Comic books

For decades, the word “superhero” brought to mind characters like Superman, Spider-Man and Batman. All straight white men. But that’s been changing. Yusuf Omar of Hashtag Our Stories visited the Black Comic Book Festival in NYC this January to learn why diverse superheroes are so important.

Native American comic book fans hope a new Marvel anthology by Native artists and writers will jump-start authentic representation in mainstream superhero fare

While San Diego Comic-Con International is canceled this summer, a virtual version of the beloved pop culture expo is in the works.

San Diego Comic-Con International 2020 won’t take place this summer at the San Diego Convention Center, but an “at home,” virtual version of the beloved event is in the works.

The comic book shop has long been a wall-to-wall repository for tales of world-threatening cataclysms and doomsday dystopias but it has never before been drawn into a fight for survival like the coronavirus pandemic.

San Diegans told NBC 7’s Dave Summers it feels like summer is completely cancelled.