Ardo Omer

Ardo Omer has a BA in criminology and a minor in creative writing. She’s a senior writer at Women Write About Comics and Batman seeks her advice constantly. Blog: Ardo Omer Twitter: @ArdoOmer

Muslim Characters in Comics

We here at Panels are taking some much needed time off; in the meantime, we’re revisiting some favorite old posts ...

Reading Manga: My November 2015 Reads

I wrote previously about how I got into manga, and since then, panelteer Vernieda has written two great posts on the ...

Pregnant Spider-Woman Is Pretty Kickass

When Marvel announced that Spider-Woman would look…a bit different in her post-Secret Wars title, there were some concerns. And those concerns were ...

Get To Know Your Magical Girl Comics

According to Wikipedia, “Magical girls (also known as mahou shoujo, or majokko) is a subgenre of Japanese fantasy anime, and ...

The Best Comics We Read in October 2015

Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps #4 by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Kelly Thompson, Laura Braga, Lee Loughridge (Katie Schenkel) My ...

How I Got Into Manga

Last May, I got the opportunity to read most of the Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) comics, and listed the ones ...

Look Out for Perfect Square’s “Yo-Kai Watch” Manga

This past weekend, I left Canada (the land of poutine, and the home of Alpha Flight) to attend New York Comic Con (NYCC). ...

Aboriginal Comics You Should Be Reading

I think it’s important to spotlight content about, and created by aboriginal peoples/native americans in the comics space. So here are ...

Why You Should Be Reading Spider-Woman

I first met Jessica Drew in Matt Fraction and David Aja’s Hawkeye series as the girlfriend of the title character, ...

Eid Mubarak! A Look at Muslims in Comics

Eid Mubarak, readers! For most Muslims, today marks the end of Ramadan – an Islamic month – which is roughly ...