- The Chicago Tribune has a great story on why comics are becoming increasingly female. They speak to lady creators working in the industry, and discuss how the superhero films and the still male-heavy comics industry has a disconnect with a growing female audience.
- And in keeping with the comics theme today, the blog Social Work Helper has a post about how comics change the world, and the history of activism in comics.
- Switching tracks, and in light of the news we posted yesterday about the release of this series' first soundtrack, we have this wonderful blog post from the Cartoon Amino that discusses the wonderful and powerful use of music in Steven Universe.
For today's musical hit, we have Andra and "Why"
Today's critical rolls: What are some of your favorite female-heavy (either on the character side or the creator side, or both) comics, and why?
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