Guest Column: Reflections in a Funhouse Mirror – The Joy of Superheroes

This week’s Inside Out is a guest column by the wildy brilliant Katherine Keller, Editrix in Chief of Sequential Tart. Next week, I’ll be back with the gory details of why I missed Comic-Con–which are nowhere near as cool as what Katherine has to say here: So, I’m trying to put into words why I [...]

Five Blogs That Make Me Think

Oh, my! I am awash with blushy pride, for the fine folk of The Hathor Legacy have awarded Inside Out a Thinking Blogger Award! The deal with Thinking Blogger Awards is as follows: 1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think, 2. Link [...]

Stop, Look, and Listen

The white feminist comics blogosphere–me included–has been ignoring and pussyfooting around the issue of race for way too long. It’s time to stop. Please take the time you’d normally spend reading my column to read this post by Cheryl Lynn, if you haven’t already. Stay off the defensive. Just sit down, shut up, and listen [...]

Difficult Questions

1. You are a comic-book writer or editor attempting to create a team of superheroes. You are sensitive to diversity issues in comics, but as a heterosexual white man, you are concerned that if you make characters of color, gay characters, or (wonder of wonders!) both, you will be accused of tokenism and appropriation. What [...]

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