My pal Jack Phoenix has a great new podcast, The Comics Librarian Podcast, where he interviews people about the issues surrounding comic books in libraries. Jack is a librarian who loves comics and has written extensively on the subject, including his excellent book Maximizing the Impact of Comics in Your Library: Graphic Novels, Manga, and More. Thus far the podcast has tackled topics like community and identity, digital ownership, adult content in comics, and the pressing question of whether or not Garfield is still cool.

I’m very honoured to announce that Betty and Veronica: The Leading Ladies of Riverdale has won a 2025 Independent Publisher Book Award gold medal in the Audiobook: Non-Fiction Informational c…

For over sixty years, the women who took on the mantle of Batgirl have served as inspirational superheroes for legions of underrepresented and under-appreciated fans. This book explores their comp...

First things first, my copies of Never A Sidekick have arrived and they look so nice. Rowman & Littlefield always does such a great job putting my books together, and this one is no exception. …

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Gang, have I got a deal for you. After some delays from the title change and whatnot, Never A Sidekick is all done and printed, and the books arrived in my publisher’s warehouse yesterday! No…

Getting blurbs for the back cover of your book is always a daunting assignment. You have to email people out of the blue, many of whom you’ve never spoken to before, and ask them to read your…

We’re nearing the release date for Never A Sidekick, my tour through the histories of all of the Batgirls, and so the promo continues to roll out! Here are a couple updates on where I’v…

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We’ve got a new cover to go with our new title! I mean, not brand new. We swapped out the title and chopped off the ears for some cautious legal reasons we don’t need to dive into here.…

Big news on the Batgirl book front: We’re changing the title of the book! What was originally titled Batgirl and Beyond: The Dynamic History of the Heroines of Gotham City has now become Neve…

My new book, Batgirl and Beyond: The Dynamic History of the Heroines of Gotham City, is coming out very soon, and that means it’s time for promo to ramp up and for me to talk about it constantly. T…

Costumed heroes used to just look like bodybuilders. Now, that's just one page in the book.

It's a sad time in the comic book world, which is poorer today after the passing of the iconic and influential cartoonist Trina Robbins. She began making comics in the late 1960s, writing and drawing ...

Feminist cartoonist, historian and activist Trina Robbins has died

I broke the news in my post last week celebrating the tenth anniversary of Wonder Woman Unbound (for which, egregiously, I have yet to receive ANY gifts, even though I was expecting a plethora of tin ...

It's always fun to recommend books, and when the folks at Booklisti asked me to make a list doing just that, I jumped at the chance to talk up some of my favourite characters of all time. I decided to...