Marvelous Erica Henderson: Crossword Puzzle Answer!
In a Tweet sent on Sunday, November 21st, 2021, Marvelous artist Erica Henderson, who you may know from her work on some of the interiors and the covers of The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, revealed that she had been included as a clue and answer in the November 20th, 2021 USA Today crossword puzzle.
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— Erica Henderson (@EricaFails) November 21, 2021
37 Across
The crossword clue in question is “37 Across,” and it reads, “Comics artist Henderson.”
Crossword clue! Photo Credit: USA Today.
The answer, which is five letters, is of course “Erica.”
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
Henderson’s accomplishments on The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl are surely worthy of recognition in a crossword!
The first Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1. Photo Credit: Marvel Unlimited.
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl first began in January 2015, with Henderson on art, Ryan North writing, and Rico Renzo on colors. Eight issues later, it was relaunched in October 2015 as part of the All-New, All-Different initiative.
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 (second #1). Photo Credit: Marvel Unlimited.
Henderson began by providing both the covers and the interiors, but with issue 31, she switched to just doing the covers, while Derek Charm took over on interior art for the remaining nineteen issues of the 50 (or is it 58?) book run. This is only one instance of North and Charm working together, too, as the pair also collaborated on issues of Jughead over at Archie Comics.
However, Henderson did return to bring this two-panel comic to us on the final page of The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #50, featuring Erica herself in conversation with the unbeatable Doreen Green!
Erica says goodbye to Doreen. Photo Credit: Marvel Unlimited.
In addition to working on the main series, North, Henderson, and Renzo also collaborated on The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Beats Up the Marvel Universe, a 2016 graphic novel that takes place within the continuity of the 58 issue series.
The Unbeatable Crossword
Did you pick up a copy of USA Today on November 20th? Are you a big crossword fan? What other comics-related crossword clues can you think of?
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