Here in the Northern Hemisphere, we have reached that time of year when the November chill seeps into our very perceptions and every image of a person makes us debate the most pressing question of our time: is she warm enough? With comics characters, who have a variety of special genes and circumstances affecting their…
BOOM! Pubwatch: November 2019
Welcome to winter, comics fans! The snow (and ice) have already started up here in Canada so I’m getting ready to hibernate for the next five or six months. Basically I’m stockpiling books, comics, and snacks so I can leave my home as little as possible. I’ve started this process with not one, but two…
DC PUBWATCH – November 2019 Edition
Welcome to the November DC Pubwatch. It was a really light news month in terms of DC related goings on, with the biggest news being the untimely passing of Stephanie Brown (the best Batgirl, fight me) creator Tom Lyle. His family is struggling with the unexpected expenses, so help out if you can. Without further…
Marvel Comics Pubwatch: November
Welcome to the November Marvel Pubwatch, and my first review piece for WWAC! Real excited to get down to business with some news and reviews.
X-Force #2 Forces the Issue of Death
X-Force #2 Joe Caramagna (Letters), Joshua Cassara (Art), Tom Muller (Design), Benjamin Percy (Writing), Dean White (Colors) Marvel Comics November 27th, 2019 I was not kind in my review of the first issue of the new X-Force title. It’s not the worst of the Dawn of X books, but it certainly was not a strong opener; it led…
Girl on Film: Cecil Castellucci’s Journey Through Memory and Her Filmmaker Dreams
Girl on Film Jon Berg (artist), Cecil Castellucci (writer), Melissa Duffy (artist), V. Gagnon (artist), Kieran Quigley (colourist), Joanna Lafuente (colourist), Vicky Leta (artist), Mike Fiorentino (letterer) Archaia (Boom Studios) November 27, 2019 When Cecil Castellucci first saw Star Wars: A New Hope, her future was sealed. She would become a filmmaker. Girl on Film is her…
Romance and Tragedy with Goth: Young Lovers at War
Goth: Young Lovers at War Paul Allor (writer), Seth Adams (artist), Josh Jensen (colorist), Claire Napier (editor) Source Point Press November 27th, 2019 What does it mean to be goth? Is it the music? The fashion? The films? The culture? Can goth be narrowed to a finite place in time? Does it breathe in the…
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #50 is a Fitting End to a Wonderful Series
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #50 Derek Charm (artist), Erica Henderson (artist), Travis Lanham (letterer), Ryan North (writer), Rico Renzi (colorist) Marvel November 13, 2019 There are some series where a neat and tidy ending in which everybody lives and the bad guys are all defeated would feel like a cop-out. Those series are not The…
La Voz de M.A.Y.O: Tata Rambo: Recapturing Lost History
La Voz de M.A.Y.O: Tata Rambo Volume 1 Henry Barajas (writer), Bernardo Brice (letterer), J. Gonzo (artist), Claire Napier (editor — full disclosure, former WWAC EiC and current contributor) Top Cow Productions November 13, 2019 The beauty of graphic novels is simple: they can take even the most complex subject matter and, through the combination of…
Pubwatch: Aftershock Comics November 2019
Happy November! Exciting tidings from AfterShock Comics this month, as the year draws to a close, and AfterShock starts giving us a look at what’s to come in the new year.
Excalibur #2 Stumbles a Bit, but Keeps Pressing Forward
Excalibur #2 Erick Arciniega (Colorist), Tini Howard (Writer), Tom Muller (Designer), Cory Petit (Letterer), Marcus To (Artist) November 20, 2019 After a dynamic beginning, Excalibur #2 struggles to find its footing with the same surety of the first issue. As the newly minted Captain Britain and her companions leave Krakoa to save Brian Braddock and find…
Marauders #2: Long Live the Queens
Marauders #2 Federico Blee (colorist), Russel Dauterman (cover artist), Gerry Duggan (writer), Matteo Lolli (artist), Tom Muller (design), VC’s Cory Petit (letterer) Marvel Comics November 20, 2019 Kate Pryde’s piratical romp continues, but first, some business. Emma Frost continues to be the Emma Frost I have wanted to see for so long, holding back-astral plane…