* you should read the Village Voice's piece on comic books and inclusion focused on the Ms. Marvel character, particularly if that's an expression of comics you find interesting more generally. The thing I like about that piece is that it's just matter-of-fact about the importance of paying regular attention to these kinds of issues. Because it is important.
* here's a short interview with Mark Waid about a new Champions comic focusing on younger characters being activist superheroes as opposed to reactionary one.
* Maggie Vicknair on 
