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Eradicating Hate is “Like Trying to Erode a Mountain and the Truth is Rain”

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When I first read Chip Zdarsky and Daniel Acuña’s Avengers: Twilight earlier this year, I knew I wanted to teach it at some point, and I did just that in my “Who Watches Superheroes?” course. As I reread the series in preparation for class, Bullseye’s comments in issue #5 as the Avengers moved to attack Red Skull stood out. The series revolves around older versions of … Read More Eradicating Hate is “Like Trying to Erode a Mountain and the Truth is Rain”

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Using the Bible to Justify Blinding Hate in “X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills”

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The connections between the Moral Majority’s Jerry Falwell and Reverend William Stryker in Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson’s X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills is pretty apparent. I wrote about this in my previous post, and a few years back I pointed out how the graphic novel ties itself to the historical violence enacted against African Americans and others in the United States. Today, I … Read More Using the Bible to Justify Blinding Hate in “X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills”

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The Moral Majority and “X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills”

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Writing about the lynching of Mark and Jill, two Black children, at the beginning of Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson’s X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills, John Jennings points out the use of the word “Mutie,” a label that the Purifiers put onto the dangling bodies of the two children. Jennings writes, “the slur “MUTIE” has come to represent for many, all racial, ethnic, homophobic and … Read More The Moral Majority and “X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills”

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Page Layouts in Kaare Andrews Iron Fist Series

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Kaare Andrews run on Iron Fist deeply engages with issues of whiteness, capitalism, loss, revenge, and more. These are all extrmemly important themes that, at some point, I want to write about in relation to the series. Today, though, I want to continue the discussion I started in my previous post about the ways that Andrews’ Iron Fist engages us as readers, making us active collaboraters in the … Read More Page Layouts in Kaare Andrews Iron Fist Series

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+ comics, ernest j gaines, iron fist, kaare kyle andrews, marvel comics, ralph ellison

The Opening Kaare Andrews’ “Iron Fist”

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Ever since I first picked up trade versions of Kaare Andrews’ 2014 Iron Fist: The Living Weapon run, I’ve been enthralled. Initially, the artwork and Andrews’ commentary, throughout, on whiteness and capitalism really stood out. The latter is a theme that runs through his equally amazing Renato Jones: The One% (2016). Recently, I started rereading Iron Fist, and what really grabbed me this time … Read More The Opening Kaare Andrews’ “Iron Fist”

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