So, my employment insurance has run out and I’m still taking school full-time, so I’ve decided to take the plunge and get more serious this year about getting paid for writing work. To that end: I’m now on Patreon! Patreon supporters will get to see my Astro City posts a
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A Year in the Big City #25: “Lucky Girl”
We live in the age of the pop culture revival, and the arrival of the eternal film and movie franchises, all born or borrowing from the model of superhero comics storytelling. Astro City, one of the most storied and beloved superhero comics of all time, went through a revival of its own in 2013, and that it came back as strong as ever was a miracle in and of itself. Over the course of a year, Charlotte Finn will be examining this miracle – all 52 issues – as she spends A Year in the Big City.
Continue readingA Year in the Big City #24: “Apeman Blues”
We live in the age of the pop culture revival, and the arrival of the eternal film and movie franchises, all born or borrowing from the model of superhero comics storytelling. Astro City, one of the most storied and beloved superhero comics of all time, went through a revival of its own in 2013, and that it came back as strong as ever was a miracle in and of itself. Over the course of a year, Charlotte Finn will be examining this miracle – all 52 issues – as she spends A Year in the Big City.
Continue readingWhat Is Brand Echo?
Brand Echo is a webcomic that me and my friend, Ing, have been working on for other a year behind the scenes, and we’re finally ready to start serializing it. It’s about love, ghosts, old movies, the stories we tell, who owns them, and who gets to tell them. And
Continue readingFive By Five: My Most Notable Movies of 2018
Hi, I’m Charlotte. I like to watch movies, and I saw a lot of them in 2018. Like everyone else, I’m doing a top X list, but I thought I’d change things up a bit by doing five groups of five, grouping the movies roughly by where they fit into the cultural milieu – not by genre, but by popularity, either with me, or with others.
Continue readingA Year in the Big City #23: “Sticks”
Nothing quite says “this is that kind of superhero comic” like a gorilla. There’s other demarcations as to where on the silly/serious axis a superhero comic sits, but a gorilla is the big one. Famously part of superhero comics since their inception, traceable back to the pulpy roots of the
Continue readingA Year in the Big City #22: “Hero’s Reward”
We live in the age of the pop culture revival, and the arrival of the eternal film and movie franchises, all born or borrowing from the model of superhero comics storytelling. Astro City, one of the most storied and beloved superhero comics of all time, went through a revival of
Continue readingA Year in the Big City #21: “The End of the Trail”
We live in the age of the pop culture revival, and the arrival of the eternal film and movie franchises, all born or borrowing from the model of superhero comics storytelling. Astro City, one of the most storied and beloved superhero comics of all time, went through a revival of
Continue readingA Year in the Big City #20: “Doing Battle”
We live in the age of the pop culture revival, and the arrival of the eternal film and movie franchises, all born or borrowing from the model of superhero comics storytelling. Astro City, one of the most storied and beloved superhero comics of all time, went through a revival of its own in 2013, and that it came back as strong as ever was a miracle in and of itself. Over the course of a year, Charlotte Finn will be examining this miracle – all 52 issues – as she spends A Year in the Big City.
Continue readingA Year in the Big City #19: “Pushing It”
We live in the age of the pop culture revival, and the arrival of the eternal film and movie franchises, all born or borrowing from the model of superhero comics storytelling. Astro City, one of the most storied and beloved superhero comics of all time, went through a revival of
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