Dressing Luke Cage
Costume designer Stephanie Maslansky talks about Luke Cage’s fashion sense, sharp-dressed villains and dressing the Marvel Universe.
The Projection Booth on Doomed
The Projection Booth has a special report on Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman’s the Fantastic Four (2015). “Mike talks with director Marty Langford, actor Carl Ciarfalio and journalist Chris Gore. Rod Lott and Rob St. Mary join Mike to discuss the film and how it fits […]
“Ms. Marvel Will Save You Now”
At The Village Voice, Mallika Rao writes about Ms. Marvel Kamala Khan and diversity in superhero comics–with a special interview with G. Willow Wilson. “A sixteen-year-old “morph,” or shape-shifter, Khan reboots a series started in the 1960s, offering a kind of girl counterpoint to Captain Marvel. In 2014, […]
Revisiting Dakota North
This week’s Guest Star is Nick Hanover on the underappreciated Dakota North! ~~~ 1986 was a year of changes for comics, with the Big Two working overtime to freshen up their respective lines with series that could compete with the booming indie world for adult readers who were […]
“The Marvel Symphonic Universe”
“People do not remember safe music.” Tony Zhou has more on soundtracks in general and Marvel’s film music in particular at Every Frame A Painting.
“On The Death of James Rhodes–War Machine”
Thaddeus Howze writes about the death of superhero James Rhodes/War Machine. “James Rhodes as a character, was part of the iconic roster of characters who guided my choices growing up, a part of the ideals I aspired to being a child of the late 70s when his character […]
The Cultural Gutter 