Hello! You may have noticed that there was not a Comics Academe this month, and that was because we elected to save this spot to review the Comics Studies and comics education panels at SDCC’s Comic Con @ Home. Well…some of them.
DC PUBWATCH June 2020 Edition
Hi, friends! June just kinda flew by, didn’t it? But also it seemed to last forever too, right? In the June 2020 DC Pubwatch, we are almost back to a sense of normalcy in a small way with the number of books releasing being similar to pre-quarantine days. The biggest piece of DC news this…
DC PUBWATCH – January 2020
Happy New Year! And with the New Year come big changes to several DC titles. Some long runs have concluded, and new eras are starting (and even Doomsday Clock has finally ended!). Without further ado, let’s get into the DC Pubwatch for January 2020. As always, the reviews may contain spoilers.
DC PUBWATCH – End of Year Edition
Happy holidays from the DC Pubwatch! As we reach the end of the year, I want to reminisce a little bit. Over the course of the year DC published 729 books, of which I gave an overwhelming majority A’s or B’s. For the most part, other than a few books that missed the mark, it…
DC PUBWATCH – November 2019 Edition
Welcome to the November DC Pubwatch. It was a really light news month in terms of DC related goings on, with the biggest news being the untimely passing of Stephanie Brown (the best Batgirl, fight me) creator Tom Lyle. His family is struggling with the unexpected expenses, so help out if you can. Without further…
Cover Volume 1: More Unexpected Chuckles Than Thrilling Adventure
Cover Volume 1 Brian Michael Bendis (creator, writer), David Mack (creator, writer, artist), Carlos M. Mangual (letterer), Zu Orzu (digital colourist) Jinxworld April 2019 Cover Volume 1 was not what I expected it to be. David Mack regularly speaks about his work with the State Department as a cultural ambassador, and does so again in…
DC PUBWATCH – September 2019 Edition
The biggest news of this month’s DC Pubwatch is the further expansion of the Black Label line with another addition to Frank Miller’s Dark Knight canon (why?!), and Daniel Warren Johnson’s Wonder Woman: Dead Earth. We also got news of James Tynion IV’s “Year of the Villain” spin-off tied to the Infected and the Batman…
DC PUBWATCH – August 2019 Edition
The only big news of this month’s DC Pubwatch is that G. Willow Wilson is leaving Wonder Woman with October’s issue #81, giving us four more issues under her pen. Set to replace her for at least a six issue arc is Steve Orlando, who wrote issues #51-55 of the series before Wilson came on….
WWACommendations: LOST in TRANSLATION, Isola, Heavenly Blues, Die, and More
Happy August! What comics are you reading lately? Every month, WWAC contributors share some comics we’ve especially enjoyed recently. Let us know your own recent favorites on Twitter!
DC PUBWATCH SDCC 2019 (and July) Edition
Greetings from the other side of San Diego Comic-Con! Oddly enough, most of the bigger news for this month’s DC Pubwatch came before SDCC, and unlike last year there were no big new series announced at any of the DC panels this year. Only Strange Adventures by Tom King, Mitch Gerads, and Doc Shaner got…
WWACommendations: LUFF, Darth Vader, Dear Justice League, Pros and (Comic) Cons
Happy July! What comics are you reading lately? Every month, WWAC contributors share some of the comics they’ve been especially enjoying. Let us know on Twitter what comics you’re reading that more people need to check out! Emily Lauer: Dear Justice League imagines that kids in the DC universe can email the members of the…
DC PUBWATCH June 2019 Edition
This was a big month for DC Comics news, and more so for three of the company’s imprints. It was announced last week that the rumors are indeed true, and at the end of the year, DC will be retiring the Vertigo label. This shutters that mature reader imprint after twenty-six years, and only a…