Stuck in the Krakoan Age

I've been working my way through the Krakoan Age of the X-Men comics. I got through all of Dawn of X and Reign of X. I went to start Destiny of X and found no books on my Kindle. I was at work, so I just switched to Ultimate X-Men since I really should read…

Onward and backward?

My dissertation chair has the first complete draft of my dissertation. Most of it has been revised according to his feedback, so I'm feeling good about it. I think we're both hoping that whole thing will be done this semester. That means I can start working on other things. Like going back to my master's…

Oracle accepted!

About a month ago I posted about a conference I submitted to (https://deviatefromnorm.wordpress.com/2024/02/14/a-glitch-in-the-system/). I got the e-mail that my proposal was accepted!!! This is really exciting for me. One, it gives me something else to work on in addition to the dissertation (and will hopefully inspire more work on the dissertation). Two, I really feel…

A Glitch in the System

Recently I saw a call for papers for the Comic Study Society. I am a founding member of CSS and I see the annual calls for presenters for the annual conference. Usually it's more of the fact that I can't afford to go, commonly combined with the theme not speaking to me. I saw this…

Circling Back to the X-Men

As usual, I went to DragonCon this year. I'm just starting to get my brain back in working order. I think a solid night's sleep will do the trick. But, it has helped me focus when it comes to my research. I went to a decent amount of the C+PAC panels this year and the…

Supers and disability

Around a month from now, I'll be presenting "SuperTropes: Finding the difference between Narrative Prosthesis and Introduction to Disability in Marvel Comics" at the Comics and Popular Arts Conference (CPAC) at DragonCon in Atlanta, GA. I submitted it in my continuing side project of looking at representation of disability in superhero comic books. I kept…

Falling in love with non-compliancy

One of the things that has been drawing my academic attention is the comic book series Bitch Planet. BP is a dystopian, feminist, sci-fi comic set in the not-too-distant future where the world is ruled by patriarchy, literally. It is what these alt-right a----- would love to see: women belong in the home, bearing children, raising them,…

I have a theory, it’s in my thesis!

Sorry about the title. But I've had "I've Got a Theory" from the Buffy episode "Once More With Feeling" stuck in my head lately. For the past two school years, I have been lucky enough to be a masters student in the Department of Popular Culture at BGSU. It is the only program of its kind in the…

X-Men as a Mirror

The more I read various Marvel titles, especially any X-Men titles, the more I see groups in our world portrayed. Some are more obvious than others. The "Disabled" This is where I first really noticing the similarities. Both groups have a history of inequality because of their physical or mental abilities, oppression, experimentation, and legal…