Cheer Up - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Tue, 20 Jul 2021 13:07:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Cheer Up - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 WMQ&A Episode 169: Gamma-Powered Cartwheels with Crystal Frasier https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/20/wmqa-episode-169-gamma-powered-cartwheels-with-crystal-frasier/ Tue, 20 Jul 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=31256 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 169: Gamma-Powered Cartwheels with Crystal Frasier Writer Crystal Frasier talks about her new graphic novel Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms, her work on Marvel’s Gamma Flight, Charlene McGowan, Titania, the diabolical genius of corgis, and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at...

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]]> 31256 Love, Pompoms and a Well-Crafted Trans Narrative in Oni’s Cheer Up https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/15/love-pompoms-and-a-well-crafted-trans-narrative-in-onis-cheer-up/ Tue, 15 Jun 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29312 There’s a certain expectation for most comics focused on trans narratives. More often than not, they will be very well-intentioned but clunky and clumsy to read as the creative team struggles to balance providing an authentic, thorough telling of the trans experience with the readability and pace of a story. I, of course, still deeply...

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