Six friends meet up for the first time in almost a decade for a weekend of reminisces and revelry in Re: Uniting. But there are secrets that have been festering for years, feelings unaddressed, and an unexpected development that could change the course of the entire friendship.
REVIEW: The Sensational She-Hulk #1 Serves Shulkie in the City
The Sensational She-Hulk #1 continues to make Jennifer Walters’ version of New York City feel like a lived-in place for superheroes to hang out. Jen feels like your average, relatable singleton, making her comic series a delight.
WWAC Reads Books! Entering our Dragon Era Edition
Here at WWAC we are starting off our 2024 right, and really committing to reading in the Year of the Dragon with a wide variety of terrific books. Christa digs into A Woman is No Man, I read a couple upcoming speculative fiction titles by Ann Leckie and Adrian Tchaikovsky, Alenka enjoys some YA horror…
VIZ Pubwatch: February 2024
Happy February, VIZ fans! We’re celebrating Valentine’s Day with reviews of two sparkly shojo romance manga— and an exciting new English-first e-sports action comic by Ru Xu! But first, the news.
REVIEW: Let Book of Love by Kelly Link Immerse You (spoiler-free)
Every door may represent a choice, but what if it’s not your choice to make? In The Book of Love by Kelly Link, we meet characters who open some doors and are shoved through others as they grapple with the consequences of other people’s decisions. The Book of Love, Kelly Link’s highly anticipated first full-length…
REVIEW: Crave #2 – An Erotic Thriller with a Technological Twist
Crave #1 teased an erotic thriller with a technological twist. Maria Llovett’s second issue follows through on this promise while leaving readers chomping at the bit for whatever is next. Fans of Llovett expect the artist to explore sinful themes with evocative, sensual art, and Llovett does just this with an erotic thriller for the digital age.
REVIEW: The Resurrection of Magneto #1 Sacrifices Adventure for Verbosity
Magneto is dead. Not X-Men-dead. Dead-dead. With Krakoa in shambles and the X-Men destroyed, Storm must embark into the afterlife and succeed in resurrecting Magneto in order to save mutantkind.
Archie Comics Pubwatch: January 2024
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of January! I’m Lisa, reporting from a corner booth at Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe, and here’s this month’s news! In January’s Pubwatch, Bingo Wilkins continues his bloody march toward fame! Also, there are plenty of new variant covers and much more!
VIZ Pubwatch: January 2024
Happy new year, VIZ fans! New year, new manga, new pubwatch from me! This month we’re covering all first volumes from new and established creators, including the new Taiyo Matsumoto series, Tokyo These Days. But first, the news!
REVIEW: Love is a Battlefield in Love Everlasting Vol. 1
You know the story. Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl. Boy loses girl. Girl runs away. Girl is shot dead by a mysterious cowboy. Girl wakes up in a new house, with a new life, and a new boy. Wait, what?
Roundtable: WWAC Reads Books! Digging into Winter Edition
We at WWAC have had an intense start to our winter reading, with a lot of heavy hitting books! Alenka’s immersed in books about incarceration while Christa’s reading YA speculative fiction to consider for a CYBILS award. Louis is appreciating Yellowface on audio and Kathryn’s fascinated by the short stories of Vandana Singh. Meanwhile, Masha…
REVIEW: Time Under Tension is a Profound and Confident Memoir
“I never wanted to be someone just working for attention or praise, I’m just trying to put it all in order. Sometimes it’s funny, sometimes it’s serious, but it’s always me.” In a market saturated with graphic memoirs about early adulthood and finding oneself, it’s unusual to find one that feels genuinely original. Rarer still…