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...
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...
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...
Indian Comics Irregular #124 According to the creators of CLOVERLEAF (ICI #117), the key question is whether modern-day civilization equals progress. That's...
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. ...
Indian Comics Irregular #126 In June, Steven Spielberg's "Into the West" premiered on TNT. "A sprawling, multigenerational drama spanning the years 1825 to...
Indian Comics Irregular #127 In Elmore Leonard's crime novel "Tishomingo Blues," the fictitious Tishomingo tribe runs a casino in Tunica, Mississippi. This...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Indian Comics Irregular #133 The comic strip "For Better or Worse" has always been a leader in portraying indigenous people authentically. Nevertheless,...
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...
Indian Comics Irregular #135 Why bother with Indian mascots and other stereotypes, people sometimes ask? Don't Native people have more important things to...
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 ...
Indian Comics Irregular #137 On the March 15 episode of "Veronica Mars," an Indian named Leonard Lobo (Gil Birmingham) supposedly owns several casinos. Like...
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)...
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...
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...
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....
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): ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Indian Comics Irregular #148 Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto" has finally arrived. The movie tells the tale of the forest-dweller Jaguar Paw, who is captured by Maya...
Indian Comics Irregular #149 How stereotypical is Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto"? Very, according to film and cultural critics: The creepy, dead-eyed king looks...
