Happy Monday! It’s the start of a new week. New beginnings, new possibilities, new hope. I can only wish that the next few days are better all-around for everyone. Fingers crossed. Speaking of current events, 2016 is shaping up to be one of the most contentious election years in United States history. I’m sure my…
WWAC Is Launching a Zine and We Want YOUR Submissions!
Calling all nerdy, outspoken, thoughtful, quirky women and non-binary writers, illustrators, and comic artists! Women Write About Comics is launching its first zine, Secrets of the Goat People, and we want YOU. WWAC was founded in part to promote and publish the voices of women and non-binary writers, those of us who have been marginalized, unheard and…
Star Trek Is About Hope and Gay Sulu Gives Us That
This month marks the release of Star Trek Beyond and, as the title actually suggests, it will take a fan favourite where no character (at least in Hollywood Star Trek cannon) has gone before – the first openly gay man, in the form of helmsman Hikaru Sulu played by actor John Cho. Sexuality has been…
Japanese Actress Kaori Momoi Apparently Plays ScarJo’s Mother in Ghost in the Shell
In case you were wondering if the live action Ghost in the Shell film could get any more baffling, Associated Press has revealed that the Japanese actress Kaori Momoi is playing the mother of Scarlett Johansson’s Major.
Mass Effect: What’s Your Headcanon?
A lot of fans were, to put it mildly, unhappy with the ending of the Mass Effect series. Like the creatives we are, many of us have our own beliefs about what went on in the ME universe, disregarding the official story.
Inspiring Women Comics Creators Today: The Autobio Edition
Few genres in comics are given the credit they’re due like autobiographical comics. However, with the genre still pushing the capabilities of comics storytelling decades after it cracked the mainstream, it’s easy to see that that credit is well-earned. That, and telling the story of your life requires a very specific kind of courage that…
Marco Polo Is Back and WWAC Is Watching and Roundtabling!
After the first season of Marco Polo, Wendy and I talked at length about it and agreed it was a show we both loved. Now with the second season available on Netflix, the WWAC crew gathered to voice our opinions on the first three episodes. It’s a new season! What are your general thoughts of…
2016 Hugo Reviews: Novelettes
Having covered the Hugo Awards’ Best Short Story finalists in my previous post, I shall now take a look at the five stories that are contending for the title of Best Novelette.
Review: Red Sonja #2-6
Red Sonja Vol. 3, #2-6 Marguerite Bennett (writer), Aneke (illustrator), Aneke & Diego Galindo (illustrators #4-5), Jorge Sutil (colorist), Jorge Sutil & Morgan Hickman (colorists on #3), Erica Schultz (letterer) Dynamite 2016 Disclaimer: This review is based on advanced review copies from Dynamite. I had been anticipating Bennett’s work on Red Sonja ever since Dynamite…
The Thursday Book Beat: Black Girls Rock and Now You Can Read All About Them!
Happy Thursday, dear readers! I hope your summer’s been going wonderfully so far–I’m about to head out for a quick vacation myself, and it’ll definitely involve books. But before we soak up the sunshine, let’s take a moment to remember Elie Wiesel, author of the powerful classic Night. Wiesel passed away last Saturday at the…
Incredible Cosplayers of Anime Expo 2016!
This was my first ever Anime Expo (AX), and although I’m a veteran San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) goer, AX was extremely overwhelming. There was so much stimuli everywhere and, unfortunately, the first day was incredibly disappointing. The badge pick up line went up to a wait time of four hours. The second day went up to five…
Beauty and the Geek: Tim Drake the Red Robin
For this addition to Beauty and the Geek, I wanted to do something a bit bolder than usual that also honored one of my all time favorite comic characters: Tim Drake as Red Robin. I recently had my first tattoo done, and it was of, you guessed it, the Robin symbol.