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By chance, Mason and I missed the publication of the new Ao no Exorcist/Blue Exorcist by ONE DAY. So, I wrote up my review of it, which you can read on MangaKast, here: http://mangakast.wordpress.com/2014/09/11/ao-no-exorcist-60-review/
Yesterday, at our usual women of Wyrdsmiths' gathering, Naomi loaned me the first eight issues of the new Ms. Marvel, which I powered through today while at the laundromat while washing some of our rag rugs. The hero of Ms. Marvel is a teenage girl living in New Jersey named Kamala Khan who happens to be Muslim. She is the American-born daughter of a fairly recent Pakastani immigrant family. One day a weird green fog takes over her town and she appears to develop superpowers and the ability to look like Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel.
The things I like: this is a comic book about a woman, written by a woman. This is also a comic book about Muslims by someone who has AT LEAST spent some time living in a Muslim country, specifically Egypt. So, while I can't say whether or not this is a fair portrayal of All the Things, there are some moments that give me hope that this is an honest try...
( Read more... slightly spoilerific... )
The other fun thing about this character is that she's a real teenager, living TODAY. She writes Avengers fan fic.
Yes, things are that self-referrential now. Look, I've been telling you, when Marvel decided to place their heroes in real neighborhoods in the Real World, they MEANT IT. That means, if it makes sense for a teenager to have seen the Marvel Movies (or, as it happens, live in the world they occupy) then it means they'd do the things people really do, like write fan fic.
This, however, is why I love Marvel.
This is especially awesome when there's an honest-to-canon scene in which Wolverine is confronted by the fact that the fic she wrote starring him came in second to one featuring Scott Summers/Cyclops and Emma Frost/White Witch (a crack ship if ever there was one)...
Things I'm not sure of:
( Read more... very spoilerific... read only at risk )
But, that's a wait-and-see game.
Even with that caveat, I would have to agree with a lot of the hype. I'm liking this. I'm hoping the title continues a long time.
Yesterday, at our usual women of Wyrdsmiths' gathering, Naomi loaned me the first eight issues of the new Ms. Marvel, which I powered through today while at the laundromat while washing some of our rag rugs. The hero of Ms. Marvel is a teenage girl living in New Jersey named Kamala Khan who happens to be Muslim. She is the American-born daughter of a fairly recent Pakastani immigrant family. One day a weird green fog takes over her town and she appears to develop superpowers and the ability to look like Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel.
The things I like: this is a comic book about a woman, written by a woman. This is also a comic book about Muslims by someone who has AT LEAST spent some time living in a Muslim country, specifically Egypt. So, while I can't say whether or not this is a fair portrayal of All the Things, there are some moments that give me hope that this is an honest try...
( Read more... slightly spoilerific... )
The other fun thing about this character is that she's a real teenager, living TODAY. She writes Avengers fan fic.
Yes, things are that self-referrential now. Look, I've been telling you, when Marvel decided to place their heroes in real neighborhoods in the Real World, they MEANT IT. That means, if it makes sense for a teenager to have seen the Marvel Movies (or, as it happens, live in the world they occupy) then it means they'd do the things people really do, like write fan fic.
This, however, is why I love Marvel.
This is especially awesome when there's an honest-to-canon scene in which Wolverine is confronted by the fact that the fic she wrote starring him came in second to one featuring Scott Summers/Cyclops and Emma Frost/White Witch (a crack ship if ever there was one)...
Things I'm not sure of:
( Read more... very spoilerific... read only at risk )
But, that's a wait-and-see game.
Even with that caveat, I would have to agree with a lot of the hype. I'm liking this. I'm hoping the title continues a long time.