One D.C. writer's view of the history of comic books

The Evolution of Comics From Batman to Burkas by Jabeen Akhtar

Los Angeles Review of Books July 29th, 2015
https://lareviewofbooks.org/essay/the-evolution-of-comics-from-batman-to-burkas

Jabeen Akhtar is the author of the novel Welcome to Americastan. She lives in Washington, DC, where she is working on a graphic novel about a short terrorist.