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Tag Archives: Spiderman
After the Brussels Bombings: Rethinking Heroes and Villains
This is not the blog post I had planned to write on April Fools’ Day. But reverberations from the recent Brussels bombings (and now the Lahore attacks) shifted my attention, compelling me back to 9/11 and its explosions. Read on. … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11 attacks, Al-Quaeda, anti-Semitism, Art Spiegelman, Baba Yaga's Assistant, Belgian cartoon, bombings, Brussels, Charlie Hebdo, Christians, DC superheroes, Emily Carroll, Footnotes in Gaza, Gavrilo Princip The Assassin Who Ignited World War I, George Remi, Herge, heroes, In the Shadow of No Towers, Islamic terrorists, Joe Sacco, Journalism, Lahore, Marika McCoola, Marvel superheroes, Muslims, Nimona, Noelle Stevenson, Palestine, racism, Spiderman, terrorism, Tintin, Tintin in America, Tintin in the Congo, villains
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Captaining America: Tales of Two Icons
What could Captain America and Helen Keller possibly have in common? Read on . . . . As Independence Day approaches, movie theaters try to lure customers with patriotic blockbusters, or at least action-packed adventures, echoing the fight for freedom … Continue reading
Posted in graphic novels
Tagged African American, African American soldiers, Annie Sullivan, Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller, Axel Alonso, Black soldiers, Boston, Captain America, Captain America: Truth, cartooning, cartoons, comic books, experimentation, Faith Bradley, graphic novels, Helen Keller, Helen Keller in Love, illustration, Isaiah Bradley, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Joseph Lambert, Kyle Baker, Latino, Man of Steel, Marvel Comics, Marvel Publications, Massachusetts, Miles Morales, Mohammed Ali, Nelson Mandela, Oscars, Perkins School for the Blind, Peter Parker, plagiarism, racism, realism, realistic, Robert Morales, Rosie Sutton, science, social justice, Spiderman, Spike Lee, Steve Rogers, Superman, The Frost Fairies, The Frost King, The Miracle Worker, Truth: Red White and Black, Tuskegee Sylphilis Experiment, William Gibson, YALSA Best Graphic Novel
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