Secret Stacks

Our recommendations this month don’t come from Marvel, but that won’t stop us from armchair-quarterbacking their recent controversies! Really popular challenged graphic novels get the official Secret Stacks endorsement well after their debuts (you’re welcome for that long tail, publishers!). We keep talking about convention culture and Osamu Tezuka. We can’t separate our nostalgia for Power Rangers from our current enjoyment of the new movie and comics. The grim reaper is breathing down all our necks, but we don’t have to despair. April is a cruel month for ending, but we can still enjoy it while it lasts. Augusta Baker’s Dozen Liminal Comics: Love Stories For Outcasts, Rebels & Misfits Why Hiring Ex-Vertigo Editors Makes So Much Sense The Outrage Over Marvel’s Alleged Diversity Blaming, Explained Marvel “Generations” File your complaints + corrections here Ardian Syaf’s politics and religion on display in X-Men Gold #1 Some context and further reading from G. Willow Wilson American Library Associ