Some Not All Supermen News AND Book Recommendations!

We’re nearing two months since Not All Supermen came out, and thanks again to everyone who’s picked it up! I hope you’re all enjoying it. It’s been fun to see how timely it’s been, in a totally unplanned way. There’s a whole section on She-Hulk in the book, just in time for the Disney+ show to drop, and the cancellation of the Batgirl movie is basically everything the book is talking about when it comes to the superhero genre’s issues with female, POC, and queer representation. On that front, Not All Supermen may well be timely for a while, I’m afraid.

But in better news, I was on Dear Watchers: A Comic Book Omniverse Podcast last week, talking about the book and the multiverse more generally:

Dear Watchers covers all sorts of alternate universes, so we chatted a bit about how sexism and toxic masculinity play out in different worlds, plus I got to go on about my favourite AU, DC Comics Bombshells, which is always a blast. It was a great conversation, and I had a lot of fun being on the show. Give it a listen!

Also, over on the book recommendation site Shepherd I’ve put together a list of “the best superhero graphic novels starring heroines who have yet to hit the big screen.” It was hard to pick just five! But fun to spotlight some great characters and fantastic creators. I ultimately settled on the books shown below, and you can click through to see why I recommended each title:

I’ll end with one last recommendation: Following up on the mention above, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law on Disney+ is GREAT and you should totally check it out! I may be preaching to the choir here, but if you haven’t tuned in yet you’re missing out on a hilariously delightful time. The cast is fantastic, the writing is sharp, and it’s commenting on some of the sexist trends in the superhero industry and the world at large in fun, illuminating ways. I highly recommend it!