Posts Tagged: Archie Comics
The Super-Secret Identities of Clark Kent and Stan Lee
Such is the paradox of comics: they’re the medium of the marginalized, yet they remain wildly popular. Perhaps that’s because in some way, at some point, everyone will feel marginalized and need a seat at the table in the cafeteria away from the jocks. Even the jocks. Jabeen Akhtar looks back to the publication of […]
...moreThe Works Behind the Work
Over at the New Yorker, Meg Wolitzer writes about the cultural influences that helped inform her novel The Interestings. They include Archie comics, folk music, and Michael Apted’s “Up” films”: A good chunk of what you need to know about the characters in the “Up” films is right there in their childhoods, and I suppose that’s true […]
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The New York Comics Symposium: “In Your Place: Bishakh Som’s Other Worlds and Once-Removed Life Stories” featuring Bishakh Som, moderated by Adam McGovern
The New York Comics & Picture-Story Symposium is a weekly forum for discussing the tradition and future of text/image work.
...moreSaturday Morning Links
Because it’s Saturday, and because at heart I’m a child, Who Pooped? It’s hard to say just how super they are, but there are superheroes roaming around. I wonder if the warnings about Jim still hold? Ever wanted to tell someone to wipe their ass with a TPS Report? You can make it happen now. […]
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