Silas Lapham (@silaslapham.bsky.social)

Instead of giving up, what do you do when you care?: Gun Violence in “Dead Boy Detectives” Last January, I picked up the G.I. Joe Compendium Volume 1, which contains the first fifty issues of the series from March 1982 to May 1986. As a kid, I didn’t collect comics, but when I saw a G.I. Joe comic…

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Instead of giving up, what do you do when you care?: Gun Violence in “Dead Boy Detectives” Last January, I picked up the G.I. Joe Compendium Volume 1, which contains the first fifty issues of the series from March 1982 to May 1986. As a kid, I didn’t collect comics, but when I saw a G.I. Joe comic or a Transformers comic on the rack at a grocery store, I’d pick it up. The compendium has been the first time I’ve read these comics in order, and as I read, I couldn’t help but think about our current moment, from Stalker talking about everyone having a right to their own voice and choices in a democracy to the interrogation of the rise of fascism through Cobra Commander and his populist rhetoric. http://interminablerambling.com/2026/04/14/instead-of-giving-up-what-do-you-do-when-you-care-gun-violence-in-dead-boy-detectives/