Eric Berlatsky « The Hooded Utilitarian

July 31, 2012
By Eric Berlatsky
Blog
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More Superheroes, More Ideology

Dark Knight, Spider-Man, and Avengers

“Lightning Only Strikes Twice Once, Y’Know”: Phallic Mothers, Fetishism, and Replacement in the comics of Los Bros Hernandez (Part II)

The phallic mother, fetishism, and nostalgia in Locas.

“Lightning Only Strikes Twice Once, Y’Know”: Phallic Mothers, Fetishism, and Replacement in the Comics of Los Bros Hernandez (Part I)

Freud, Gilbert Hernandez, and the phallic mother

October 4, 2011
By Eric Berlatsky
Article
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Alan Moore: Conversations Hype

I tried to collect the interviews that were most enlightening in terms of Moore’s creative practices, and/or most revealing about the meaning and significance of his oeuvre.

The Real, The True, and The Told

An excerpt from The Real, The True, and The Told concerning Art Spiegelman’s Maus

April 15, 2010
By Eric Berlatsky
Blog, Muck-Encrusted Mockery of a Roundtable
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Muck Encrusted…: Power, Gender, Jeans: An Ode To Abby Cable

As any reader of Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing can tell you, there’s little doubt that the emotional core of the series is Abigail Arcane Cable, initially Swampy’s friend, later his paramour, and still later, his common-law wife. Moore’s greatest coup in the series was in turning Abby into what is probably the greatest female character [...]