Indian Comics Irregular #119 Across the barren landscape of TV minorities, the best Native character isn't hard to identify. That's because there aren't many ...
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Mar 3, 2005 7:54 am
Indian Comics Irregular #120 Why bother with Indian mascots and other stereotypes, people sometimes ask? Don't Native people have more important things to...
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Mar 28, 2005 1:54 pm
Indian Comics Irregular #121 The debut of the National Museum of the American Indian was probably the Native story of the year in 2004. When the NMAI opened in...
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Apr 22, 2005 6:25 am
Indian Comics Irregular #122 As a Washington Post analysis (9/18/04) explained, the National Museum of the American Indian has little or nothing about Indians...
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May 12, 2005 6:52 am
Indian Comics Irregular #123 On March 21, Jeffrey Weise shot and killed ten people on the Red Lake Indian reservation. Some thoughts on this tragedy, and our...
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May 25, 2005 11:53 am
Indian Comics Irregular #124 According to the creators of CLOVERLEAF (ICI #117), the key question is whether modern-day civilization equals progress. That's...
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Jun 22, 2005 6:06 am
Indian Comics Irregular #125 As a publisher of Native-themed comic books, I got an unusual invitation last fall: to attend a roundtable on nuclear waste. ...
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Jul 21, 2005 6:51 am
Indian Comics Irregular #126 In June, Steven Spielberg's "Into the West" premiered on TNT. "A sprawling, multigenerational drama spanning the years 1825 to...
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Aug 28, 2005 5:18 am
Indian Comics Irregular #127 In Elmore Leonard's crime novel "Tishomingo Blues," the fictitious Tishomingo tribe runs a casino in Tunica, Mississippi. This...
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Sep 25, 2005 4:28 am
Indian Comics Irregular #128 A noteworthy Indian comic book debuted earlier this year. As the publisher explains on its website: Layne Morgan Media is proud...
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Oct 11, 2005 9:08 pm
Indian Comics Irregular #129 A bumper crop of Native-themed comics has appeared on the shelves recently. Let's see how the entries fare in this month's...
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Nov 4, 2005 7:20 am
Indian Comics Irregular #130 In August yet another in a bumper crop of Native-themed comics debuted. NORTHWEST PASSAGE is a "bite-sized historical graphic...
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Dec 7, 2005 7:50 am
Indian Comics Irregular #131 Back in 2002, I wrote about "Christmas in the Clouds," a Native-themed movie then still in production. I described it as "a...
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Jan 3, 2006 4:32 am
Indian Comics Irregular #132 A new Native comic strip has debuted in Canada. According to its creator, Chad Solomon (whose notes I've adapted): "Rabbit and...
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Jan 27, 2006 7:55 am
Indian Comics Irregular #133 The comic strip "For Better or Worse" has always been a leader in portraying indigenous people authentically. Nevertheless,...
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Feb 14, 2006 7:56 am
Indian Comics Irregular #134 In the Marvel Comics universe, Captain America (Steve Rogers) embodies all that is good about the country. Although he's a blond...
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Mar 12, 2006 7:28 am
Indian Comics Irregular #135 Why bother with Indian mascots and other stereotypes, people sometimes ask? Don't Native people have more important things to...
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Mar 29, 2006 7:51 am
Indian Comics Irregular #136 Some reactions to Terrence Malick's "The New World," a retelling of the Pocahontas myth that premiered in December. The Good ...
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Apr 25, 2006 8:50 pm
Indian Comics Irregular #137 On the March 15 episode of "Veronica Mars," an Indian named Leonard Lobo (Gil Birmingham) supposedly owns several casinos. Like...
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May 19, 2006 9:06 pm
Indian Comics Irregular #138 Soon after Terence Malick's "The New World" came another Native-themed movie, "End of the Spear." As the NY Times (2/1/06)...
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Jun 6, 2006 6:52 am
Indian Comics Irregular #139 Back in 2004, Rick Schroder of "Silver Spoons" and "NYPD Blue" fame made a movie about a Navajo boxer. Last year it opened in...
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Jul 1, 2006 3:46 am
Indian Comics Irregular #140 An impressive aboriginal comic book has just debuted. An article about it in the Vancouver Sun (6/19/06) tells the tale: Suicide...
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Jul 22, 2006 6:37 am
Indian Comics Irregular #141 According to the Screen Actors Guild, the trend for dramatic actors isn't good. It's particularly unsavory for minority actors....
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Aug 9, 2006 1:07 am
Indian Comics Irregular #142 A few months ago, I read what may be the best graphic novel ever about Indians. Here's the lowdown (from the book's back cover): ...
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Aug 26, 2006 6:11 am
Indian Comics Irregular #143 I don't get a chance to report on every Native movie when it hits the theaters. Here are a couple I haven't mentioned ... until...
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Sep 20, 2006 4:36 am
Indian Comics Irregular #144 As you've undoubtedly heard, Mel Gibson has been in the news recently. A website summarized what happened when the cops pulled...
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Sep 21, 2006 9:51 am
PEACE PARTY Showcased on "The War at Home" Native-Themed Comic Book Is First to Appear on National TV Set your TiVos and VCRs! PEACE PARTY, the multicultural...
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Oct 9, 2006 6:58 am
Indian Comics Irregular #145 What's the story here? Drawn from events and stories collected in the notebooks of a real-life Danish explorer and ethnographer...
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Nov 1, 2006 8:03 am
Indian Comics Irregular #146 Here's the latest TV news posted at BlueCornComics.com: PEACE PARTY posters appeared several times on the September 24 episode of...
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Nov 25, 2006 11:48 am
Indian Comics Irregular #147 "Flags of Our Fathers," Clint Eastwood's latest movie masterwork, tells the story of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima and its...
