Kat Calamia
Kat has been working in the comic book industry as a critic for over a decade with her YouTube channel, Comic Uno. She’s been writing for Newsarama since 2017 and also currently writes for DC Comics’ DC Universe - bylines include IGN, Fandom, and TV Guide. She writes her own comics with her titles Like Father, Like Daughter and They Call Her…The Dancer. Calamia has a Bachelor’s degree in Communications and minor in Journalism through Marymount Manhattan and a MFA in Writing and Producing Television from LIU Brooklyn.
Latest articles by Kat Calamia

Exploring the origin and legacy of Ben Reilly and Spider-Man - The Clone Saga with its creators
By Kat Calamia published
Feature We look back at the controversial Spider-Man storyline 'The Clone Saga' with the writers and editor who created it

DC Endless Winter event: What is it about? The clues, the suspects, and the cold puns
By Kat Calamia last updated
Feature Working the clues into theories for the mystery of DC's Endless Winter

Superhero death - creators revisit Batman's 'a Death in the Family' controversial fan vote
By Kat Calamia published
Feature Fans voted to kill Robin. Looking back at the pivotal Batman story with Jim Starlin, Paul Levitz, and more

Inside the best The Flash story of all time with Mark Waid, Greg Larocque, and Brian Augustyn
By Kat Calamia published
Feature Looking back at the greatest Flash story of all time

Batman: The World is the Caped Crusader as seen through international eyes
By Kat Calamia published
Feature Batman: The World Introduces new heroes and villains from around the globe

Will one of DC's greatest villains make a hero turn in Joshua Williamson's new series Deathstroke Inc.?
By Kat Calamia published
Feature Writer Joshua Williamson explains his approach to Slade Wilson's moral compass and tells readers where to find a big clue about the new series Deathstroke Inc.

Infinite Frontier act 2 expands beyond Justice League Infinite with the return of a long-lost character
By Kat Calamia, Michael Doran published
News Prolific DC writer Joshua Williamson reveals there is more coming from Infinite Frontier's second act and a DC character not seen in a long time is coming back

Batgirl: Barbara Gordon's journey from Batgirl to Oracle and back again
By Kat Calamia published
Feature How Barbara Gordon got the last laugh after Batman: The Killing Joke

Avatar: The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra comics reading order
By Kat Calamia published
Feature The cartoons are over, but Avatar: The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra live on in comics

New Avatar: The Last Airbender graphic novel digs deeper into Suki's past
By Kat Calamia published
Feature Faith Erin Hicks and Peter Wartman return for Avatar: The Last Airbender - Suki Alone

Do new Batgirl costumes mean a new Batgirls DC series is coming?
By Chris Arrant, Kat Calamia published
News How to announce a Batgirls project while not really officially announcing it (yet)

Ride On reunites former horse girl Faith Erin Hicks with her childhood passion
By Kat Calamia published
Feature Writer/artist Faith Erin Hicks mixes her childhood loves of horses and Star Trek for her new next graphic novel, Ride On

Inside the socially-minded cyborg sci-fi drama Madi with Duncan Jones and Alex De Campi
By Kat Calamia published
Feature Special forces soldiers stuck with student loan-style debt for their cybernetics? Inside Madi: Once Upon a Time in the Future

How Dick Grayson became Batman - Inside Battle of the Cowl with Tony S. Daniel and the DC editors at the time
By Kat Calamia published
Feature After Batman RIP, Battle for the Cowl set up a new status quo with Dick Grayson as Batman - here's how it came down

The most successful comics Kickstarter projects of all time
By Kat Calamia published
feature These comic projects combined have earned more than $5 million via Kickstarter

Checkmate is DC's answer for the dirty work Justice League could never do
By Kat Calamia published
Feature Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev are disassembling the DC detectives and spies in Checkmate

The secret origin of Faith Erin Hicks, creator of The Nameless City and more
By Kat Calamia published
Feature From reading Tintin to creating The Nameless City, Friends with Boys, and more

Young Squadron transforms Miles Morales, Kamala Khan, and Sam Alexander into all-new, all-different heroes
By Kat Calamia published
Feature Don't call them the Champions - they're Young Squadron!

Spider-Gwen gets her Batgirl on with Heroes Reborn: Night-Gwen thanks to Vita Ayala & Farid Karami
By Kat Calamia published
Feature Meet Marvel Comics' Nightbird (don't call her Spider-Gwen OR Batgirl)

New Shang-Chi ongoing comic will connect his entire new mythology with the Marvel Universe
By Kat Calamia published
Feature Shang-Chi's previous series revamped the martial arts master for a modern age, and now he's back for a re-introduction to the Marvel U

The Mexican-American hero Reptil prepares to be Marvel's "next biggest hero"
By Kat Calamia published
Feature Reptil brings "witty dialogue, magic, and Mexicans" onto comic shelves May 26

Inside the DC Comics celebration of Asian superheroes and Asian creators with editor Jessica Chen
By Kat Calamia published
Feature With classic Asian DC heroes, and a few new ones - like Monkey Prince

Who is Peter Parker without Spider-Man? Heroes Reborn: The Amazing Shutterbug answers that question
By Kat Calamia published
Feature Marc Bernardin talks about Heroes Reborn: The Amazing Shutterbug #1
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