Women Write About Comics celebrates the 150th anniversary of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla with a series of posts on female vampires in nineteenth-century literature.
ESSAY: When Does Poor Communication Become a Red Flag? A Freelancer Artist’s Experience
As an artist, it’s unfortunately very easy to take a bad gig, especially when you’re un-agented. Being an independent artist who’s freelanced with a variety of clients, I’ve worked with folks in and out of the art world that haven’t been the best — so I want to use this experience to help other artists…
[Patreon Exclusive] Is Watchmen Worth the Hype?
Our Patron-exclusive essay series continues. You can read all of these incredible analyses for as little as a dollar a month on our Patreon.
ESSAY: Subnormality at 15: A Retrospective
The first thing you need to know about Winston Rowntree’s webcomic Subnormality is that there’s a lot of it. Rowntree began posting in 2007, and as of this writing, there are 231 installments. And many of those 231 installments are gigantic infinite-canvas extravaganzas that can take the better part of an hour to read. It’s…
Maia Kobabe’s Memoir Helps Gender Queer People Find Their Identity: Why Is E Being Sued for It?
In Maia Kobabe’s powerful memoir, Gender Queer, Kobabe shares eir journey to discovering eir gender queer identity and how e helped family and friends come to accept eir new pronouns. At times painfully raw, this personal story is relatable and necessary — which is why I’m incensed that Gender Queer is being banned across the…
[PATREON EXCLUSIVE] Prepare Yourself Mutant: Memories of Neal Adams’ X-Men
Our Patron-exclusive essay series continues. You can read all of these incredible analyses for as little as a dollar a month on our Patreon.
Gender to Watch Out For: Stuart and Trans Lesbianism in Alison Bechdel’s Classic Strip
Last year, I realised I was a lesbian. Fresh out of one of the many closets I’ve occupied, I immediately began to search for a ‘culture’ of sapphism. This meant for me listening to a lot of Kate Bush, reading Susie Bright, and finally picking up a copy of Dykes to Watch Out For by…
Heartstopper is a Dreamy, Intimate Adaptation of the Webcomic
From indie roots to millions of fans and a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, Heartstopper is the coming-of-age queer first-love story that makes your heart full to see succeed.
How Poltergeist Catfished the World
Poltergeist’s trailer promised a terrifying tale of TV static and ghostly hauntings. What it offered was something vastly different — but I loved it anyway.
[PATREON EXCLUSIVE] [NSFW] Fumetti Nightmares: Ulula the Werewolf Woman
Our Patron-exclusive essay series continues. You can read all of these incredible analyses for as little as a dollar a month on our Patreon. As a warning, this article is most certainly not safe for work. The comic discussed here includes explicit sex and violence, including a combination thereof that some readers may find uncomfortable or…
How I Won Homeschooling with Chad Sell’s Doodleville
(NB: I wrote this essay more than two weeks after the events herein described took place, to ensure that no one in my pod contracted Covid-19 in pursuit of this story. Thankfully, no one did!) Once upon a time, when Free Comic Book Day was rescheduled to August 2021, I visited my local comics retailer…
Nosferatu’s Kindred, Part 11: Gustav Meyrink and the Land of the Time-Leeches
Concluding the series that celebrates the centenary of Nosferatu with an overview of German vampire literature.