Apocalyptigirl: An Aria for the End Times by Andrew Maclean is one of the best graphic novels I’ve read. When folks ask me what my recommendations are for their next read, it is always at the top of the list — especially when those folks have a young adult daughter as there are not enough…
INTERVIEW: Jude Doyle Births a Beautiful Rage Baby in Maw
Maw does not want you to feel good. It pokes. It prods. It disintegrates the corporate-inspired Goop kind of feminism. CW: This review and interview mention sexual assault, PTSD, and gendered violence.
Comic-Con@Home: Tor Teen Says the Trope Does not Apply
Tor Teen: Who Runs the World: Stories of Female Empowerment: The future of SFF is feminist AF. Join your favorite Tor Teen YA authors Bethany C. Morrow (A Chorus Rises), Elayne Audrey Becker (Forestborn), Susan Dennard (Witchshadow), Sarah Henning (The Queen Will Betray You), and Shannon Price (The Endless Skies) as they discuss crafting female-driven…
REVIEW: Fantastic Four Life Story #2 and Miss Representation
Marvel’s Life Story books re-contextualize Marvel’s most well-known characters as evolving and aging in “real-time” throughout their history. And for the Fantastic Four, this comes as a celebration of their 60th anniversary. A look back at their story throughout the decades seems like an excellent way to celebrate this milestone, but the memory of the…
REVIEW: The Secret to Superhuman Strength Connects Mind, Body, and Community
In the introduction to The Secret to Superhuman Strength, Alison Bechdel issues herself a swift, succinct diagnosis. Amid nonstop movement from panel to panel — she kicks, guzzles water, and shifts from a downward dog on an orange yoga mat to doing rapid bicep curls — she declares, “I’m not good at sports. I’m not…
Revenge is the Abyss that Stares Back in Violation (2020)
Content Warning: Discussions of sexual assault and graphic violence.
Who Gets To Be A Sacrifice? On Black Widow in Avengers: Endgame
I don’t know how to feel about Black Widow.
Previously On Comics: Ask Me About My Trans Exclusionary Feminist Agenda
While the majority of us are still too busy trying to recover from the holidays to get caught up in trash and nonsense, comics never truly rest and the news just keeps on coming. We started the year with the news that the chairman of IDW has recently loaned the company $28 million to help…
John, Dear is a Stunningly Well-Crafted Comic about Abusive Relationships
John, Dear Laura Lannes Retrofit Comics September 2018 Content warning: This comic depicts an abusive relationship and abuse is discussed in the review. John, Dear by Laura Lannes is not an easy comic to read. In terms of construction and artistry, it should be; Lannes uses holes and a physical body’s literal descent into emptiness…
Man-Eaters: Chelsea Cain Comes with Claws
Already a best-selling book author, Chelsea Cain stormed into comics with an Eisner-nominated run on Marvel’s Mockingbird that landed on Amazon’s best-seller list. It also infuriated a legion of internet trolls due to the now-infamous cover of issue 8 (plus the second collected trade paperback), where Bobbi Morse gazes out at the reader wearing a shirt that…
Leaving the Best for Last: Feminasty by Erin Gibson
Feminasty: The Complicated Woman’s Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death Erin Gibson Grand Central Publishing September 4, 2018 You know that old adage – if I don’t laugh, I’ll cry? Being a woman is hard; often-times unbearable. You have to laugh off the daily horrors or you won’t get through another…
The Refrigerator Monologues Gives the Scorned Women of Superhero Stories a Turn on the Mic
The Refrigerator Monologues Catherynne M. Valente (author), Annie Wu (illustrator) Saga Press June 6, 2017 Women are no strangers to superheroes. In recent years, there’s been an increase in drift between notable writers of genre fiction and the mainstream comics industry, which has brought us such exciting books as Genevieve Valentine’s Catwoman, Chelsea Cain’s Mockingbird,…
