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Anna F Peppard PhD @annapeppard.bsky.social · 19h

Our latest over at @sequentialscholars.bsky.social explores the tragic backstory trope in Demon Slayer! #DemonSlayer #ComicsStudies

Sequential Scholars @sequentialscholars.bsky.social · 1d

In cultivating his characters (both heroes and villains), Gotouge makes use of a tried and true approach: the tragic backstory, thus positioning DS within a tradition that dates back millenia with complicated effects on the character/setting dynamic. #demonslayer 1/11

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Anna F Peppard PhD @annapeppard.bsky.social · 1d

Yep, Ann Nocenti wrote a throwback mini!

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Anna F Peppard PhD @annapeppard.bsky.social · 1d

Punk Storm is good though

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Anna F Peppard PhD @annapeppard.bsky.social · 1d

X-Men has some of the greatest female characters in comics but the way they're always regressing those characters to some of their worst eras because apparently guys like 'em best that way sure is something

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Anna F Peppard PhD @annapeppard.bsky.social · 1d

I'm still getting used to American measurements but I think her ass crack must conservatively be at least two feet long?

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Adam Reck @adamreck.bsky.social · 2d

Dan and I tried to see as much as we could in two days. Here's our report on all things #NYCC 2025

ComicsXF @comicsxf.com · 2d

@adamreck.bsky.social & @danielpgrote.bsky.social report on the highs and lows of New York Comic Con 2025:
comicsxf.com/2025/10/13/n...

From announcements to Artist Alley, CXF's New York Comic Con in review - COMICSXF

ComicsXF’s Adam Reck and Dan Grote tried to see as much as they could in two days and bring you their hot takes on New York Comic Con.

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Anna F Peppard PhD @annapeppard.bsky.social · 2d

Without having seen it, I thought it was just a Look Who's Talking situation and boy was I wrong

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Anna F Peppard PhD @annapeppard.bsky.social · 2d

I'll never recover from reading the Boss Baby Wikipedia article years ago

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Anna F Peppard PhD @annapeppard.bsky.social · 2d

So in the AngelSoft toilet paper ad, are the babies in heaven (who are baby ghosts, I guess?) pitching someone (God?) a new product or trying to explain a pre-existing product and also why does God make baby ghosts work adult ad agency jobs, is this actually hell

Screenshot from the reality warping advertisement in question, in which baby ghosts are forced to do adult jobs in heaven/hell

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Anna F Peppard PhD @annapeppard.bsky.social · 2d

Our latest explores modern manga masculinity in Demon Slayer! #DemonSlayer #ComicsStudies

Sequential Scholars @sequentialscholars.bsky.social · 6d

Threaded throughout the violent chaos of Demon Slayer is an intriguing portrayal of modern manga masculinity, one that moves against the series’ historical backdrop whilst embracing the medium it operates in metatextually. #demonslayer 1/14

Three male demon slayer characters in fighting stances

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Anna F Peppard PhD @annapeppard.bsky.social · 4d

Currently on Fifth Avenue trying to finger comb pigeon poop out of my hair, typical New York morning

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Anna F Peppard PhD @annapeppard.bsky.social · 6d

It's never too late to appreciate the award-winning book Supersex: Sexuality, Fantasy, and the Superhero!

utpress.utexas.edu/9781477321614/

Supersex

2021 Comic Studies Society Prize for Edited Collection From Superman, created in 1938, to the transmedia DC and Marvel universes of today, superheroes have a...

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Anna F Peppard PhD @annapeppard.bsky.social · 6d

I'll be at #NYCC for one day and one day only and that day is tomorrow (Thursday)

Say hi or if you want a copy of Supersex, drop me a dm!

A photo of the author proudly displaying her wares (multiple copies of her book called Supersex: Sexuality, Fantasy, and the Superhero)

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Anna F Peppard PhD @annapeppard.bsky.social · 7d

Have you heard the good news...? @sequentialscholars.bsky.social is doing two weeks on Demon Slayer! #DemonSlayer

Sequential Scholars @sequentialscholars.bsky.social · 8d

Demon Slayer is a manga series by Koyoharu Gotouge, published from 2016-2020 in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump. The series follows Tanjiro’s journey to become a great warrior in order to avenge the murder of his family. #demonslayer 1/7

demon slayer cover, Tanjiro defending his sister Nezuko who is turning into a demon with a katana

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Dan Grote @danielpgrote.bsky.social · 10d

Can confirm, shirt is real, spectacular.

