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Avery Kaplan

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Julian, San Diego
As seen in: Popverse, The Beat, CBR, Screen Rant, The Mary Sue, ComicsBeat, Comics Journal Magazine, Gossip Chimp, K-Comicsbeat, NeoText Review
Covers:  Comics, Star Trek, Literature, Queer Representation, Genre Theory, Stephen King

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Avery Kaplan is the author of several books and a whole bunch of comic book articles. She was honored to serve as a judge for the 2021, 2022, and 2023 Cartoonist Studio Prize Award and the 2021 Prism Awards. She lives in Southern California with her partner and a pile of cats, and her favorite place to visit is the cemetery. You can also find her writing on Geek Girl Authority, Comics Bookcase, NeoText, Shelfdust, the Mary Sue, StarTrek.com, in many issues of PanelxPanel, and in the margins of …

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Eating on the Enterprise: The Psychology of Food in Trek

Eating on the Enterprise: The Psychology of Food in Trek

In any Star Trek series set on a Starfleet vessel, you're likely to grow familiar with certain archetypical s…

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Doppelgäng Bang: Unpacking the Double Trouble Horror Trope - The Gutter Review

Doppelgäng Bang: Unpacking the Double Trouble Horror Trope - The Gutter Review

Doppelgängers: should they instill fear, or arousal? An examination of the Do/Be principle through The Vampir…

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Review: BELOW AMBITION is Horse Mania's eternal encore

Review: BELOW AMBITION is Horse Mania's eternal encore

A reviewof Below Ambition, the latest from SIMON HANSELMANN, which centers Megg and Werewolf Jones.

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How Lower Decks' Captain Freeman Rose to the Occasion

How Lower Decks' Captain Freeman Rose to the Occasion

The second season of Star Trek: Lower Decks gave us a chance to get to know some of the supporting characters…

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Adding it Up: A Discussion of Numerology in Culture - The Gutter Review

Adding it Up: A Discussion of Numerology in Culture - The Gutter Review

An overview of some numerological ideas expressed through pop culture, including LOST, Gorillaz, and Archie C…

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Boldly Bringing Lower Decks to Comics: An Interview with Ryan North

Boldly Bringing Lower Decks to Comics: An Interview with Ryan North

Interview with Ryan North about the Star Trek: Lower Decks comic from IDW.

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Exclusive Excerpt: TO DANCE THE MOON AND STARS offers sacrifice and romantasy

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By Avery Kaplan
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In the upcoming romantasy graphic novel To Dance the Moon and Stars by illustrator Tasia M S and Eisner Award-nominated, award-winning and bestselling queer writer Barbara Perez Marquez from Joy Revolution, a future high priestess from a world where dancing is forbidden must break the rules so as to put a halt to an ancient evil, or risk losing everything… including the crown prince.
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Family Guy Season 25 on Fox: Release date, time slot, and Stewie spinoff

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By Avery Kaplan
| Popverse Verified
Peter Griffith and family will return in early 2027 as Seth MacFarlane's animated sitcom returns for its 25th season For a quarter of a century, Family Guy has brought irreverent and hilarious animated comedy to fans. So when the Season 24 finale debuted on May 17th, 2026, audiences immediately asked whether the series would be returning again in the fall.
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Grimsburg Season 3: Release date, timeslot and more

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By Avery Kaplan
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The animated series stars Jon Hamm as detective Marvin Flute Grimsburg is an animated sitcom that follows the titular town's greatest detective, Marvin Flute (Jon Hamm)... But can he solve the curious case of his own family? The Season 2 finale, "Across the Flutiverse," debuted almost a year ago, on July 17, 2025. But happily for fans of the series, the show has been renewed by Fox for Season 3! You can expect new episodes of Grimsburg to arrive in the fall of 2026.
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