Comics are weird. They’re also amazing, but often get stuck in the rut created by the Big Two and the accursed direct market. Luckily, there are some rad creators trying to make fantastic things that will change the landscape of comics and bring more great stories to more people. Two of those comic book heroes…
The Silver Sprocket Take Over Continues
Silver Sprocket have quickly established themselves as a force to be reckoned with in the often homogeneous world of comics. So we were super stoked when we heard that they would be working to smash the system from the inside by putting their books in comics notorious direct market monopoly Diamond. We covered their first…
Rosie’s GIANT SIZED Dynamite Pubwatch (March/April/May/June)
Hello, comic book adventurers! It’s me Rosie, back once again with your regular Dynamite comics roundup. We here at Women Write About Comics are dedicated to unpacking the complex parts of the industry and unwrapping the underwhelming gift that is comics so we can all enjoy/despair about it together! So here we are with another…
The New Expanded Universe: Lost Stars is a Riveting Reinvention of Star-Crossed Lovers
The New Expanded Universe is an ongoing column where I review each of the contemporary canon Star Wars books for your galactic enjoyment! Lost Stars Claudia Gray Del Ray Books September 4, 2015 There is something truly special about falling in love with and losing yourself in a fictional world. It’s why we rewatch movies,…
So You Want To Run A Block Chain – An Instructional Photo Comic
It’s tough to be active on the internet, and in the wake of recent events, we here at WWAC thought that it might be useful to help our readers (and anyone who needs to) learn how to run a block chain on Twitter.
Hire These Folx: Nicole Goux
Hire This Woman was a long-running series of interviews at ComicsAlliance overseen by Janelle Asselin. We’re happy to announce that from here on out, with Asselin’s blessing, we’ll be taking over the “Hire This Woman” mantle. Using the questions from the original series we’ll be interviewing our favourite creators who identify as anything other than…
Xena #3 is Fun, But Far Too Heterosexual
Xena: Warrior Princess #3 Meredith Finch (Writer), Vicente Cifuentes (Artist), Triona Farrell (Colorist), Cardinal Ray (Letterer) Dynamite Entertainment April 18, 2018 I have been surprised by just how much I’ve been enjoying Dynamite’s new Xena title. Written by Meredith Finch, and drawn charmingly by Vicente Cifuentes, it’s undoubtedly colourist Triona Farrell’s book, and since the first…
Hire These Folx: Bianca Xunise
Hire This Woman was a long-running series of interviews at ComicsAlliance overseen by Janelle Asselin. We’re happy to announce that from here on out, with Asselin’s blessing, we’ll be taking over the “Hire This Woman” mantle. Using the questions from the original series we’ll be interviewing our favourite creators who identify as anything other than…
EC Archives: Vault of Horror is a Spooky Smorgasbord
The EC Archives: The Vault of Horror Volume 1 Creators include: Al Feldstein, Marie Severin, Johnny Craig, Bill Gaines, Johnny Craig, Harry Harrison, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, Graham Ingels, and Jack Kamen Dark Horse Comics February 14, 2018 Even if you’ve never heard of EC Comics by name, you’ll likely recognise their iconic spooky stories…
Silver Sprocket Review Roundup
Silver Sprocket is one of the most exciting small press publishers out there, and I’ve been obsessed with them since the first time I read Ben Passmore’s fantastic Your Black Friend. This inclusive comics collective and record label has made a name for itself by putting out radical books that are unlike anything else being…
Jen Bartel’s CRYSTAL FIGHTERS Coming To Dark Horse (EXCLUSIVE)
Jen Bartel is undoubtedly one of the most beloved names in contemporary comics. Her instantly recognisable illustrations have graced the covers of pretty much every comics publisher, from the Big Two to Dark Horse through IDW, Archie to Image to Valiant, BOOM!, Vault and even Dynamite— Bartel is a one woman reason to argue for…
Exploring CORPUS: A Comic Anthology of Bodily Ailments
Illness is something that all of us experience at some time in our life. Sometimes it’s temporary, or sometimes it ends up defining the way we live our lives. But for such a universal experience, it’s one that’s often explored in arts and culture by people who have a reductive view of what it means…