comic books

The heat waves and other challenges that test the way neighbors show up for each other. Also, the city of Muskegon rethinks its waterfront for Great Lakes Cruisers. Plus, a DIY comic book series telling stories of queer black icons. And we take a trip to the Motown Museum.

It’s not easy to capture what it’s like being a kid on paper. But Michigan artist Rose Bousamra depicted moments of childhood beautifully in the graphic novel, Frizzy.

Today, we talked about the emerging growing pains in Michigan's young recreational marijuana industry. Then, a conversation with Marvel's first Black female teen superhero. And U.P. chef Iliana Regan on her recent memoir.

Today, what role oversight plays in the reliability of the grid and how elected officials are responding to more frequent outages. Then, we checked in on a hazardous waste dump in Van Buren Township, and its connection to toxic waste from the train crash in East Palestine, Ohio. Plus, a look at a new comic centering the stories of Black queer icons.

Marvels forthcoming animated series "Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur" features Diamond White, a Detroit native, who voices the lead character on the show.

Today, we covered what to expect in another year of economic surprises with University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers. Plus, a conversation with the Detroit-born voice actress starring in a new Marvel series.

With great bookshelves come great responsibilities. For writer and critic Douglas Wolk, that means consuming some 27,000 comic books – the entirety of Marvel comics' output spanning more than half a century.

Leland Schools superintendent on leading a school through COVID. Lansing-based Odawa comic writer and artist features in werewolf-themed comics anthology. The importance of neighborhoods for seniors during COVID.

With great bookshelves come great responsibilities. For writer and critic Douglas Wolk, that means consuming some 27,000 comic books – the entirety of Marvel Comics’ output spanning more than half a century. And he wrote a book about it: All of the Marvels published October 12.

For many, the pandemic was a time to catch up on modest personal projects. Or, in Douglas Wolk's case, reading every Marvel comic from 1961 to 2017. Wolk summarizes his knowledge and process in his new book All of the Marvels, out now.