In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Brown v. Board of Education which overturned Jim Crow racial segregation in the public schools. That mattered little in most of the country when white privilege was normalized, and white supremacy went unchallenged. Black people had no real say. Whites controlled most everything, as they still…
I did a little bit of research for today’s column just to make sure I had my facts right, Googling “Jewish influence on comic books” in honor of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. There were 509,000 hits, from Den of Geek’s Mensch of Steel: Superman’s Jewish Roots to the Daily Beast’s Superman is Jewish?:…
With half a dozen comic book based films set to open in weeks and sales inside the comic shops at an all time low, where is it all heading? We talked to Comic Historian and Author GERARD JONES on his perspective, plus trouble with the HAPPY DAYS Crew and a DOCTOR WHO History Crash Course….
Networked: Carabella on the Run By Gerard Jones & Mark Badger 134 pages, NBM Publishing, $12.99 The issue of privacy in the digital age is an ongoing dialogue as some people feel too much personal information is available to anyone skilled at cyber research while others prefer sharing every aspect of their lives. For several…
