Tag Archives: superheroes

Being a real-life superhero isn't about being free of difficult feelings. It's about working with those feelings in a constructive way. In her new book 'Superhero Therapy,' Dr. Janina Scarlet shows you how.

Marvel's 'Luke Cage' is one of the best modern myths about the struggle for survival and how, in the midst of that struggle, you can still help others.

Even superheroes, with all their powers & skills, have found cancer to be their most difficult enemy. We, on the other hand, have those heroes to inspire us. Here's a look at 10 superheroes who fought cancer.

By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth! So you just saw 'Doctor Strange' and want more? Then here's a list of the best Doctor Strange comics to go check out.

Doctor Strange had to lose his old life and identity before he could find the one that makes him a superhero. We can all do the same.

'Doctor Strange' wants to push the boundaries of what Marvel has done before, but remains too mainstream to live up to its name.

After reading this post, you too will be able to say, "I am Supergirl." Learn the power of telling yourself new stories when the old ones don't work out.

As with the two DCEU films before it, 'Suicide Squad' doesn't understand that in order to create tension in its big, epic battles, the audience needs to care about its characters.

There is a joke in 'X-Men: Apocalypse' that the third film is always the worst. While it never reaches the depths of 'Last Stand,' for the X-Men franchise this joke is true.

It’s the international day of Star Wars today! May the Fourth be with you all. Of course, I couldn’t let this day go by at school without treating my students to something special. Last period was devoted to a classroom round of Star Wars trivia that they all created and …

As a follow up to my two-part scholarly analysis of Frank Miller’s 'The Dark Knight Returns' (1986), I’d like to explore the second of what Sean Carney calls “two towering monoliths that changed the face of the superhero”— 'Watchmen' (1986-87) by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.

‘The Redhead League’ is an eclectic and exhilaratingly addictive concept album of songs about red-haired female comic book heroes. Leslie Hudson brings these characters alive with passion, angst and a depth that you might not have thought possible for some of them, and in this she is aided by an A-team roster of guest musicians who add their considerable talents to the mix.

Huck, from the comic of the same name by Mark Millar and Rafael Albuquerque, is the hero we so desperately need right now. Here are the qualities that make him such a hero as well as how and why we can emulate those very qualities in our own lives and, in so doing, make our world a better place.

Markus Prime is the artist behind B.R.U.H., the title of a cleverly named paperback that stands for “Black Renditions of Universal Heroes.” And his brilliant work is exactly what it sounds like. He has reimagined some of your favorite superheroes — Superman, the Powerpuff Girls, Ash Ketchum, “Adventure Time”‘s Finn — as …

As 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' swoops into movie theaters around the world, this is a good time to analyze the comic miniseries that inspired it, Frank Miller’s 'The Dark Knight Returns.'