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Swapna Krishna

Swapna is the Comics Editor at Book Riot. She's a Space Columnist for Paste Magazine and writes for Syfy Wire—Fangrrls, Tor.com, Bustle, and other sites. She co-hosts a podcast called Desi Geek Girls. You can find her incessant ramblings on Twitter at @skrishna. She lives outside Philadelphia.

WONDER WOMAN Movie Footage is Here!

Did you see the first Wonder Woman movie footage, starring Gal Gadot, is here? What do you think?

Giveaway: $100 Visa Giftcard (Go Forth and Buy Comics!)

This week, we’re giving away a $100 Visa giftcard because we like YOU. And we hope you like us enough ...

Meet Faith from Valiant Comics

If you follow comics news, you probably have heard of Faith, also called Zephyr, from Valiant Comics. She’s a plus-size ...

Where Do I Find Comic Back Issues?

Swapna’s answering your newbie questions in the series Adventures of a Comic Book Newbie. This week, it’s all about back ...

4 Noir Comics You Should Check Out

I love film noir. That term can have wide meaning, but I use it to describe films like Humphrey Bogart’s The ...

Reading Tracking: Fun with Spreadsheets!

I love spreadsheets. This used to be something I was embarrassed about until the Internet arrived and I met all ...

Reading Inclusively: A Conversation with Gene Luen Yang

This post was originally published at Panels, our sister site about all things comics! Check out more from them here. ...

A Conversation with Gene Luen Yang

Gene Luen Yang, author of American Born Chinese, Boxers and Saints, and current writer of Superman, was appointed the National Ambassador for Children’s Literature ...

January Comics Mailbag Giveaway

This post was originally published at Panels, our sister site about all things comics! Check out more from them here. ...

January Comics Mailbag Giveaway

It’s that time again! We’re still recovering post-holidays, so we’re celebrating by digging deep into the Panels mailbag. We’ve got ...