Tag: DC Comics
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The Editorial: Following the Trends
Modern comics marketing focuses heavily on branding and social media, recognizing a shift in the consumer’s habits and desire for personal engagement.
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Previous Issues: Ripple Effect
A Death in the Family changed comic fans’ expectations of the status quo and shaped the industry path of development for brand interactions with fans.
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‘Cause You Had A Bad Day
King and Gerads craft a story of Riddler’s criminology change in the first of 8 issues featuring Gotham’s villains for this week’s shelf spotlight.
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Weekly Wrap-Up: August 12th, 2022
This week offered several throw-back-themed comic announcements, extending of limited series, and a streaming premiere that was not one to sleep on.
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Awake vs. “Woke”
The long-awaited adaptation of The Sandman has dropped, and while the inclusive casting has caused debate, it’s deeply rooted in the source material.
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Batgirl Forever
The cancellation of Batgirl raises more questions than answers, especially with WB’s negative press issues since the announcement of the film in 2017.
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The Slow Thaw: Starfire
Starfire was the jumping-off point for many female millennial fans, but the character features a long history of controversy hidden behind big hair.
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The Slow Thaw: Barbara Gordon
Barbara Gordon was fridged out of even her most horrific and iconic storyline, which happens in a title that’s not even her own.
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The Slow Thaw: Wonder Woman
In the first section of my much-requested Art History Final, we discuss how the style of character design and storyline changes from the 1980’s-2020 in three examples.
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The Slow Thaw of Women in Refrigerators
In Nightwing #90, Babs makes a reference to getting “fridged” when she’s trapped in a refrigerated truck. (Seriously, Tom? You know I love you, man, but oof.) I reblogged a post about how icky it made me feel as a female comics fan and wrote “I could write a whole essay about this… and I…
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