At the University of Mary Washington
My grandson, PJ is brilliant! There is no doubt about that. All someone has to do is spend some time with him and they can see how fantastic he is. Although he primarily likes to keep to himself – do his own thing – he has some favorite people and things that he loves, and […]
Modern comic books have been around since the 1930s. At first reprints of newspaper comic strips in book form, they became popular just before and during World War II with stories of superheroes with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men, and again in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Since the 1980s, […]
This would give me life. I grew up religiously watching The Golden Girls with my mom. Now I simply play it in the background of my life. It’s always on, putting some joy in my stressful college days. So, when I ran across this random article that talked about making The Golden Girls into a […]
Bitch Planet is a comic created by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro that follows the lives of female prisoners in a futuristic dystopia of sexism and oppression taken to the extreme. The ads within it parody 1950’s style, satirizing modern day sexism and reflecting the values and norms of the Bitch Planet universe […]
Comics from larger companies, like DC or Marvel, have worked to make progressions in their contents through some mental illnesses as well as sexuality and gender. However, there are comics that have been pushing those topics for years; webcomics. Webcomics made by individuals who want to share their own experiences or researched experiences that are […]
Nowadays comics are constantly being turned into television shows and films, and this business is growing more and more everyday. Two of the most famous comic developers that have had their work developed into film and television shows are Marvel and DC. However, there are also comics that are based off of previously created television […]
Some of you may be familiar with the MPAA, or Motion Picture Association of America. This is a large lobbying and regulatory group that represents the six largest studios in the US. This is also the agency that rates movies on a scale of G to NC-17. Originally, movies were rated based on state decisions. […]
A few years ago, I was re-reading the webcomic Namesake, a story I had fallen out of reading as life had gotten in the way. As I was reading,one of the pages was a promotional picture for the creator’s kickstarter for a book. Interested in the outcome (since this was taking place in 2016, two […]
Over the last couple years it seems as though movies have more recently been focusing on the world of superheros. Such comic book companies as Marvel and DC have released titles that are beloved by dedicated comic book readers around the world. Titles such as The Avengers, Black Panther, and, Spider Man, have brought in thousands of movie […]