Lunella Lafayette’s adventures with her bright red dinosaur companion have steadily expanded in scope with each new arc of Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur, and the book’s current storyline has taken her to both outer space and an alternate dimension where she met her evil doppelganger. Writer Brandon Montclare, artist…

Marvel has come under fire for comments about diversity this year, so it’s nice to see the publisher commit to a character like Lunella “Moon Girl” Lafayette, whose ongoing series doesn’t sell especially well on a month-to-month basis but brings in more readers with collections. Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur has been…

The world of comics is huge and ever expanding. All it takes is one look at Diamond’s weekly new-releases list to be overwhelmed by the sheer quantity and variety of books being published, and that doesn’t even include the sprawl of webcomics, self-published works, and publishers operating outside of the primary…

Each week, Big Issues focuses on a newly released comic-book issue of significance. This week, it’s Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur #13. Written by Amy Reeder and Brandon Montclare (Rocket Girl, Halloween Eve) with art by Natacha Bustos (Spider-Woman, Strange Sports Stories) and colorist Tamra Bonvillain (Nighthawk, …

Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur has done phenomenal work using its central conceit of a superpowered preteen and her giant red dinosaur to explore real issues facing prepubescent young girls. In the book’s first arc, Lunella Lafayette’s fear of being exposed to the Terrigen mists that activate her Inhuman DNA was a…

The comics landscape is expanding every year, and it can be difficult to find what’s good in the sea of ongoings, miniseries, graphic novels, digital comics, and webcomics. 2016 has featured new works by some of the industry’s top talent as well as impressive projects by up-and-coming creators, so The A.V. Club …

After months of focusing on the Secret Wars events, Marvel draws its attention back to the far more diverse cast of characters that have been earning press and critical praise for the past few years. Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur #1 (Marvel) is one of the more hotly anticipated new titles, and so far it’s earned that…

Did you know kids love dinosaurs? It’s the reason Marvel had Jack Kirby create his short-lived series Devil Dinosaur back in the ’70s, and it’s the reason why Kirby’s creation is being revived for a new all-ages title: Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur. Rather than teaming the titular red T-Rex with his usual Neanderthal…