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We Are the MutantsWe Are the Mutants focuses on the history and analysis of Cold War-era popular and outsider culture, focusing on speculative, genre, pulp, proto-geek, cult, and occult media. Think post-apocalyptic fiction to space disco — and much more.
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My Exaggerated LifeAt My Exaggerated Life, a dad blog-meets-webcomic, a father shares stories about family life in comic form, often with a generous layer of dry humor.
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Tor.comFrom reviews of the latest sci-fi titles to original fantasy fiction and art, Tor.com is one of the web’s leading portals into the world of science fiction for both writers and fans.
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Zounds, Alack, and By My TrothShakespeare enthusiast Ben Sawyer transforms some of the Bard’s most memorable scenes and sonnets into offbeat, hilarity-filled webcomics.
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Depression ComixIllustrator Clay Jonathan explores the daily struggles of living with mental illness through his drawings at Depression Comix.
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The BiasAnnalee and Natalie are two geeks dedicated to diversity and inclusion in tech, science fiction, fantasy, books, games, comics, movies, and fandom. Expect sharp feminist analysis from an activist point of view.
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Funk’s House of GeekeryLooking for some self-righteous rambling about whether Superman or Batman would win in a fight? Look no further than this celebration of movies, comics, books, games, and all things geek. (FYI, the answer is Batman.)
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Tabula Candida: Doodles of a Distracted HistorianThe world’s most erudite stick figures skewer culture, academia, philosophy, history, and more in these doodles from a history teacher.
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The Middle SpacesIn comics, the middle spaces — the spaces between panels — are where readers process what they’re reading and insert themselves into the medium. Here, NYU lecturer Osvaldo Oyola offers thoughts on music, comics, race, and gender.
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Bring Me the Head of David DixonOn Bring Me the Head of David Dixon, David publishes mixed-media comics: old photos, with a smattering of speech bubbles and one person’s head replaced with a caricature of his own. It’s nostalgic, so dry it’s practically brittle, and very, very funny.
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GeekritiqueDakota Lopez loves all things geek — movies, television, comics, and anime — and he reviews them lovingly on the cleverly-named Geekritique.
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Graphic PolicyAn in-depth look at comics and the comic industry with previews, reviews, interviews, and general convention coverage — with a soft spot for political and progressive analyses of comics.
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I Wanted WingsCan you be a feminist geek? Hannah Collins’s geeky musings on everything from Super Woman to Cinderella answer that question ably.
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Retcon PunchWe love this collaborative blog dedicated to fostering thoughtful discussions on comics and comics culture. Through close readings and careful analysis, we learn that comics are about much more than drawings of superheroes.
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