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W. Andrew Shephard

is a freelance writer who specializes in genre fiction, film/television studies and comics as literature. He is currently pursuing a PhD in English at Stanford University.

Essays & Reviews

Riot Grrrls in Space

By W. Andrew ShephardAugust 15, 2011
Decades after its incomplete publication, are comics readers finally ready for the groundbreaking feminist space saga Starstruck?
Essays & Reviews

The Post-Colonial Space Opera

By W. Andrew ShephardMay 20, 2011
A Review of China Miéville’s Embassytown Over the course of a career which has produced eight novels, a collection of short fiction and, a non-fiction book on…
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