Surviving The 100’s State of Nature Edwardo Pérez “Take me home,” says Octavia to her horse at the end of “A Lie Guarded,” climbing atop Helios after being stabbed through the gut from a sword battle with Echo and falling backwards off a cliff into a river. It’s a thrilling scene for a character who’s…
When Chance Took Us to Church The Problem with (White) Liberal Neutrality By Matthew William Brake Did you watch the Grammys last week? Yeah, me neither, but I heard about them the next day. One of the main stories to come out of the Grammys was Chance the Rapper’s performance of various Christian worship songs…
“Sorcery”? “Science”? Magic and Spirit in the Marvel Cinematic Universe by Armond Boudreaux One of the most interesting developments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since its inception almost ten years ago has come, not in an Avengers or an Iron Man film, but in a television show and in a movie based on one of…
The Politics of Nick Spencer’s Captain America by Armond Boudreaux Nick Spencer’s Captain America books (Captain America: Sam Wilson and Captain America: Steve Rogers) have been some of the most politically-charged comics that we’ve seen in a long time. Spencer is clearly influenced and inspired by the Captain America comics of the 1970s and…
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