Middle school is hard. In The Airless Year, we meet Kacee, a young Black queer girl who is struggling to find her path as a teenager. Her grades are failing and her parents are constantly on her case about doing better. Her crush doesn’t know she’s her crush, and her two best friends are their…
INTERVIEW: Alek Shrader and the The Arizona Opera Bring Carmen to a New Stage
Carmen is an auspicious name. Not just because it’s my mother’s name, but because it’s the title of one of the greatest operas of all time. Filled with drama and passion, it is the story of the downfall of Don José. He is a naïve young soldier in the 1830s who abandons his childhood sweetheart…
Previously on Comics: #VisibleWomen Returns
Good morning friends, and welcome to the last week of March. Today, #VisibleWomen returns for its twelfth Twitter event. Conceived by writer Kelly-Sue Deconnick, #VisibleWomen provides a free and relatively accessible opportunity to raise the profiles of women within the comic book industry via the use of a fun little hashtag. Submissions to the hashtag…
