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Jessica Plummer

Jessica Plummer has lived her whole life in New York City, but she prefers to think of it as Metropolis. Her day job is in books, her side hustle is in books, and she writes books on the side (including a short story in Sword Stone Table from Vintage). She loves running, knitting, and thinking about superheroes, and knows an unnecessary amount of things about Donald Duck. Follow her on Twitter at @jess_plummer.

Sisters in Superhero Comics

Sisters in superhero comics are strangely (or maybe predictably) few and far between, but we've rounded up some of the best superhero sisterhoods.

Fashion Disasters: Clint Barton

Clint Barton: resident hot mess.

7 Bookish Musicals Chris Evans Should Star in Immediately

Now that Avengers: Endgame is out in the world and Chris Evans’s contracted Captain America appearances are up, everyone wants ...

AVENGERS: ENDGAME and Backhanded LGBTQ Representation

Taking a critical look at the subpar queer representation in AVENGERS: ENDGAME. Spoilers ahead!

The New Lois Lane and the Old Sexism

In light of DC's Lois Lane summer release and its all-male creative team, take a long and critical look at the legacy of sexism in Lois Lane comics.

Fashion Disasters: Power Girl

"When even Olivia Newton-John is judging you, you know it’s bad." Fashion Disasters is back to tackle Power Girl and the boob window that wouldn't go away.

Comics Twitter Perfectly Illustrates What’s Wrong with Comics. Again.

I don’t know if you spend as much time on Comics Twitter as I do. But if you do, a) ...

Read Harder: A Comic by an LGBTQIA Creator

Recommendations for the "comic by an LGBTQIA creator" task of the 2019 Read Harder challenge!

Goodbye Defenders, Hello Baby-Sitters Club!

On February 18th, Netflix surprised no one by announcing that they were canceling Jessica Jones and The Punisher, the last ...

7 Ways to Read Romance Without Getting Cooties

Here at Book Riot, we’re all about expanding your reading horizons, and that sometimes that means trying genres we’ve never ...