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    Are You Not Entertained? Tegan Enters The DC Universe

    BY Tegan O'Neil Oct 23, 2019

    Tegan O’Neil takes a dip into the world of subscription based comic book reading, with the DC Universe. Can she resist the temptation to watch cancelled television shows and focus on back issues instead? It’s time for an economics lesson! Continue reading →
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    “To Flip and Move and Shine”: Ebony Flowers’ Hot Comb

    BY Qiana Whitted Oct 22, 2019

    Qiana Whitted examines how Ebony Flowers use the social, historical, and economic politics of hair to chart the different phases of African American girlhood in her Drawn & Quarterly comics collection, Hot Comb. Continue reading →

    In Deadly Earnest: A Conversation with Kate Lacour

    BY Katie Skelly Oct 21, 2019

    Katie Skelly uncovers the beating heart of Kate Lacour’s Vivisectionary by sitting down with the creator behind a book that has been referred to as “neocomics” by some, “unsettling” by others, and “kind of goofy, kind of creepy” by its own creator. Continue reading →
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