Katie Schenkel

Katie Schenkel is a digital copywriter and pop culture writer. She started getting into comics in her mid-20s through her lifelong love of superhero cartoons and hasn’t looked back. When she’s not at her day job writing websites for small businesses, she’s writing articles for Panels, The Mary Sue, Quirk Books and other sites. Katie also runs the website Just Plain Something with her partner Mike; they host the JPS podcast and their webseries Driving Home the Movie. Blog: Just Plain Something Twitter: @justplaintweets

How JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS Saved My Christmas

I’ll be honest — it was very hard to get into the holidays this year. I dealt with the stress ...

What’s on Your Pull List?: November 25, 2015

Every week, a different Panelteer will give you a rundown of the comics they’re most looking forward to for the ...

Continuing the Thunder Goddess’ Story in THE MIGHTY THOR #1

Back, way way back in May, I reviewed Thor #8. This was the issue that finally, finally revealed the identity ...

Earth DOES Need Another Hero—SUPERGIRL and Female Representation

While it’s only three episodes in, Supergirl is already positioning itself to be one of the breakout new series of ...

No Context Given: UNCANNY X-MEN #167

Reed Richards — wine glass shatteringly terrible in all his choices. It’s canon.  

What’s on Your Pull List?: October 21, 2015

Back to the Future #1 by Bob Gale, John Barber, Erik Burnham, Brent Schoonover, and Dan Schoening (IDW) This is ...

Falling for Archie Comics’ JUGHEAD #1

So after three months of feeling him out, I decided to break up with Archie. Well, I decided to break ...

Giving THE OMEGA MEN a Chance

A couple weeks ago, DC announced they were going to end their space series The Omega Men at #7. I ...

Borrowing Cowls: Frankie Charles and the Batgirl Legacy

I admit, I like a lot about the Batgirl of Burnside run of the Batgirl book (written by Cameron Stewart ...

What’s on Your Pull List?: August 26, 2015

Every week, a different Panelteer will give you a rundown of the comics they’re most looking forward to for the ...