Sjohnna McCray: The X-Factor

SC 3.1 hits Friday, so here’s a rad preview: Sjohnna McCray’s memoir of comics, mental illness, and identity. Get the issue here.

“In the X-Men comics, most mutants get their powers during puberty or for the sake of plot development are triggered by an extreme catalyst. In 1972, my mother, a former prostitute during the Vietnam War, found herself pregnant in a foreign land in which she did not speak the language, with an African American husband and a new extended family. …” [continue reading]

Nicole Oquendo: War

Here’s a nonfiction selection, Nicole Oquendo‘s (who is so kind) young, dangerous, and intrepid “War.”

We’re so happy with the response to vol. II no. 3. Thank you! Tell your friends to get one too [PDF] [print].