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The Comics That Influenced The Batman

Avatar photo by Kambole Campbell March 9, 2022March 9, 2022

Though superhero movies are Hollywood’s biggest moneymakers, too often we forget their source material.

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DC Comic’s New Bisexual Superman Met With Homophobic Backlash

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia November 4, 2021November 4, 2021

A Brazilian athlete was fired from his team after making discriminatory remarks about character Jon Kent, who has a same-sex romance in an upcoming comic.

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Tired of Superheroes? Three Unconventional Comic Book Movies to Stream

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel March 22, 2021March 22, 2021

Here are a few great titles to check out that have nary a cape in sight.

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Zack Snyder’s Justice League, an Invaluable Historical Document of the Age of the Fan

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel March 18, 2021March 18, 2021

The result of a years-long fan campaign, the massive reedit of 2017’s much-maligned Justice League holds many lessons about contemporary film culture, production, and editing.

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After Viral Racist Encounter, Central Park Birder Shares Experience in Comic Form

Avatar photo by Kambole Campbell October 5, 2020November 5, 2020

A semi-fictionalized account of Christian Cooper’s own experiences, It’s a Bird takes on racist dog whistles with necessary straightforwardness.

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Centering the African Diaspora in Comics and Cartoons

Avatar photo by Eric Vilas-Boas November 12, 2019November 12, 2019

A new exhibition recognizes the importance of representation both on the comics page and in the hands of the artists making them.

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Joker Is a Thinly Veiled (and Thin) Take on ’80s NYC

by Mark Asch October 18, 2019November 4, 2019

The film is far too derivative, far too wedded to juvenile mythology, and far too tentative to deserve its elevated profile.

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The Comics That Defined DC’s Shuttering Vertigo Imprint

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel June 28, 2019November 3, 2019

With the influential mature comics line ending after more than 25 years, here are 10 series, both famous and lesser-known, which demonstrate some of the best it had to offer.

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