Star Wars 2017 Year in Review
It’s the end of the year, and you know what that means. It’s time to talk some Star Wars. This year, Mara Wood and Carolyn Cocca are joined by Huw….
Author: Mara Wood
Mara Wood holds a Ph. D. in School Psychology. Currently, she works for a public school system assessing students for educational placement. Her research focus is comic books and how they can be used in therapy and educational settings. She tends to spend most of her day reading comic books, writing about them, and thinking about comic books (kind of a one-track mind…). Mara’s other hobbies include reading manga and Star Wars novels, and playing Dungeons & Dragons. She co-hosts Talking Comics and Talking Shojo, and you can find her on twitter (@megamaramon) or on her blog, marawoodblog.com.
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