In late August, writer Gene Luen Yang posed a challenge to his peers in the world of comics: Write characters who are different from you, racially and culturally, even if it's scary. That can be tough ...

The Flight of the Icaroo. This is the cover art for the second book of The Weirdling Cycle. It is by Justin Gerard. That’s the primary protagonist, Trevor Upjohn in the basket. Maggie is in the other ...

L.A.-based filmmaker Noam Kroll is currently working on his second feature. He keeps a production blog at his website NoamKroll.com. In this blog post, he writes about focusing on characters in order ...

My first book came out 11 years ago. So, I’m reasonably certain that I gave my first Real Live Big Girl Pants Authorial Interview around that time, as well. Thus began my own particular Unexpected ...

Jillian (she/her) is a writer for the Movies & TV section at GameRant. She's always loved writing and been a voracious consumer of all kinds of media, so writing for GameRant has been the perfect ...

Greg Rucka has rocked the worlds of comics and novels for years, including memorable Batman writing, plus the Queen and Country series and the Atticus Kodiak books. But he might be best known for ...

Good novelists create characters who are complex. unique, and have relatable human needs and feelings. Joyce Carol Oates is one of our best contemporary novelists, and has created a host of memorable ...

Many people are aware of autism spectrum disorders, but few people understand them. The term encompasses a wide spectrum of disorders characterized by impairments in social, communication and ...