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Video games. Comic books. Blackness.

Marvel’s best superhero right now? You sure about that?

“but anybody beats anybody else when they’re written to” Read more

I love this comic and so does my 7yo daughter. It’d make a pretty good follow up to Big Hero Six. Disney, get on this.
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Issue 8 may be the best thing Marvel has ever done. Ever. Read more

Anyone else here would totally buy a few collectors deck of these “Deadpool’s Guide To Super Villains” cards? I want a Doom and a Galactus card.

The best thing about Squirrel Girl is how it embraces the inherent absurdity of just about any superhero concept. Read more

Side convo: Has anyone had any close encounters with squirrels? I had one rip a dumpling from Dumpling Man out of my chopsticks while I was eating them with a friend on a bench in NYC. Like he bounced off my leg, stole my dumpling, and jumped into a bush behind me. Another time I had a small window at the top of my Read more

I think you’re assigning a negative connotation to recluse that is not being utilized here. Reclusiveness is not inherently a negative trait and mentioning it is not inherently a criticism. Reclusive means valuing privacy or choosing to live a life free from undue attention. Shunning media is a form of reclusive Read more

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl is an awesome comic! Thoroughly recommended for almost anyone - it’s appropriate and super positive for any child who’s old enough for minor cartoon violence, but funny and warm and clever enough for even a cynical adult like me. Read more

Sidenote: You know the Twitter-like recaps that start every issue? Yeah they’re actually on Twitter. They made all the accounts and actually tweet the recap things a few days before the new issue hits (and a few other things from time to time). Read more

True story: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 was the first new Marvel comic book I’ve ever bought and read. I’ve loved Ryan North and his work for years, from Dinosaur Comics to The Midas Flesh, from Machine of Death to To Be or Not To Be: That is the Adventure. I was only vaguely familiar with Squirrel Girl, but I was Read more

The Galactus scene put it into my head that the Devourer of Worlds sounds exactly how you want him to sound.
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seriously though.

I like how this comes back full circle.

The just get this a giant twinkie, it’s worked before.

I was ecstatic when they announced Doreen would be getting a series. Read more

Squarrel Girl is the best, if she ever shows up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that would just make my day. Whatever happened to the Great Lakes Avengers anyway?
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Not going to lie: I was pretty unfazed by this story until the “Graceland” line came out, and then I started bawling.
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