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Neil Gaiman Continued

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A god walks into a bar, flirts with the tourists, and has a heart attack singing karaoke, leaving his two sons to stumble into a conflict older than civilization. Gaiman explains how his new book Anansi Boys is not really a fantasy novel — it’s a comedy inspired by P.G. Wodehouse. We’ll hear some of […]

Special Guest: Neil Gaiman

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Special Guest: Gary Panter

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Silver Surfer

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The 99

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Kyle Baker’s <em>Nat Turner</em>

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As a kid, Kyle Baker was obsessed with comic books and built a career in kids’ animation working on shows like Looney Toons and Rugrats. Baker’s new book, Nat Turner, is the furthest thing from kid stuff. It’s a graphic retelling of the violent 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia. Drawn in black and white and […]

The Green Turtle Rises

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Graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang revives a mysterious figure from the Golden Age of comics — the first Asian-American superhero.

Batgirl Crosses the River into Gotham’s Brooklyn

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Batgirl’s latest reboot takes her across the river into Gotham’s Brooklyn, giving her a style and sensibility that spells “Williamsburg.”

Marielle Heller Opens “The Diary of a Teenage Girl”

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A new coming-of-age movie imagines how a sexual relationship between a 15-year-old girl and a 35-year-old man might be empowering.

The Multiheroes of the Superverse

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For decades, comic-book writers have been using the idea of a multiverse to keep superheroes’ conflicting storylines separate.

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