That's right, folks! This week we discuss Andrew's favorite Marvel superhero, the one... the only... Carol Danvers, a.k.a Captain Marvel! Specifically, we're talking about the Higher, Further, Faster, More trade by Kelly Sue DeConnick, illustrated by David Lopez with colors by Lee Loughridge and letters by Joe Caramagna.

Andrew specifically wanted to say this:

Seriously folks, I love the character of Carol Danvers, in all of her complicated history. I feel like I didn't actually geek out enough while recording this episode. Like, I feel like I should have been more giddy with excitement. Anyway, since recording, I saw the movie and loved it, and I'm also going back and re-reading even more of Kelly Sue DeConnick's run writing this character and loving it. Carol is great because she's a feminist character without having to tell us in every panel "hey, I'm feminist" because SHE JUST IS.

There was a lot of hate floating around out there ahead of the movie, particularly from a lot of men who somehow felt threatened by all the feminist rhetoric attached to the film and the character. Let me definitively say, you guys that were trying to sandbag this movie have completely missed the point. I hope my daughter grows up to be Carol Danvers. She's smart, she's capable, she doesn't take shit, and she's capable of listening to others. We should all be a bit more like Carol.

Other things we talk about:

Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan

This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki

Smile by Raina Telgemeier

Fence Vol 2 by C. S. Pacat

Illustrated by Johanna the Mad

What if Spider-Man Kept His Cosmic Powers by Glenn Herdling

Scott McDaniel, Jim Sanders, Sam De La Rosa

Strong Female Protagonist by Brennan Lee Mulligan and Molly Ostertag

Karen Hallion

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