One of the best things about working for a publisher based out in the Midwest is that I sometimes get to play Peter Parker at events in New York City when no one from a particular magazine can attend. A few weeks back, it was the NY Round Table Writers Conference thanks to Writer's Digest, … Continue reading Hanging with the Estefans on Ellis Island
Tag: Latinx
The Most Fantastic Genre
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZGqSRtDbEw] PopCultureShock posted this great little clip about the new Blue Beetle -- Mexican-American Jaime Reyes -- and Junot Diaz' Oscar Wao, wherein Diaz notes: "The most fantastic genre can't keep up, or refuses to keep up, with how much our country has changed. And so people can dream about aliens, and they can dream … Continue reading The Most Fantastic Genre
Latino politics follow-up
There's been some interesting comments so far in Friday's "When politics gets personal for Latinos" post, including the one point the media often overlooks, that Latinos are not some monolothic entity that can be stereotyped in one particular way. Today, I came across a couple more interesting nuggets, one that digs a little deeper into Clinton and Obama's support within the Latino community … Continue reading Latino politics follow-up
When politics gets personal for Latinos
In reality, politics are without question a very personal matter but, partly due to the media's focus on the horserace aspect of elections and partly due to the candidates often allowing themselves to be defined by labels (or at the least, trying to marginalize their opponents with them), most political debate occurs from a safe, impersonal distance. … Continue reading When politics gets personal for Latinos
Processing South Carolina
In my most optimistic guesses about tonight's result, I wasn't expecting anything close to the 2-1 thumping Obama gave Clinton tonight. The Clintons are already trying to characterize it as a black thing (Bill goes so far as to invoke Jesse Jackson) but it is so very clearly much more than that. To put it in … Continue reading Processing South Carolina
Review: El Zombo Fantasma (TPB)
Blame it on the Cartoon Network's Mucha Lucha for my even giving El Zombo Fantasma a second glance. Or credit it, depending, but if not for it, this book wouldn't have even registered on my radar and that would have been my loss. I'd never heard of El Zombo's original 3-issue run, published under Dark … Continue reading Review: El Zombo Fantasma (TPB)
ménage à trois: 1/26/05
[One Marvel, one DC, both published the previous Wednesday, plus a random indie from whenever I feel like it, each reviewed quickie-style: 1 Minute=bad, 10 Minutes=good. Connections, if any at all, may be forced purely for the experience.] There's a saying in Hollywood about the difficulties of working with kids and animals, and with good … Continue reading ménage à trois: 1/26/05
Yummy Sandwich: Revisited
Due to a sudden rise in Google searches for "Yummy Sandwich" leading to my journal over the weekend, and a couple of sad attempts at revisionist spin in my comments section, let's recap for the newcomers. 1) On May 20, 2004, I wrote about Yummy Sandwich's Powerpoint presentation and it's questionable use of "illegal immigrants" … Continue reading Yummy Sandwich: Revisited
Jesse Helms is back! And this time he’s black.
You can't make this stuff up. "Jesse Helms is back! And this time he's black." That's Winston-Salem city councilman Vernon Robinson's campaign slogan as one of eight GOP candidates in the July 20 primary for North Carolina's 5th Congressional District. Pretty inoffensive, though, compared to the radio ad he's running: ANNOUNCER NO. 1: Vernon Robinson, … Continue reading Jesse Helms is back! And this time he’s black.
Yummy Sandwich.
Yummy Sandwich. Yummy Sandwich. Yummy Sandwich. Yummy Sandwich. Yummy Sandwich. [I want to make sure this gets picked up by any Google searches for these ignorant bastards.] Yummy Sandwich is one of those "take-in" lunch services that corporations sign on with to keep you from wasting their time by leaving your desk and going outside … Continue reading Yummy Sandwich.