Posts Tagged superheroes

Jessica Jones
By Jos Truitt • 8 years ago

Jessica Jones, or how to make a TV show about trauma

I was excited but nervous when Marvel and Netflix announced their Jessica Jones series. I knew the source material, knew sexual violence was central to the story, and I was worried about what the adaptation would be.

I was excited but nervous when Marvel and Netflix announced their Jessica Jones series. I knew the source material, knew sexual violence was central to the story, and I was worried about what the adaptation would be.

supergirl
By Katie Barnes • 9 years ago

New TV show Supergirl surpasses meager expectations

Given my penchant to say something about comic book movies, it was only a matter of time before I wrote about the new CBS comedy, Supergirl. As an important first note, I hate when I can’t watch shows on Hulu — get with the times CBS!

Given my penchant to say something about comic book movies, it was only a matter of time before I wrote about the new CBS comedy, Supergirl. As an important first note, I hate when I can’t ...

It was never a dress
By Maya Dusenbery • 9 years ago

It was never a dress

Of course! We should have known…

The tech company Axosoft revealed the real story behind the bathroom lady’s silhouette at the Girls In Tech conference last week.

Of course! We should have known…

The tech company Axosoft revealed the real story behind the bathroom lady’s silhouette at the Girls In Tech conference last week.

By Jos Truitt • 11 years ago

Relaunched X-Men comic to feature an all lady superhero team

Marvel is relaunching X-Men in April, to join the 2 ½ other X-Men titles they’re currently publishing. This one will be notable, though, for featuring an all female X-Men team. The comic will star Jubilee, who’s basically the early 90s in character form (I’m the perfect age to think this is awesome). It will also feature Storm (yay!), Rogue (yay!), Kitty Pride (double yay!), Rachel Grey (sort of Jean Grey’s daughter), and Psylocke (she has one of Jean Grey’s powers. Continuity gets hilarious). That’s the thing – X-Men is a title that already has a deep bench of great female characters, so this all lady team makes a lot of sense – it’s kind of a shame this hasn’t ...

Marvel is relaunching X-Men in April, to join the 2 ½ other X-Men titles they’re currently publishing. This one will be notable, though, for featuring an all female X-Men team. The comic will star Jubilee, who’s ...