The debate continues — original comic books or Hollywood film adaptions? — The relationship between comic books and Hollywood has been around for quite some time. It’s one of give and take. While comic books have been influencing the film industry since the 1920s, films have given comic books more exposure. Sounds simple, right? …

Comic book stories may be made up, but perhaps they take more inspiration from the real world than we like to think… — With made up planets, fictional super humans and the most evil of characters, can comic books ever represent real life? The sci-fi genre is all about escapism. Being transported to a world we don’t live in, but would prefer to. …

Good defeating evil is the storyline that the whole comic book industry is based on, but why does it work so well? — Snow White and the Evil Stepmother, Harry Potter and Voldemort, Dorothy and the Wicked Witch of the West; good v evil is a storyline that has dominated literature since books first began, especially in books aimed at children and young people. …

Women may be appearing in comic books and on the big screen, but appearances aren’t enough any more… — In the real world, gender inequality, misogyny, sexism and cissexism still exist. But what about a fictional world? A universe where superheroes rule, where evil is always defeated and good always wins. A world that supposedly embodies equality, representation, and fair opportunities for all. …

The battle of the two Comic Book giants continues to split fans far and wide… — Batman or Green Arrow? Wonder Woman or Captain Marvel? Atom or Iron Man? Whether you’re a DC super-fan or a Marvel lover, the war between these two comic book giants is getting fiercer by the year. Although it’s always existed in the comic books, even Hollywood has now joined in. …

The queer community fights on for correct representation in comic books and in Hollywood… — I simply couldn’t write an article on queer representation in comic books without getting the editor, Steph, involved. She’s far too outspoken in these matters to sit on the sidelines. …

Body positivity comes in all shapes and sizes but unfortunately, it seems superheroes do not… — An average-looking Superman, a body-building Wonder Woman; to Hollywood, this is just not doable. Narrow fantasies of sex sells. And the film and TV industries know it. So we see many more men with six-packs than men without. We very rarely see a woman with a dress size larger than…

The struggle for minority ethnicities to be represented in comic books and Hollywood continues to be a controversial subject… — Wouldn’t it be lovely if we could live in a world where racism didn’t exist? Where slavery never happened, where the Nazi regime never existed, and where the President of the US didn’t incite white supremacy. Unfortunately, that world doesn’t exist, and racism is something that’s as dangerous now as…

Fernando David Márquez Duarte examines how young people, and especially young disabled people, are shut out of Mexican politics — Being a young person has never been easy. Besides the physical and cognitive changes that the transition from adolescence to adulthood brings, the society in which we live has been making this transition harder for us. The period of youth, if we use it in the sense of age, implies…