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The Year in Comics Wasn’t Black Enough, But Still Beautiful
The industry may have had a rough year, but there was plenty to celebrate
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As with most things in 2020, comics got weird this year. The industry nearly became another casualty of the pandemic, with most series beset by months-long shipping delays. The world of sequential art faced its own #MeToo reckoning this summer as multiple prominent men were accused of sexual misconduct. All the while, creatives and publishers alike tried to more accurately reflect the diverse consumers the big companies have always said they’re trying to reach. Yet, despite the many obstacles, there have been some truly remarkable achievements worth celebrating. As the resident comics heads at LEVEL, we convened over Zoom to discuss N.K. Jemisin’s brilliant Far Sector, how Jonathan Hickman’s X-Men grapples with race, Marvel’s Miles Morales, and the rest of this wild, unforgettable year in comics.
— Tirhakah Love and David Dennis, Jr.
Tirhakah Love, staff writer: This year in comics was kind of weird, man.
David Dennis Jr., senior staff writer: Yeah. It was a weird one. I was reading a wide swath of stuff, and in…
