Marvel Voices - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 20 Aug 2023 00:08:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Marvel Voices - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Marvel’s Voices: X-Men could do more, but does some things very well https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/21/marvels-voices-x-men-could-do-more-but-does-some-things-very-well/ Mon, 21 Aug 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46338 Ever wonder if Marvel Comics would acknowledge the fundamental, consistent, flaming queerness of so many X-comics and X-Men, or whether the company would rather talk, in broad terms, about the mutant metaphor? Find out, or not, in the anthology comic Marvel’s Voices: X-Men, with writing by Vita Ayala, Raphael Draccon, Carolina Munhoz, Sarah Kuhn, Al...

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]]> 46338 Asian Identity Is Multifaceted In Marvel Voices: Identity #1 https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/27/asian-identity-is-multifaceted-in-marvel-voices-identity-1/ Fri, 27 May 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41149 Marvel Voices is a comic book anthology series that is inspired by the podcast series Voices of Marvel hosted by Angélique Roché. Both media discuss diverse comic book characters and creators, but the comic book anthology series takes it a step further by giving certain characters a chance to shine in their own stories. In...

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]]> 41149 Marvel Voices: Legacy #1 Provides Smiles, But Little Else https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/16/marvel-voices-legacy-1-provides-smiles-but-little-else/ Wed, 16 Feb 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37970 I, like so many others of our certain (elder) age, grew up watching BET. And in between watching Rap City freestyles and Donnie Simpson (and most of the acts from this year’s Superbowl in their heyday), they’d be commercials.  But not just any commercials, but BLACK commercials.  (Because it’s BET you see. Blackity Black.) And...

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]]> 37970 Cable in Space, Superman in ’78, Williams in Landscape in Staff Picks for Aug. 25 https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/23/cable-in-space-superman-in-78-williams-in-landscape-in-staff-picks-for-aug-25/ Mon, 23 Aug 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32944 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Matt’s Pick: Cable Reloaded #1: The old man is back, and he’s here to stop “The Last Annihilation” and have a nice time. Written by Al Ewing (S.W.O.R.D.) and drawn by Bob Quinn (Way of...

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]]> 32944 Where Does Marvel Voices: Pride Succeed? And Where Does It Fail? https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/22/where-does-marvel-voices-pride-succeed-and-where-does-it-fail/ Tue, 22 Jun 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29885 This week, Marvel Comics is releasing the next in their series of Marvel Voices anthologies, designed to give exposure and voice to to a more demographically diverse segment of creators and characters. And since this is June, Pride Month, Marvel’s special is focusing on LGBTQA+ representation. Marvel Voices: Pride features stories from Luciano Vecchio, Mike...

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]]> 29885 Advance Review: Marvel Voices: Legacy Carries The Weight Of Diverse Perspectives https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/22/advance-review-marvel-voices-legacy-carries-the-weight-of-diverse-perspectives/ Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21534 The beauty of art lies in experiencing another person’s perception. Marvel Voices: Legacy is an exhibition of diverse talent, where writers, artists and inkers of color can tell tales through characters in the Marvel universe. The six stories are diverse in tone, look, and purpose, yet unified in their goal: to give a fuller, more...

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]]> 21534 WMQ&A Episode 139: Comics and Prose with Darcie Little Badger https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/22/wmqa-episode-139-comics-and-prose-with-darcie-little-badger/ Tue, 22 Dec 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=10163 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 139: Comics and Prose with Darcie Little Badger Dan and Matt are joined by writer Darcie Little Badger, who contributed a Dani Moonstar story to the recent Marvel Voices: Indigenous Voices anthology, published her debut novel, Elatsoe, this year and once had the high honor of having a short story...

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]]> 10163 Beyond ‘Voices’: 4 Indigenous Characters from across Comics https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/19/beyond-voices-4-indigenous-characters-from-across-comics/ Thu, 19 Nov 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9591 I think we all wish that comics were more equitable and diverse, both when it comes to who creates them and who appears in them. While recent years have taken steps in the right direction, there are still plenty of under-represented groups.  Marvel this year launched a series of one-shots featuring characters and creators of...

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