superheroes

What Superpeople Read

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So I’ve been re-reading John Wyndham’s The Chrysalids, a jolly young adult novel about religious fanaticism, ethnic cleansing, and race war in a post-apocalyptic, and remembering how compelling and yet how disturbing the book is. And then I was reminded that its topics of mutants and species war and the […]

Capering in Costumes

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The Suitability of Various Artistic Media for the Superhero Genre By Bevan Thomas Not all superheroes are in comic books, and certainly not all comic books are about superheroes, but somehow the two fit together. Superheroism as a genre is defined by its visual spectacle and kinetic energy: larger-than-life characters […]