Deepanjana Pal expands a piece she wrote for India Today, giving an overview of some fine Indian comic creators and considering the state of comics in India. “Far away from bookshelves and in corners of the internet, a vibrant scene emerges, full of new artists and innovative voices […]
At the Public Medievalist, Paul Sturtevant continues series on race, racism and the middle ages with a look at the use of “race” in fantasy, including Dungeons & Dragons: “Tolkien crafted his fantasy world intricately. He, for example, took great pains to calculate distances and accommodate for the […]
One of the greatest joys in my life is coming across almost ineffable wonder. I take pleasure in the good and the bad, sure, but there are wonders in this world. There is art that transcends our petty categories of “good” and “bad.” Things I find difficult or […]
At Film School Rejects, Ciara Wardlow writes about “A Century of Female Fandom” and the stereotypes female fans have faced for the last hundred years or so. “[T]he biggest change from the 1910s criticisms of female fandom and the 2010s criticisms of female fandom is that while, in […]
At Women Write About Comics, Clara Mae talks about Mantis–her history as a character and how she was portrayed in James Gunn’s Guardians Of The Galaxy 2. “When it was announced that director James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy 2 would feature Pom Klementieff as Mantis, I was […]
Friend of the Gutter Brian Kirby has made a swank roll call for Toho Monsters. Download a high resolution copy of the poster for free!
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