Last week my article started with what I see is an obvious trend among comic book companies. That trend was the ‘mad angry look” that many comic book superheroes spout when they are looking out from a cover or poster. While writing the piece I came upon an idea to create some “Happy Heroes.” So…
Tomorrow is Mothers Day. To some, it’s the most important day of the year. To others, it’s a crass exploitation, using real feelings to sell flowers, brunch, and long-distance calls. In superhero comics, it’s pretty much a non-event. Good mothers are almost non-existent, if not dead. The good moms send their children away (see Lara)…
Some of us are total suckers for magic. I mean, let’s be honest, all that super-science stuff that purports to explain how people have superpowers and everything — how different is that really than just saying "He flies? She shoots beams from her eyes? It’s magic!" To some of us it’s all much of a…
Why do we like superheroes? There are many theories. The one that makes the most sense to me is that they arise from our frustrations with our own bodies. As someone who was once the mother of a two-year old (as well as once a two-year old myself), I’ve seen how the rage and frustration…
Maybe it’s because of Women’s History Month, or maybe it’s the time of (wo)man. But for those of us who like to idealize (rather than fetishize or objectify) women superheroes, there’s a lot of good stuff online right now. Besides getting their fill of Buffy and Wonder Woman, readers can linger over Alan Kistler’s exhaustive…
