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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.

Rec Room: 34 of Your Favorite Superheroes

In The Rec Room, we take a request for a recommendation and turn it over to the Panels community to ...

Unconventional Romance Comics!

In this week’s video, Swapna talks comics that feature unconventional romances. Comics mentioned in this video: Horimiya, Vol. 1 – ...

Talking the Valkyries and Valhalla with Kate Leth!

It shouldn’t surprise you at all that we love Kate Leth here at Panels. If you don’t know who Kate ...

New Comics Preview: November 19, 2015

Comics mentioned in this preview: Houses of the Holy – Caitlin Skaalrud A Bride’s Story, Vol. 6 – Kaoru Mori Questionable ...

On Avoiding STAR WARS Spoilers

I’m a Star Wars fan. Some might call me a superfan, but as I never really got into the (now non-canon) ...

The Rec Room: Who’s Your Favorite Superhero?

In The Rec Room, we take a request for a recommendation and turn it over to the Panels community to ...

Comics-Based YA Novels

In this latest video, Swapna talks Marvel and DC YA prose novels that have been recently released. Books mentioned in ...

Weekly Giveaway: Kids’ Comics!

We’re giving away more kids’ comics this week in our weekly giveaway: one copy of Mad Scientist Academy: The Dinosaur Disaster ...

No Context Given: Giant Days

Let’s not ruin the abbeys, shall we? Giant  Days, Vol. 1 – John Allison and Lissa Tremain (BOOM! Studios)

Weekend Giveaway: On the Origin of Superheroes

This weekend giveaway is sponsored by On the Origin of Superheroes by Chris Gavaler On the Origin of Superheroes is a ...