Interview: Unshelved interviews Gene Luen Yang, creator of The Shadow Hero, while he wears the first Shadow Hero cosplayer.
Interview: The Washington Poster talks with Jeff Smith, Scott McCloud and Neil Gaiman about the importance of Banned Books Week. Says Gaiman, “I get tired of when people say that no books are banned just because [you can get it elsewhere]. Say you’re a kid in a school district [that banned a book] and there’s not a local Barnes & Noble and you don’t have 20 or 50 bucks in disposable income … That book is gone. It was there and now it’s not. The fact you can buy it on Amazon doesn’t make that any less bad.”
News: Comic book legend Jack Kirby's heirs settle with Marvel
Review: Every parent should read this comic book: From finding a babysitter to handling in-laws to flying through space in a tree, "Saga" makes parenting relatable.
Losing the Legion of Super-Heroes: this seems like one of those high concept titles that should always sort of work, so its confuses me why it's not a DC staple.
Salon remembers comic book characters who fought cancer. From "Superman" to "Captain Marvel," comics have offered some surprisingly artful, sensitive takes on the disease
A well-known comic store called Comic Book Heaven in Sunnyside, New York closed last year after being in operation for about thirty years. E.J. McLeavey-Fisher has documented the demise of the comic shop.
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