Australian illustrator Zen Pencils (Gavin Aung Than) created a Peanuts-style comic based on Bobby Kennedy’s inspiring words on inclusion and openness to others.

“Despite thousands of years of struggling with hug protocol, scientists have yet to unlock its deepest most powerful mysteries.” Matt Posky at You Monsters Are People discusses the art of hugging — with comics included.

Robert Jones, Jr. publishes a thought-provoking guest post at The Middle Spaces: “Could Cyborg be the comic book superhero representation of white supremacy’s effect on the black body? To have a black person transformed from a metaphorical machine to an actual one? Whose fantasy is this?”

Sydney-based writer and editor Psyren Song publishes a blend of comics and narrative on childhood, growing up, and friendship.

A behind-the-scenes look at artist Drew Dernavich’s cover for producer Amerigo Gazaway’s Yasiin Gaye — a mashup of the music of Mos Def and Marvin Gaye.

“Like Peter Parker, like Buddy Baker, like Carol Danvers, like Jaime Reyes, like any great cultural hero, Kamala is powerful, not because she hits some diversity checklist, but because she speaks to something inside us.” Thoughts on a Muslim Ms. Marvel, on Reviews by Lantern’s Light.

Leila at Baddawi has created and pieced together a graphic novel of stories of her father’s life. Her father, from Palestine, grew up in a refugee camp in Lebanon, after which Leila’s blog is named. “The Library” is part of this ongoing series.

On his comics blog Sequential Killustration, Jeff McComsey recreates a big combat scene in A Storm of Swords, book three of George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones (For TV viewers, this is season four, episode eight.) Illustrations — and spoilers — ahead.

“Just getting an email from Bill Watterson is one of the most mind-blowing, surreal experiences I have ever had. Bill Watterson really exists? And he sends email? And he’s communicating with me?” Stephan Pastis talks about his comic strip collaboration with Bill Watterson.

On his blog, Afro-Caribbean-American writer P. Djeli Clark discusses how Professor X and Magneto may be truthful portrayals of how American society has long perceived Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X.