#Comics/Graphic Novels

We love capes and tights, we love graphic memoirs, we love web comics– we love it all! Stick around for comic book news, adaptation updates, and (of course) comics recommendations. That includes manga and manhwa too!

LEGEND OF THE MANTAMAJI, PoCs, and Magical Superheroes

On the power of the LEGEND OF THE MANTAMAJI graphic novel series, which places people of color and women front and center.

A GAME FOR SWALLOWS and Anne Frank: Narratives of Hidden Children

Zeina Abirached and Anne Frank present two different views of hidden children stuck inside during wartime.

The Art of the Start: MISTER MIRACLE #1 by Tom King and Mitch Gerads

We're taking a look at first issues! Specifically, the reboot of Jack Kirby's classic MISTER MIRACLE series by Tom King and Mitch Gerads.

Trades, Runs, Variants, and More: A Guide to Comics Terminology

What's the deal with volumes, and what even is a trade? Feel prepared to enter the shop and talk comics with this guide to comics terminology.

Superheroines Who Deserve Super Novels

Superheroines are rarely given their due, or the courtesy of full realization, in comics. They deserve better and we the readers demand it.

Flame Con 2017: Queer Heroes in YA and All-Ages Comics

A recap of the YA and All-Ages Comics panel at the 2017 Flame Con, New York’s LGBTQ-oriented comic convention, and on comics highlighting queer heroes.

Netflix Drops Trailer for Marvel’s THE PUNISHER

Get ready for more punishment: Netflix just dropped the trailer for it's next Marvel series, The Punisher, set to debut sometime in late 2017.

10 Reasons DEATH NOTE Is the Best Manga Series Ever

On Aug. 25, Netflix will be releasing a live-action version of Death Note. It’s a good time to sum up the reasons Death Note is the best manga series ever.

No More Greg Land, Please and Thank You

A comics reader on why Marvel needs to hire artists who are not Greg Land.

Gene Luen Yang on the Glories of Self-Publishing Comics

Comics creator Gene Luen Yang on why he chose self-publishing comics for years before signing with a traditional publisher.