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Each week, Big Issues focuses on newly released comic books of significance. This week, they are Agents Of The Realm by Mildred Louis and M.F.K. by Nilah Magruder, two online series that showcase the outstanding work being done by black women cartoonists in webcomics. (Note: This review reveals majo

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.

#blackcomicsmonth #nilah magruder #M.F.K.#mildred louis #agents of the realm #the a.v. club #big issues #webcomics #comics

In entertainment, an awful lot of stuff happens behind closed doors, from canceling TV shows to organizing music festival lineups. While the public sees the end product on TVs, movie screens, paper, or radio dials, they don’t see what it took to get there. In Expert Witness, The A.V. Club talks to i

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.

#Kirsten Lepore #Adventure Time #Bad Jubies #The A.V. Club #interviews #cartoon network

Jessica Jones by Tomer Hanuka

#Jessica jones #tomer hanuka #krysten ritter

Rogue is awesome

#rogue #magneto #clay Mann #mike Carey #x men: legacy

Squirrel Girl trapping Dr. Doom in a squirrel katamari is my new happy place

#Squirrel Girl #Doreen Green #Marvel Comics #the unbeatable squirrel girl #cover art #katamari #erica henderson

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)

#Scarlet Witch #wanda maximoff #david aja #marvel comics #cover art

(This article reveals major plot points for Marvel Comics’ Runaways.) The teen superhero team is a comic-book staple, and over the years, certain patterns have emerged in the groupings of these extraordinary adolescents. Typically, they’re students at the same institution forced to work as a unit (X

I wrote extensively about my favorite superhero comic for @theavc‘s Unconventional Families Week. I really miss the Runaways.

Archie by Jaime Hernandez

#Archie #Jaime Hernandez

For Comics Week, The A.V. Club invited three comic-book professionals to discuss the value of fashion design: Kris Anka (artist on Marvel’s Uncanny X-Men, character designer for Marvel), Sophie Campbell (artist on IDW’s Jem And The Holograms, creator of Oni’s Wet Moon), and Ming Doyle (artist of Ver

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.