Who knew “gatekeeping” could mean tending to your recently awakened Kaiju of a gate? With brisk pacing and a clever implementation of character focus, Immortal X-Men is shaping up to be an all-timer.
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…
Vault Comics Pubwatch: May 2022
Heading into the summer, Vault Comics is getting ready for a new Mindset this month with Vault’s psychedelic sci-fi thriller debuting on June 29th. Creators Zack Caplan and John J. Pearson chatted with The Beat about what readers can expect from this new series. Did you catch the Heathen blog tour? Celebrating The Complete Series…
Worlds of Exile and Illusion Collects a Hearty Portion of Early-Career Ursula K. Le Guin
Across a nearly 60-year career, Ursula K. Le Guin left an indelible mark on speculative fiction. She is best known for her fantasy work A Wizard of Earthsea and the science fiction novels The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed. The latter two belong to the Hainish Cycle, a series of five books that…
REVIEW: The World of Squire Is a Familiar Face
Sara Alfageeh and Nadia Shammas’s Squire is a comic I have been waiting for — not just since it was announced, but also my entire life.
Previously on Comics: We’re Nominated for an Eisner (Again)
Hello faithful readers! Kate here, and I’ve been having a shitty couple of weeks, so I’m here to share all the fun stuff from last week because I need joy. And there was a lot of joy. WWAC has been nominated for another Eisner Award!
Archie Comics Pubwatch: May 2022
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of May! I’m Lisa, reporting from a corner booth at Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe, and here’s this month’s news! In this month’s Archie Comics Pubwatch, Archie introduces two new characters, Big Ethel Energy gets a trade release, and more!!
Cover Guy: X-Men – Hellfire Gala 2022
Welcome to Cover Girls. Each month, we gather a team of WWAC contributors to analyze a new and notable comic book cover featuring one or more women. This month, Kate Tanski, Louis Skye, Kat Overland, Anna Peppard, Wendy Browne, and Kayleigh Hearn shake it up a little and share their thoughts on a Cover Guy:…
REVIEW: Boys Run The Riot Runs The Manga Section
Boys Run the Riot is an LGBT manga series with a transmasculine lead written and drawn by Keito Gaku (and team). This introductory volume to the series is a poignant and hilarious romp through gender discrimination, high school, punk philosophy, following your dreams, and how fashion is often a double-edged sword for queer people. Basically,…
REVIEW: Spider-Man 2099: Exodus Alpha #1 – Not Quite Grounded
I’ll admit that Miguel O’Hara is a character I enjoy more in theory than in practice. Spider-Man has never been my primary guy and that 2099 stuff was also never my hyperfixation. But, like Anya Corazon (who IS my girl), and Miles Morales, he’s another Latino in the gaggle of arañas, so you know, I…
VIZ Pubwatch: May 2022
Happy May, VIZ fans! In America, the school year is winding down, the weather is warming up, and VIZ has a bunch of new releases for me to share with you all! Today we’ll be talking about a few series new to me, and some new takes on 2000s classic Death Note. But first, the…
REVIEW: I Didn’t Know Fantasy Like The Bruising of Qilwa Could Exist and I’m Glad it Does!
Firuz’s family has escaped the slaughter of their people, the Sassanians, arriving at Qilwa as refugees seeking a new way of life. While Firuz dedicates themself to saving people at a free clinic, a new disease emerges with powerful political ramifications for Firuz’s people and their new home.