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Anna F Peppard PhD @annapeppard.bsky.social · 11d

@adamreck.bsky.social using his sick day for some intellectual enrichment

Adam thoughtfully reading Conversations with Todd McFarlane

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Anna F Peppard PhD @annapeppard.bsky.social · 12d

Took some inches off

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Sequential Scholars @sequentialscholars.bsky.social · 12d

Our series of threads on Rachel Smythe's "Lore Olympus" is over but not forgotten! Here's a recap of what we covered. 1/6

An Introduction to Rachel Smythe’s “Lore Olympus”
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Sequential Scholars @sequentialscholars.bsky.social · Sep 8

The webcomic “Lore Olympus” by Rachel Smythe retells Greek myths through a modern lens, focusing on the relationship between Persephone, goddess of spring, and Hades, king of the underworld. On its own & metatextually, it's a thoughtful, skillful story about agency & identity. 1/10 #LoreOlympus

The cover of the first trade paperback edition of Lore Olympus, showing Persephone on horseback looking upwards at an upside-down Hades, in the underworld.

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Anna F Peppard PhD @annapeppard.bsky.social · 13d

Can confirm my favourite cartoonist smells great

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Anna F Peppard PhD @annapeppard.bsky.social · 13d

Sounds kinda hot actually (all that full colour pen stroking...)

Image of a cologne called Cartoonist, yes it's real!

Ad copy for the Cartoonist cologne, including the line, "With every stroke of your pen, the world becomes more alive."

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Anna F Peppard PhD @annapeppard.bsky.social · 13d

When I look at that shoulder I can't stop seeing a butt?

(Plz pull quote me, Marvel)

ComicsXF @comicsxf.com · 13d

It's dangerous to go alone! Take this guide to Marvel's Age of Revelation:
comicsxf.com/2025/10/01/x...

X things we know about the X-Men's Age of Revelation from the Overture issue - COMICSXF

What's going on X years in the future? We thought we’d offer this handy guide to give folks the lay of the land.

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Adam Reck @adamreck.bsky.social · 13d

Just get paid? Use those bucks to look great with your very own Ghost Rider shirt!!! Fluorescent AND Glow in the Dark options available!!! 🔥💀

Anna F Peppard PhD @annapeppard.bsky.social · 18d

Just in time for spooky season: hand-silkscreened FLUORESCENT & GLOW-IN-THE-DARK *Ghost Rider* t-shirts available now!! $30-35/each including shipping! Perfect for being the Spirit of Vengeance you want to see in the world 🔥💀🔥 Order details below! 👇

Pic of the poster wearing the described tshirts, depicting a totally rad skull on fire

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Sequential Scholars @sequentialscholars.bsky.social · 15d

In an unusual 2020 experiment in transmedia promotion, Webtoons released a brief Lore Olympus video featuring actress Sydney Sweeney performing the twin roles of Persephone.

LORE OLYMPUS Starring Sydney Sweeney (Full Version) | WEBTOON

"I've been jealous before... but not like this. There's venom behind it." Sydney Sweeney becomes a goddess from a classic Greek myth. Stories to Obsess Over. LORE OLYMPUS. https://bit.ly/340E2Fa Witness what the gods do… after dark. The friendships and the lies, the gossip and the wild parties, an

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Anna F Peppard PhD @annapeppard.bsky.social · 16d

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Anna F Peppard PhD @annapeppard.bsky.social · 18d

Just in time for spooky season: hand-silkscreened FLUORESCENT & GLOW-IN-THE-DARK *Ghost Rider* t-shirts available now!! $30-35/each including shipping! Perfect for being the Spirit of Vengeance you want to see in the world 🔥💀🔥 Order details below! 👇

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Anna F Peppard PhD @annapeppard.bsky.social · 16d

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Anna F Peppard PhD @annapeppard.bsky.social · 18d

Just in time for spooky season: hand-silkscreened FLUORESCENT & GLOW-IN-THE-DARK *Ghost Rider* t-shirts available now!! $30-35/each including shipping! Perfect for being the Spirit of Vengeance you want to see in the world 🔥💀🔥 Order details below! 👇

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