That can be credited at least a bit to the fact that women and POC are more likely to buy digitally or trade wait for titles they like. It means that, by traditional measures, those books that they demand (and eventually buy) look like failures, but in reality do better than some might have you believe.

I guess it would have been more accurate to say that my friends are big Spider-Man fans who loved the idea of Spider-Gwen and had very high hopes. The one-shot had great promise, though there were a slew of issues that didn't get fixed in #1.

I'm deeply aware of both Marvel and DC's hiring practices. As I pointed out in my review of Silk last week, the writing is strong and the art is done by a woman (Stacy Lee). It's not that men can't write and draw women, it's that it the overall feeling is one of tourism rather than commitment. Squirrel Girl and…

This is an excellent list and I'm stoked to be pointed at a few new creators to follow!

There is definitely stuff I feel like I "have" to read. I call it homework, because honestly that's what it is: an assignment to make sure I can understand the context of a conversation or another (better) comic. And it sucks sometimes, but really the only alternative is relying on friends (who may not know) or the…

Spider-Gwen #1 came out last week and it'll be reviewed in next week's panel.

Spider-Gwen is actually getting reviewed in next week's panel, hope you'll come back and check it out.

I'm actually reviewing it for next week's panels. I had some complicated feelings but I think like you said it's a really strong start.

How do you define Lobo, though?
Because if you go back to the original intention, parodying popular themes in comics and turning them on their head, then this is absolutely still Lobo.
If Lobo specifically has to be a hyper-masculine parody, then no.

From my perspective, I read a ton of DC books (mostly Batfam) and I haven't needed any of that information in order to follow GBM. Both GBM and Gotham Academy are pretty outside the whole continuity, not even really related to Batman Eternal which seems to be the lynch pin sometimes on that side of the house.

For what it's worth, he just announced his new Kickstarter today (for H.P. Lovecraft's Dagon). I enjoyed the hell out of Squidder, and I've got high hopes for Dagon too.