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+ augustus freeman iv, beverly daniel tatum, comics, dc comics, icon, kurt busiek, maria beccari, matt wayne, milestone comics, milestone media, raquel ervin, rocket, ron wilson

“All you got to do is do it”: Todd Loomis and Icon

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Last Thursday, I wrote about Milestone Comic’s Icon and representation. Today, I want to continue that discussion by focusing on Icon #11, “What I did on my vacation.” Throughout Icon, discussions of representation, specifically within comic books and popular media constantly appear. Icon #11 directly focuses on this by having a 4th grader, Todd Loomis, narrate the issue.

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+ augustus freeman iv, comics, dc comics, dwayne mcduffie, icon, M.D. Bright, milestone comics, milestone media, raquel ervin, representation, rocket

“What do you stand for?” Icon, Rocket, and Representation

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In 1993, Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Michael Davis, and Derek T. Dingle, and Christopher Priest founded Milestone Media, an imprint that worked to bring greater representation to comics. They achieved this through the creation of characters such as the Blood Syndicate, Hardware, Static, Icon, and Rocket. Today, I want to look at a couple of issues of Icon, specifically issues #1 and #11. Each of … Read More “What do you stand for?” Icon, Rocket, and Representation

+ alan moore, comics, dc comics, grindhouse, p.o.s., Qiana J. Whitted, southern gothic, southern history, southern literature, swamp thing

The Master Narrative in Alan Moore’s “Swamp Thing”

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Last post, I wrote about some of the Gothic elements in issues #41 and #42 of Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing and the repetition of the “unsuccessfully repressed.” Today, I want to continue that discussion some by looking at the conclusion of issue #42, “Strange Fruit.” Rather than breaking with the past by burning the roots of hate and prejudice, the space shifts from Robertaland … Read More The Master Narrative in Alan Moore’s “Swamp Thing”

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+ black panther, christopher priest, comics, dc comics, deathlok, don mcgregor, dwayne mcduffie, graphic novels, jack kirby, marvel, marvel cinematic universe, marvel comics, Pedagogy, race, stan lee, swamp thing

Comics and Race Syllabus

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Over the past couple of years, I have really started to dive into comics and graphic novels. Initially, I would just look through the local library to find books on the shelf. Here, I found texts such as Southern Bastards, Scalped, Bayou, I Am Alfonso Jones, and more. Since then, I have started looking at these texts more, especially series such as Black Panther and … Read More Comics and Race Syllabus

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