Ever since I moved to Toronto in 2018, I’ve heard about the Toronto Comics and Arts Festival (TCAF), which I had narrowly missed in 2018 because I arrived a month too late. So, it really isn’t surprising that the moment I got the chance, I made arrangements to attend the festival in 2019.
Riverdale Season 3 #2 Glimpses Into The Season’s Big Mysteries
Riverdale Season 3 #2 ‘Cold Comfort Farm’ Micol Ostow (Writer), Thomas Pitilli (Artist), Andre Skymanowicz (Colours), John Workman (Letters) ‘Choni Goes West’ Janice Chiang (Letters), Joe Eisma (Artist), Matt Herms (Colours), Micol Ostow (Writer) Archie Comics 24 April, 2019 The Farm has been a mystery throughout season three of Riverdale, but if you were hoping…
The Free Black Women’s Library Comes to LA: A Talk with Director Asha Grant
Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen on Slauson in Los Angeles is buzzing with conversation. The pink neon sign above the door is radiating the energy of the room—“good vibes only”—black people fill the space, there to support black womxn and an organization that uplifts them: The Free Black Women’s Library LA. It’s their official launch party….
WWACommendations: True Beauty, Crimes, Barbarella, and Winter Soldier
What comics are you reading lately? Every month, WWAC contributors share a few favorites among comics we’re reading. Let us know on Twitter what you’re reading!
Megan Rose Gedris: Spectacle and Story
Note: This interview is the first of a two-part series, and it contains mild spoilers for the first volume of Spectacle.
Previously on Comics: Do None Of These People Know How To Operate Businesses Like Adults, Or
Obviously, the big ticket story of last week was the announced merger of Lion Forge and Oni Press. It was spun Wednesday morning by the New York Times as a bold step for the future, but the actual reality of it is that a predominantly Black-owned company is merging into a company owned and operated…
X-Men Book Club: Havok Makes Us Cry
In our last x-chat, we discussed the whereabouts of one Douglas Ramsay, a mutant who died poorly and has never really recovered well from that. This time around, the X-Men Book Club subject is a man who lives poorly. Alex Summers, brother of Scott. Codename: Havok. He… dab pic.twitter.com/DA3mVeaY8v — The glamour clown from Clowny…
Remembering St. Mark’s Comics: Transitioning In the Comic Shop
It’s early 2018. A middle-aged woman wanders into St Mark’s Comics looking to buy a book for her teenage son who likes Marvel movies. I pick out a couple trades featuring the Avengers and Spider-Man and tell her why I like them and she buys one and thanks me. She asks if I’ve ever worked…
Breaking Down the Mysterious #MarvelComics Line-Up
Ah, Marvel! When you’re not queerbaiting us with your films, you’re disappointing us with hires and including violent exploitative trans panic deaths in your flagship books. But for some reason–it’s a mix of nostalgia, endless optimism, and the incredible roster of characters–we still stick around, and as it was a day ending in Y, Wednesday,…
Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor: Aliens, Time Travel, Mysteries
Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor Volume 1 Enrica Eren Angiolini (Colours), Valeria Favoccia (Artist), Jody Houser (Writer), Sarah Jacobs (Letters), John Roshell (Letters), Viviana Spinelli (Colours), Giorgio Sposito (Artist), Rachel Stott (Artist) Titan Comics, BBC 7 May, 2019 The Thirteenth Doctor and her companions Yaz, Ryan, and Graham are enjoying a one-of-a-kind celestial occurrence when…
Sweeney Toddler is Good, Gloopy Fun
Sweeney Toddler Leo Baxendale (art/lineart/lettering) Treasury of British Comics/Rebellion April 2019 Sweeny Toddler is a wonderfully ridiculous little comic strip. Beloved by Brits, who first saw him in the pages of Shiver ‘N’ Shake Magazine, the semi-vicious toddler and his exasperated parents eventually moved to Whoopee! Magazine, then survived mergers with Whizzer and Chips and…
Book Beat: Greg Younging, Chronicle Books Turns to Audio, and the ABA Responds to Baker & Taylor News
Hello, bookish friends! Welcome back to Book Beat, your weekly update on the literary world. With the weather getting warmer and convention/festival season getting underway, there’s lots going on. Unfortunately, not all news is good news. I’ve got a few upsetting updates, but I’ve also got new releases to share as well.
