Comics
‘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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‘Joker’ exposes the broken class system that creates its own monsters
October 4, 2019“Kill the rich– a new movement?” - Joker
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Winnipeg 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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Thought police: Growing censorship of comics threatens education
July 19, 2019The old saying goes that reading is fundamental, but there are forces are at work that seek to limit the kind of reading materials allowed in the classroom.
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