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How ‘Watchmen’ and ‘The Boys’ Deconstruct American Fascism

/ 21 October 2020

Superhero media has a history of critiquing the dark side of power, hero worship, and vigilantism, but none have done so as radically as Watchmen and The Boys.

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Tomorrow Belongs to Her: The Art That Rose Against Thatcher

Sean Bell

/ 2 June 2013

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Fanboy Fury and Authoring ‘Before Watchmen’

Robert Loss

/ 20 August 2012

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The Sky Is Falling: Images of Mass Destruction in ‘The Avengers’

Timothy Gabriele

/ 10 June 2012

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The Comics Writer and the Fall of the Superpowers

Sean Bell

/ 14 September 2011

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Ellis’ Superb Mastery of the Art of Pop

shathley Q

/ 12 September 2011

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We Can Be Heroes: Talking ‘Supergods’ with Grant Morrison

Greg Carpenter

/ 28 July 2011

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It’s Not Easy Being Green: Swamp Thing, Ecology and the (Sometimes Slimy) Nature of Being

Dean Blumberg

/ 2 June 2010

Swamp Thing challenges readers to question how our understanding of our existence is, in part, defined by how we see our relationship to the natural, non-human world.

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