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To: Future Friend

"To: Future Friend" is a comic, or perhaps a letter, from: Michaela Chan.

“Cryptozoo”: A Half-Eaten Utopian Dream

Visually impressive but ideologically limited, "Cryptozoo" pushes the envelope on indie animation, but fails to go as far with its message and narrative.

Unicorns Are Real: A Queer, Feminist Bookstore in Rural Mississippi

How Jaime Harker turned an alleyway into a welcoming literary community.

A Very Important List

Lenny Alves brings us a sweet comic inspired by a quote from Frog and Toad.

Máscara

In "Máscara," Issa Saldana shares her family's encounter with anti-maskers.

Moving Pictures: Confessions of a Lapsed Marvel Fan

Just how much Marvel content is too much content? Myle Yan Tay breaks it down.

The Sky Talks: Libra Season

Diana Motta tells us what the stars have in store this Libra season.

Has the Death Knell of the Novel Finally Been Sounded?

Digital publishing hub Substack is the latest company to bet on changing the business of literature.

Hurricane Ida From a Distance: An Introspection

The author reflects on their experience moving to Chicago while Hurricane Ida tears through New Orleans.

Bad Parable – Outside

A new Bad Parable by Teddie Bernard.

Much Better

A comic by Michael Orr.

Why “Night Vale” Still Resonates, 9 Years Later

“Welcome to Night Vale” embraces queerness and outsiders, since 2012.

Reading “If They Come For Us”

The debut poetry collection by Fatimah Asghar uses varied forms to guide readers through a historically important, and traumatic, moment.