In 1773, when an 18-year-old Phillis Wheatley attempted to publish her first collection of poetry, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious, and Moral, she was interviewed by a panel of 18 men who sought to verify whether or not the poems were actually written by Wheatley. The reasoning was that a black woman was simply incapable […]
Boom and Image Hypocrisy Pushes Comics Backward
It’s been an incredible few years for Boom and Image. Titles like Lumberjanes, Sex Criminals, Teen Dog, Wicked + Divine, Bee and Puppycat, Saga, the Boom Box 2014 Mix Tape, Zero… I think you get the point. Many of the best monthly titles are being produced by these two companies, and I would argue that […]