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+ a.o. scott, adrian tomine, comics, graphic novels, hortisculpture, killing and dying, translated, from the japanese, zadie smith

Style in Adrian Tomine’s “Killing and Dying”

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A few weeks ago, I was looking for a new graphic novel to read and someone suggested Adrian Tomine’s Killing and Dying (2015), a collection of six stories within one collection. These stories, specifically “Hortisculpture,” “Translated from Japanese,” “Killing and Dying,” and “Intruders” stuck out to me. Each of the stories in Killing and Dying address issues of modernity, isolation, loneliness, death, and a … Read More Style in Adrian Tomine’s “Killing and Dying”

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+ Chris Claremont, comics, lost cause, marvel comics, robert rodi, rogue, southern studies, the old south, Uncanny X-Men #185, uncanny x-men annual #11, x-men, X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills

The Same Old Same Old: Rogue and Representations of the South

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Chris Claremont and Michael Golden created Rogue in 1981, and she made her debut in Avengers Annual #10. What makes Rogue interesting to me is her place of origin, the fictional Caldecott County in Mississippi. Speaking with the Clarion Ledger in 2016, Claremont told Jacob Threadgill, “I felt, why should Louisiana get all the fun? … (Mississippi) was a place where the racial divisions … Read More The Same Old Same Old: Rogue and Representations of the South

+ comics, cyborg, david f walker, dc comics, deeyah khan, james baldwin, martenze johnson, mos def, nate powell, robert zorroinski, sa'iyda shabazz, solomon northup, techosapiens, todd robertson, victor stone, w.e.b. dubois, white right: meeting the enemy, Yasiin Bey

David Walker’s “Cyborg” and Identity: Part II

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Last post, I started looking at David Walker’s Cyborg, and I noted that his arc, “Unplugged,” is not an origin story about how Victor Stone became Cyborg. Instead, it is an arc chronicling how Victor Stone, as Cyborg, becomes Victor Stone. It’s an arc tracing how Victor Stone becomes visible to his family and society. It’s an arc that, at its core, encapsulates the … Read More David Walker’s “Cyborg” and Identity: Part II

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+ comics, cyborg, david f walker, dc comics, deathlok, dwayne mcduffie, invisible man, luke cage, nighthawk, ralph ellison, victor stone

David F. Walker’s “Cyborg” and Identity

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Last January, I posted a syllabus for a “Comics and Race” course that I constructed. At that time, I had not read any of David F. Walker’s work. A few months later, I read Nighthawk, and I was blown away. Nighthawk led me to other series by Walker such as Shaft, Luke Cage, Power Man and Iron Fist, and his recent work Bitter Root. … Read More David F. Walker’s “Cyborg” and Identity

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+ an age of license, comics, graphic novels, graphic travelogue, lucy knisley, travelogue

Connections in Lucy Knisley’s “An Age of License”

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Last post, I wrote about Lucy Knisley’s An Age of License (2014). Today, I want to continue looking at Knisley’s book, specifically as it relates to my continuing thoughts on the ways that travel and place connect us. Edvard Grieg once said, “Min mening er, at på samme måte som mennesket er individuelt og sosialt, slik er kunstneren både nasjonal og kosmopolitt!” (“My opinion … Read More Connections in Lucy Knisley’s “An Age of License”

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