Hey there, Gamers! It’s Al, phone-gaming and writing to you through a fog of deadlines and head cold. Time has lost all meaning for me, so let’s look at some news! Including the Superbowl?
Previously on Comics: Immunization, NYT, Zine Fair
Are all of you having trouble focusing on things the way I am lately? I keep forgetting I have the tab open to work on this story, and I walked away from my phone while in the middle of a game earlier. My thoughts are scattered, but comics always bring things into focus. So, here’s…
Get Your Game On Wednesday: Gaming Quickly
This upcoming year of games has me pretty excited, and contemplating saving up for a PS4. I’ve been making my way through all the Mass Effect games in anticipation for Andromeda, but there’s more news than just WWAC’s Bioware love.
Previously on Comics: Webcomic to Netflix, March to Awards
Here in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s pretty darn cold. I’ve been keeping out of the Chicago winter with some warm comics reading, and I encourage you to do the same! Here’s what’s good, what’s bad, and what’s just comics:
Reading Art Speigelman’s Maus In 2017: A Roundtable
Maus by Art Spiegelman is one of those comics that’s brought up again and again, and not just by people within comics communities. August of 2016 was the 30th anniversary of the Pantheon collected edition of volume one, and 2017 will mark 25 years since it won the Pulitzer Prize. This Washington Post retrospective on…
TV That Moved Me In 2016
I’m not particularly interested in Best Of lists. After the third list it gets stale and instead of discussing art that moved us, the discourse instead seems to focus on who wrote the best list, what rank the obviously good things appeared in. So this year I asked our writers to tell me about the…
WWAC’s Favorite Big Press Comics of 2016
Southern Cross Becky Cloonan (Writer and Cover Artist), Andy Belanger and Lee Loughridge (Artists) Image Comics Southern Cross looked like something I would not like. For all of my love of things beginning with Star (Wars, Trek, etc.), I’m actually pretty afraid of space. And space stories where scary stuff happens? Certainly too frightening. Wrong! This is…
Movies That Moved Me In 2016
I’m not particularly interested in Best Of lists. After the third list it gets stale and instead of discussing art that moved us, the discourse instead seems to focus on who wrote the best list, what rank the obviously good things appeared in. So this year I asked our writers to tell me about the…
Previously on Comics: Indigenous Comic Con and More
This year is almost over, fellow WWAC-ers. As the year comes to a close I bring news about an exciting new convention, new comic book plans, and an emotional send-off for a bullying victim.
Not Gaming: Always On My Mind
Recently, I haven’t had a lot of time to game. I don’t mean that I haven’t thumbed around on a phone game or two, because we all know I’m obsessed with certain brightly colored addictive interactives, but I mean really game. There’s just been too much going on, what with the US election, my dissolving health, and my…
The WWAC Ethical Holiday Shopping Guide
This holiday season, we at WWAC are focusing on handmade/homemade gifts and gifts from indie companies, sellers, or even non-indies that support ethical labor practices. I asked some of our contributors to share their recommendations. Please share your own recommendations, charities, and other means to ethical gift-giving in the comments! – Ginnis
Of Mice & Men Singer Is Not Getting Better
On October 11, 2016 front-man for metalcore band Of Mice & Men Austin Carlile announced that the band would be cutting their European tour short due to complications of his Marfan Syndrome. Many fans responded by wishing him well, and sharing their hopes that he’d get better soon. Carlile responded by explaining that “you don’t…