New CFP – The Routledge Companion to Superhero Studies

Deadline for submissions: 1 December 2022 Lorna Piatti-Farnell and Carl Wilson In answer to the evolutionary portrayals of superheroes in our … More

Of Selina Kyle and Harley Quinn: Branding and Controlling Women in Batman Video Games

In the collective Batman multiverse, nothing stays static for long. Over the eighty-years since Batman was created by Bill Finger … More

For blood to be considered toxic, one may understand this to mean that the fluid that runs through the body, … More

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single xenomorph in possession of a good brain, must be shown in … More

It’s been a struggle, hasn’t it? I think it has been. Remember Joaquin Phoenix’s wheezy, scratchy laugh in Joker? That’s been … More

According to the online video game database Moby Games, Batman has starred in 105 titles, inclusive of downloadable content episodes, … More

To whoever finds this letter, I don’t believe in fate, yet how is it that I decide by coincidence to … More

Are We In A Crisis Event? You know that bit in every Batman film where Bruce Wayne goes inwardly moody … More

In 2017, with the release of video game Injustice 2, published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Guinness World Records recognised … More

Part Nine & Ten: Deep Sea Mining & Lasers In the final blog post of this series, I thought it … More

Part Seven & Eight: Surface Mining & Sub-Surface Mining The hit game of 2020 has everything in it. In Animal Crossing: … More

Part Five & Six: Cap Lamps & Pickaxes Without question, experimentation and industriousness are qualities linked to those that go … More