offworld A comic about what happens when a magical girl team disbands Laura Hudson

Funny Magical prank: little girl instantly becomes big girl David Pescovitz

happy mutants After more than a decade, Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg's YA classics The PLAIN Janes are back! Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Girl on Film: a graphic novel memoir of a life in the arts and the biological basis for memory-formation Cory Doctorow

costumes Cinderella with glass arm instead of glass slipper David Pescovitz

fantasy The children's fantasy series currently dominating my family is… Jason Weisberger

makers Thinking back on the special magic of Make: and Maker Faire Gareth Branwyn

makers Teen girl's DIY glitter-shooting unicorn horn prosthetic arm in museum exhibit David Pescovitz

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

trump A young caged teen in a Texas immigration camp is teaching other kids to change caged toddlers' diapers Cory Doctorow

roleplaying games What's new in the world of tabletop gaming? Gareth Branwyn

books Beneath the Sugar Sky: return to the world of "Every Heart a Doorway" for a quest through the land of Confection Cory Doctorow

Journalism Oneita Jackson's "Nappy-Headed Negro Syndrome" Jason Weisberger

Kids Watch Russian dancers float across the stage doing a traditional Beryozka dance Andrea James

Gadgets Boing Boing Gift Guide 2017 Gift Guide

fake news Inside Kim Jong-Un’s bunker, the plot to kidnap Prince George, and other fabrications in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

art The "best children’s book illustrator in Italy" is coming to Los Angeles with a new painting exhibition Sarina Frauenfelder

books Down Among the Sticks and Bones: return to the world of Every Heart a Doorway, where gender and peril collide Cory Doctorow

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

Games The 20 games you shouldn't miss in 2016 Brandon Boyer