

Ian Dawe — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 21:00:45 +0000

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Professor Nancy Wang Yuen on Her Career, Pop-Culture Studies, and Her Book, Reel Inequality

Nicholas Yanes — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 18:15:16 +0000

Reel Inequality" title="Professor Nancy Wang Yuen on Her Career, Pop-Culture Studies, and Her Book, Reel Inequality" style="float:left;" />Professor Nancy Wang Yuen is a sociologist, documentary producer, and pop culture geek who has made a career examining how mass media represents Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. She has recently published a book titled,… [more]

Look Away, Dixie Land: Reflections on Life in the South, Racist Iconography, and Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing

Greg Carpenter — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 11:00:25 +0000

When I was very young, my family used to make an annual summer trip to Dogpatch, U.S.A. Nestled in the Ozark Mountains near Harrison, Arkansas, Dogpatch was a small amusement park inspired by Al Capp’s… [more]

Dead Cousins: On Menace II Society

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 12:00:22 +0000

Menace II Society" title="Dead Cousins: On Menace II Society" style="float:left;" />"Now O-Dog was the craziest nigga alive. America's nightmare. Young, black, and didn't give a fuck." [more]

Truth, Justice, and Ferguson

Anthony Castle — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 11:00:21 +0000

The story of Ferguson, an image of small town USA torn apart, unfolded through the media in increasing complexity. First, there were the tragic reports of a black, unarmed teenager shot six times, twice in… [more]

An Apology to Pam Noles

Julian Darius — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 04:53:05 +0000

Early this year, I wrote an analysis of an interview Alan Moore did with Pádraig Ó Méalóid. One day after it went live, I learned that the “Batman scholar” referenced in the interview (whom I’d… [more]

Cosplay and Color: Skin Tone and Character Portrayals

J. Holder Bennett — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 11:00:29 +0000

Among my other duties for A-Kon is administering the social media pages, the Facebook group in particular. Recently there was an interesting debate on the use of cosmetics and other techniques to alter one’s skin… [more]

To the Heart of Will Eisner

Greg Carpenter — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 12:00:27 +0000

Some of you may remember that back in January, when I first started writing this weekly column, we conducted a poll of Sequart contributors who ranked the greatest works and most important creators in comics… [more]