Agents Of The Realm, M.F.K., and the ascent of black women in webcomics
I wrote about #BlackComicsMonth, the excellent work being done by black women cartoonists in webcomics, and why publishers need to stop marginalizing these women and start giving them the attention they deserve. Now I just need M.F.K. to be back on some sort of regular schedule again and I’ll be happy.
Adventure Time’s Kirsten Lepore on the joys and pains of stop motion animation
I interviewed Kirsten Lepore for @theavc, talking about stop motion animation and her stop motion episode of Adventure Time. Super fun interview with lots of details about stop motion process, and
there are a bunch of adorable stop motion videos embedded in the piece.
Jessica Jones by Tomer Hanuka
Rogue is awesome
Squirrel Girl trapping Dr. Doom in a squirrel katamari is my new happy place
This David Aja cover is INCREDIBLE. Love the optical illusion of Wanda’s face in the landscape shot (island is eye, red border is headdress, mountain is lips, helicopter is nostril)
Family ties make Runaways the gold standard for teen superhero teams
I wrote extensively about my favorite superhero comic for @theavc‘s Unconventional Families Week. I really miss the Runaways.
Archie by Jaime Hernandez
Three comics artists detail the importance of smart, stylish costume design
I spoke to kristaferanka, mooncalfe, and mingdoyle about comic-book costume design for theavc and IT WAS SO AWESOME. Check it out if you have any interest in costume design, in or out of comics.
Dead
Love this Midnighter variant by Kevin Wada
Catwoman by Kevin Wada