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Um, Aubrey Hirsch is the author of the book Graphic Rage: Comics on Gender, Justice, and Life as a Woman in America, and the story collection Why We Never Talk About Sugar.

Her stories, essays, and comics have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Vox, Time, The Nib, Black Warrior Review, American Short Fiction, and elsewhere.

Virginia Konchan is the author of five poetry collections, most recently Requiem, and the short story collection Anatomical Gift.

Her publications include poems in The New Yorker, The New Republic, and The Atlantic, essays and criticisms in the Boston Review and American Poetry Review, um, ch- her translations from French in the Brooklyn Rail, Asymptote, and Circumference, and fiction in Story Quarterly, Joyland, and Memorious.

This September, join in the rebirth of the greatest and grossest animated series sensation of all time with Toxic Crusaders by acclaimed Syracuse-based comic book publisher, Ahoy Comics.

Written by the NIB founder and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, Matt Bors, whose recent revival of the Toxic Avenger in comics received widespread acclaim, and debut talent Tristan Wright.

The trade paperback features the Toxic Avenger from Troma Entertainment fame, alongside fellow mutants Nozome, Junkyard, Major Disaster, and the all-new character Fungi Girl.

We discuss how this franchise is delighting both new and previous fans,