Comics
The Jewish Labor Bund, a history in comic book form
October 17, 2023The Bund is no great mystery to serious students of modern Jewish history, though a full understanding of its achievements may still be limited to those who can read Yiddish.
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New ‘Doctor Strange’ is fantastic – if imperfect – phantasmagoria
May 18, 2022This feels very much like a real Sam Raimi film, rather than yet another film that feels like it was slapped haphazardly together on the corporate Marvel/Disney assembly line.
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‘The Boys’ take on corporate superheroes for hire in comic TV adaptation
September 9, 2020The Boys is rip-roaring action fun, but also a very dark comedic look at U.S. corporate capitalism and mass-media politics.
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‘Redbone’: Native American rock band shines in new graphic novel
September 4, 2020Redbone, a band consisting of four Native American musicians, officially formed in 1969, but their journey began many years earlier. 'Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band' is a new graphic novel that...
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HBO’s ‘Watchmen’: Who will guard the guards?
January 7, 2020Watchmen is an unblinking look at American right-wing populism and racism, through the eyes of lead Black characters in a science fiction comic book superstructure.
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