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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.

No Context Given: Cat Thor

Yes, that is Loki. Being Cat Thor. (If you aren’t reading The Unbeatable Squirrel Girlyet, then what exactly are you waiting ...

New Comics Preview: SPX 2015 Edition

Swapna talks about two of the comics she picked up at SPX. For more on creators she discovered at SPX, ...

3 Must-Read Comics about Contemporary Issues

Comics are a great way to examine the world around us, to discuss difficult issues we all face in daily ...

5 Indie Comics I Discovered at SPX 2015

SPX 2015 is described, by many, as the best con in the country. Each year, indie presses, creators, writers, artists, ...

3 Comic Anthologies to Read

Over on my LAST video on the Book Riot YouTube channel (but don’t worry! I’ll be transferring these over to the ...

Off-Panel: That BITCH PLANET Special Edition Cover is Wowza

Our daily round-up of news around the comics space, from the gutters and beyond. Kelly Sue DeConnick tweeted the cover ...

No Context Given: Hark! A Vagrant

Who knew that Jules Verne and Edgar Allan Poe were bros? Kate Beaton, apparently. from Hark! A Vagrant by Kate ...

New Comics Preview: September 24, 2015

Swapna’s back on YouTube talking about the new comics that have made their way into the Panels mailbag this week. ...

Ta-Nehisi Coates Writing BLACK PANTHER with Brian Stelfreeze

Yes, you read that correctly: Ta-Nehisi Coates, one of the smartest commentators and critics on race in America, is writing Black ...

Off-Panel: Sana Amanat Became Her Own Hero

Our daily round-up of news around the comics space, from the gutters and beyond. “Growing up in overwhelmingly white suburban ...