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Month: October 2018

A New Origin

October 27, 2018 Joshua TongLeave a comment

Captain Marvel’s new series, The Life of Captain Marvel, sees Carol taking some time to reassess. In the aftermath of infighting with Tony Stark and some other less than great events, she goes to her family’s summer home in Maine to spend some time with her mom and injured brother. There’s a lot of self-reflection,… Continue reading A New Origin →

Tagged Captain Marvel, Comics, Women in Fiction

First Man(liness)

October 20, 2018October 20, 2018 Joshua TongLeave a comment

I’m a little tired of manly manliness in cinema. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll always have a soft spot Predator, Die Hard, or a good Spaghetti Westerns. But it’s 2018 and I’m kinda tired of that being the MO for male characters, especially manliness for the sake of manliness, like that 50s stoic, silent masculinity.… Continue reading First Man(liness) →

Tagged First Man, masculinity, Movies

Classically Petty

October 13, 2018 Joshua TongLeave a comment

Don Quixote is a pretty important book, to put it mildly. Often counted one of – if not the – greatest book ever written, it’s definitely something you can categorize under Serious Literature. It’s also home to some outstanding pettiness and a magnificent middle finger to fan-fiction. The book was hugely popular right from when… Continue reading Classically Petty →

Tagged Books, Don Quixote

A Dearth of Asians

October 6, 2018 Joshua TongLeave a comment

I was talking with a friend at work the other day about Silk. The superhero, not the fabric. I’ve mentioned her on the blog before, and I do really like her, and am bummed her book ended. My friend quipped that I should be, she’s, like, the only Asian hero in Marvel. I protested, there… Continue reading A Dearth of Asians →

Tagged Asians in fiction, Comics, diversity, Marvel, representation
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