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Tag: Wonder Woman
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A comics legend teams up with Three Floyds to brew some beer-fueled superhero mayhem
With the brewery collaboration and the ongoing series Moonshine, Brian Azzarello has made himself the official Alpha King of booze comics.
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From the archive: What we’ve learned in the year since the last Women’s March
Looking back on the year of #MeToo
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The unbearable lightness of Justice League
The number-one movie in America is a missed opportunity for transcendent (or even dynamic) popular art.
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The new Wonder Woman is OK with men
A blockbuster vehicle for the venerable superhero plays down her radical feminist roots.
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Pop-Up Magazine, Pug Party, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
A dog film festival, a comedic roast of Wonder Woman, and more events June 2-4
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Trina Robbins’s comic strip is still going
And the underground-comic icon has four new titles expected to be released this year alone.
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Batman v. Superman: An exclusive interview with billionaire Bruce Wayne
Reader film critic J.R. Jones scores an exclusive interview with Batman v. Superman subject Bruce Wayne.
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A new bio takes a trip across the Whedonverse
Amy Pascale manages to strike a balance between fan and biographer in Joss Whedon: The Biography.
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Feminism and fetishism: The origins of Wonder Woman
The superheroine’s early years would make one hell of a movie.
