This has been a strange year at HU. We’ve had by far our most traffic ever, with more than twice as many unique hits as last year, our previous high. That’s because Jacob Canfield’s post on Charlie Hebdo became a huge viral read/hate read, dwarfing even our Victorian Wire post from a while back.

Beyond that though, this year, especially the second half, has been rather quiet. I think that’s in part because I’ve been getting more writing work, and haven’t had as much time to tend to things here as I have in the past. I’m not sure what that will or won’t mean for the blog in the future, but for the moment at least we’re still rolling along. Here are some of the notable posts, roundtables, and events from our last year.

Oh, and hey, I released my book on Wonder Woman this year. We had a roundtable to celebrate. Also, you can see all reviews/interviews/other goodies from around the web here.

Chris Gavaler writes here every week on protosuperheroes…and more recently on analyzing comics layout.

Isaac Butler on Joe Sacco and dystopia.

Our roundtable on Satire and Charlie Hebdo.

Michael Carson on American Sniper as kitsch.

Em Liu on Hollywood’s real problem with the Asian male.

Osvaldo Oyola on romance comics and weird heteronormativity.

I and others have an ongoing series on the question of Can There Be a Black Superhero?

Kim O’Connor on Chris Sims and the failings of progressive comics.

Katherine Wirick on why you shouldn’t name your makeup line after OCD.

Eric Berlatsky on how continuity undermines progress in comics.

James Lamb on the impossibility of superhero diversity.

Robert Stanley Martin with an ongoing weekly series showing on sale dates of comics from the primordial ooze to the present.

We did a big Joss Whedon roundtable.

Nix 66 on the bravery (so brave!) of Laura Kipnis.

Julian Chambliss on his art project of burning the Confederate flag.

Philip Smith on 1998 and anti-Chinese violence in Indonesian comics.

Kristian Williams on apocalypse and dystopia in Fury Road.

RM Rhodes insists Heavy Metal magazine is not punk.

Kate Polak on Hannibal, Rihanna,and sexual harassment.

I wrote a bunch of posts about Quentin Tarantino.

I wrote a bunch of posts about the rape/revenge genre.

Jimmy Johnson on Narcos and imperialism.

Petar Duric on class in the Sly Cooper games.

mouse on furries and smut.

I’ve started a Patreon to support some of my writing here.

Kim O’Connor on Adrian Tomine’s weak portrayal of women.

Ng Suat Tong on Frazetta’s racism.