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MARVEL ANNOUNCES ‘X-MEN’s’ GAY WEDDING: Does this mean mainstream comics are ‘evolving’?

. . ED. NOTE : In the wake of President Obama’s recent endorsement of same-sex marriage, some readers have asked whether mainstream comics will ”evolve” in their depictions of gay couples (to invoke Obama's word). Today, three comics figures vitally engaged in this topic offer their insights. Read full article >>

How a Handful of Cartoonists Empowered Generations of Latin Americans

When I was 14 years old, I ended up getting a torn copy of the 1953 Argentinean comic Sergeant Kirk, which changed the way that I saw comic books and cartoons forever. The main character was a soldier in the...

Movie Review: Battleship Is Enjoyably Terrible

Critics have funny timing. They pick on The Avengers for being “cynical” when it was written and directed by a guy who loves the Marvel universe so much that he actually scripted comic books featuring the same characters — it might be the only film of its ilk that isn’t ... More »

Iggy Rodriguez, the artist as a conscious political being

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Iggy Rodriguez is a political activist and an artist. For him, his work as an artist is enriched and given meaning by his activism, and his work as an activist is also improved by the discipline he has cultivated as an artist. Currently the coordinator for the Makabayan coalition [...]

'The Secret Garden' opening in Pitman, tonight -- Eight Days

Eight Days features weekly entertainment listings for the South Jersey area. "THE SECRET GARDEN," The Broadway Theatre of Pitman, 43 S. Broadway, Pitman. Orphaned in India, 11-year old Mary Lennox returns to Yorkshire to live with her embittered, reclusive uncle Archibald whom she has never met.