Tag: Marvel
Resounding success of ‘Black Panther’ franchise says little about the dubious...
Phillip Lamarr Cunningham, Wake Forest University
When Marvel Studios released “Black Panther” in February 2018, it marked the first...
‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ continues the series’ quest to recover and...
Julian C. Chambliss, Michigan State University
As someone who teaches and writes about Afrofuturism, I’ve been eagerly awaiting the...
‘WandaVision’ echoes myths of Isis, Orpheus and Kisa Gotami to explain...
Michael Nichols, Martin University
During a flashback scene in Marvel’s Disney Plus show “WandaVision,” the superpowered android Vision comforts...
Drake and Jake, Mountain Dew’s millions and the Marvel Universe –...
Alexander Carter, University of Tennessee
Live sporting events are among the few remaining places where advertisers can ensure that...
Thanks, ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ for reminding us why inflation matters
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
Marvel recently re-released the final film in its “Avengers” series with extra footage and a post-credit tribute in hopes of...
Comics captured America’s growing ambivalence about the Vietnam War
Cathy Schlund-Vials, University of Connecticut
In America’s imagination, the Vietnam War is not so much celebrated as it is assiduously contemplated. This inward-looking approach is...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
