Episode 18: The Marvel Bankruptcy Saga: Tulips, Bubbles, and Billionaires

 Sources Consulted:  

“Heroes World Distribution.” 2020. In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heroes_World_Distribution&oldid=942849989.

“How Marvel Went From Bankruptcy to Billions.” 2018. Den of Geek. April 17, 2018. https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/how-marvel-went-from-bankruptcy-to-billions/.

Lauer, Jonathon. 2018. “The History of Image Comics.” The Nerdd (blog). November 30, 2018. https://thenerdd.com/2018/11/30/the-history-of-image-comics/.

“MacAndrews & Forbes.” 2021. In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MacAndrews_%26_Forbes&oldid=1022721593.

“Marvel Comics.” 2021. In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marvel_Comics&oldid=1030337082.

“Ronald Perelman.” 2021. In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ronald_Perelman&oldid=1022882591.

SLOAN, ALLAN. 1991. “MARVEL COMICS DEAL SHOWS WHY PERELMAN IS THE INCREDIBLE HULK OF INVESTING.” Washington Post, June 4, 1991. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1991/06/04/marvel-comics-deal-shows-why-perelman-is-the-incredible-hulk-of-investing/1463f8bd-32ec-4360-99b8-13736ebc1295/.

 

Recommended Reading: 

 

• The Old Guard by Greg Rucka & Leandro Fernandez
• Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt by J.M. DeMatteis & Mike Zeck

Episode 17: What Makes a Monster? Monstress Review

 

Reading This Week: 

Monstress Vol. 1 by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda

Sources Consulted:   

Cruz, Lenika. "Marjorie Liu on the Road to Making 'Monstress.'" The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/09/marjorie-liu-monstress-interview/539394/

McMillan, Graeme (2015, November 3). "'Monstress': Inside the Fantasy Comic About Race, Feminism And The Monster Within." The Hollywood Reporter. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/monstress-inside-fantasy-comic-race-836391/

Narcisse, Evan (2015, November 23). "Monstress Is a Gorgeous Comic Book About Racism, War and Slavery." Kotaku. https://kotaku.com/monstress-is-a-gorgeous-comic-book-about-racism-war-an-1744178284

Rosberg, Caitlin (2015, Novermber 10). "Monstress Captivates with Its Fusion of Western Comics and Manga." A.V. Club. https://www.avclub.com/monstress-captivates-with-its-fusion-of-western-comics-1798286246

Song, Min Hyoung. "Monsters Come Home: On Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda's 'Monstress.'" Los Angeles Review of Books. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/monsters-come-home-marjorie-liu-sana-takedas-monstress/

Vesenlinovic, Milena (2014, December 16). "How a Lawyer Left the Courtroom to Discover She Had X-Men Powers." CNN. https://edition.cnn.com/2014/12/16/world/asia/marjorie-liu-bestselling-author-lawyer/

 Recommended Reading:

• Inuyasha Vol. 1: Pulled Through Time! by Rumiko Takahashi
• Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero-O’Connell

Episode 16: Print and Pride: Zines Through The Years

 

 

Sources Consulted:

Coyner, Libby. LibGuides: Zines: AIDS/HIV Activism through Zines. https://elon.libguides.com/zines/ACTUP. Accessed 28 Apr. 2021. Duncombe, Stephen. Notes from Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture. Verso, 1997, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/003949584. Glover, Cameron. “A Labor Of Love: Why Zines Will Always Be An Important Part Of Queer Culture.” GO Magazine, 25 Oct. 2017, http://gomag.com/article/what-zines-mean-to-the-queer-community/. Portillo, Nayeli. “The Queer Zine Archive Project Is Preserving LGBTQ+ Stories Mainstream Media Won’t.” Them., https://www.them.us/story/queer-zine-archive-project-milwaukee. Accessed 28 Apr. 2021. QZAP - Queer Zine Archive. https://archive.qzap.org/index.php/About/Index. Accessed 28 Apr. 2021.

Recommended Reading: 

• Your Black Friend by Ben Passmore
• Batwoman: Elegy by Greg Rucka & J.H. Williams III
• Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 12: Grasscutter by Stan Sakai
  
  

Episode 15: Pride for a New Generation: Who the #*&% Are the Young Avengers?

Reading This Week: 

Young Avengers (2005-2006) by Allan Heinberg & Jim Cheung

Sources Consulted:   

Colton, David (2008, January 9). "Comic Fans Fume as Marvel Erases Spidey-MJ Marriage."  USA Today. https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2008-01-09-spider-man-marriage_N.htm

Figuracion, Neil (2005, November 4). "Who The #*&% Is Allan Heinberg - Part 3." Broken Frontier. https://web.archive.org/web/20061112145454/http://www.brokenfrontier.com/lowdown/details.php?id=262

Jeffers. (2007). "Tom D/Avengers Next Interview in the Pulse." Comicboards. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927024530/http://www.comicboards.com/spidergirl/view.php?trd=061119024401

Melrose, Kevin (2006, June 16). "Young Avengers Wins GLAAD Award." Newsrama. http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/16/young-avengers-wins-glaad-award/

Heinberg, Allan (2018, October 10). "Guest Speaker Series: Allan Heinberg." newyorkfilmacademy. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70qU-DnCTHU&t=146s

 Recommended Reading:

• Birds of Prey (1999-2009) Vol. 3 by Chuck Dixon & Jackson Guice & Greg Land
• Champions (2016-2018) by Mark Waid & Humberto Ramos

Episode 14: Pride Up: A History of Gays in Comics

 Sources Consulted:  

“COMICON.Com: ANDREYKO & MANHUNTER: Love Is In The Air.” 2006. February 20, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060220114232/http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=004667.

“Dan DiDio Batwoman Marriage.” 2013. The Mary Sue (blog). September 7, 2013. https://www.themarysue.com/dc-comics-no-marriage/.

“DC Forbids Batwoman’s Gay Marriage, Creative Team Leaves [Updated!].” n.d. Gizmodo. Accessed June 1, 2021. https://gizmodo.com/dc-wont-allow-batwomans-gay-marriage-to-be-depicted-1257106266.

Glen Weldon. Twitter Post. July 15, 2020, 1:40 PM. https://twitter.com/ghweldon/status/1283471460305166339.

“Image Comics :: View Topic - The Freedom Ring Controversy.” 2007. September 27, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210726/http://www.imagecomics.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=20996.

Kawasaki, Anton. n.d. “Obsidian – GAY LEAGUE.” Accessed June 1, 2021. https://gayleague.com/obsidian/.

“LGBT Themes in American Mainstream Comics.” 2021. In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LGBT_themes_in_American_mainstream_comics&oldid=1023351863.

“LGBT Themes in Comics.” 2021. In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LGBT_themes_in_comics&oldid=1025835931.

“Prism Comics » Features » In and Out: A Brief History of Marvel’s 2006 Gay Policies.” 2010. March 16, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100316054502/http://prismcomics.org/display.php?id=1304.

  

Recommended Reading: 

• Leif and Thorn by Erin Ptah  
• My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Kabi Nagata