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Paul Montgomery (he/him) writes from Philadelphia.

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Vanessa Maki (she/her) is a queer writer, critic, artist, and Blerd. She has written for publications like Dread Central, Daily Dead, Fangoria, and many more. She&#8217;s a former contributor for Pink Advocate and The Mary Sue. And she&#8217;s currently a contributor for But Why Tho? etc.

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<div dir="auto">A loner and writer by trade, Miles Rowan (He/Him) is a fan of button-mashing, sitcoms, and appreciates nothing more than defeating the occasional bout of writer&#8217;s block. He despises social media in all its forms and is still in search of the world&#8217;s best peanut butter and jelly sandwich!</div>

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The Adventure Continues: The DC Animated Universe’s Most Essential Episodes

Matthew Jackson (he/him) is a writer, critic, podcaster, and nerd-for-hire who&#8217;s been writing about pop culture for more than 15 years. He lives in Austin, Texas, and when he&#8217;s not writing he&#8217;s usually counting the days until Christmas.

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Lan Pitts (he/him) is an Atlanta-born writer based in Baltimore, Maryland. He learned to read from mini-comics that came with action figures and video game instruction manuals. He&#8217;s been writing professionally for almost 20 years and doesn&#8217;t think that&#8217;ll end anytime soon.

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Ian Carlos Crawford is an anxious writer and podcaster with MFA in nonfiction writing. He loves Buffy, X-Men, Scream, and pugs. His writing has appeared on sites like GQ, BuzzFeed, NewNowNext, and other random corners of the internet. He hosts the queer pop culture podcast Slayerfest 98 and cohosts the horror podcast My Bloody Judy.

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‘Half Man’s’ Love Story Is the Wario and Waluigi To ‘Heated Rivalry’s’

Sean T. Collins is a freelance TV critic for the New York Times, Vulture, Decider, and elsewhere. He is the author of Pain Don&#8217;t Hurt: Meditations on Road House, available at <a href="https://www.mutualskies.com/">mutualskies.com</a>. He and his wife, the cartoonist Julia Gfrörer, live with their children on Long Island.

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