This year’s Census campaign tagline Shape Your Future hits a little different when our present is faced with a pandemic that’s forced the bulk of the country inside for their health and safety. …
I used to have these very specific ideas about what type of journalism job I’d have after college. I’d cover local sports at a small newspaper, writing previews and gamers and honing my skills befo…
2020 was supposed to be everyone’s year. We’d marked the date for one reason or another - my first big move is now on hold - but now that COVID-19 has put everyone inside and on punishment in order to…
My love of Saga, the spectacular space opera epic that hops genres in a tree rocketship, ultimately boils down to three short quips involving this shirt: 1. I bought it at Chicago Comics after …
I was the only woman in a car full of men. I knew the men fairly well, I thought at the time, the road too. The 10-hour road trip to Taos, New Mexico that I agreed to join just a few hours before w…
I used to regret not growing up during the golden age of comics. Me and my crew woulda roamed the neighborhood after school and, after cleaning out Mr. Jackson’s garage, we’d pool our quarters to…
Working at a bookstore is a wondrous experience, if only for the unfiltered access to books. Back in 2011 I wasn’t reading many comics, and was even less interested in Marvel superheroes. But while th…
Lemme confess something to you: The main criteria I carry for choosing a new graphic novel to obsess over is Does this have a black female character in it? You’d be surprised how many titles are autom…
As radio stations across the country look to ban “Baby, It's Cold Outside” from the Christmas season airwaves, I'd like to offer in its stead a Christmas classic we've overlooked for far too long: Qua…
Callie Boudreaux is waiting for her life to start. Callie has a bad heart and as a kid, she’s told that she can’t play on the playgrounds and ball courts like the other kids frolicking through …
