Comics
‘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.
Read more‘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...
Read moreHBO’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.
Read more‘Joker’ exposes the broken class system that creates its own monsters
October 4, 2019“Kill the rich– a new movement?” - Joker
Read moreWinnipeg General Strike pops off the page in new comic history
September 16, 2019This is a timely contribution to public understanding of the event which did so much to shape the working-class struggles of the 20th century, told in a way that reflects and amplifies the left politics which...
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