The Killing Trope: Adapting this Batman Classic Still Fails Barbara Gordon
The Killing Joke is often called “the definitive Batman story.” It has a history of being as...
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Author: Lorraine Acevedo Franqui
Beyond Good & Evil: The Evolved Morality of Zootopia
“This film… asks us to acknowledge that flaws are part of the human condition and that some things can slip through the cracks, but that what will make us heroes and heroines is what we do to grow from that, how we choose to act on it.”
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Horror, Sacrifice, and Loss: Katniss’ Introspective Denouement in Mockingjay
Mockingjay was received poorly by critics and audiences alike, but it gets to the core theme of The Hunger Games: the way that war erodes an individual, not the glory of a violent revolution.
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Nostalgia-Fueled Hatred in Comics Fandoms
Nostalgia has become the favorite pastime of the internet and fondly remembering old school things...
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Time to Change the Formula: How Gamers’ “Strong Female Characters” Need a Reboot
Gaming, like many industries, has a formula for its female characters – and Staff Writer Lorraine Acevedo Franqui says it’s time that formula gets revised.
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