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Contributor
Gerry Canavan

Gerry Canavan is an associate professor of 20th and 21st century literature at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US. He is the author of Octavia E. Butler (2016). He tweets: @gerrycanavan.

Opinion
Disney’s Endgame: How the Franchise Came to Rule Cinema

In the 2010s, nearly every blockbuster film has been a visual-effects-driven fantasy spectacle owned and distributed by a single corporation

BY Gerry Canavan |
Opinion
‘Game of Thrones’ and the Art of the Anticlimax

The fantasy series’ nihilistic refusal of meaning is the bravest TV finale since ‘The Sopranos’

BY Gerry Canavan |
Opinion
Why ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Doesn’t Have to Make Sense

The infamous line ‘It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism’ was made for this film

BY Gerry Canavan |
Opinion
Why the Marvel Cinematic Universe Can Show Us a Story, But Can’t Tell Us a Plot

Avengers: Infinity War confirms the domination of mass culture by the franchise: what ever happened to narrative closure?

BY Gerry Canavan |
Opinion
The Limits of Black Panther's Afrofuturism

The mythic time of comic-book narrative represents a fatal challenge to the film’s transcendent politics

BY Gerry Canavan |