Life is rough at the moment. With everything that’s going on it can be tough to find ways to distract yourself. That’s why I recently started a personal project making one page zines about films that I’ve watched during self-isolation. It’s been giving me a lot of joy, so I thought I’d share this little…
So You’re Making a Comic – A Flowchart Explainer On The Direct Market
The Direct Market was the name given to the distribution channel that stocked the shelves of the fledgling comic shop network in the 1970s. It was “direct” because the books were shipped from printers straight to the stores on a non-returnable basis, bypassing messy corporate newsstand distributors. Over time, different companies have helped to supply…
How to Tell Your Story: SMOO Comics Series by Simon Moreton
SMOO is an autobiographical comics series from Simon Moreton, one of the most exciting artists on the UK small press scene and co-founder of Bristol Comics and Zine Fair. SMOO is hauntingly brilliant, a series of comics self-published by UK artist Simon Moreton, they make for addictive reading. Whether you start at the beginning (SMOO…
News & Things: The Business Case for Making Me A Cake Planet
News New Vertigo Series Bodies Promises Four Artists, Four Detectives, Four Time Periods One writer, four artists, four time periods. Bodies is an exciting new project that promises hard-boiled detecting, lots of great art, and you guessed it, dead bodies stacked to the skies. Classic Paintings, Explained With Tweets, Status Updates, and Emojis In a…
I’ll Try It! Andy’s Super-Logo Rag Rug
The First Half So here we are ladies and gentlemen, finishing up the first half of the Comic Crafting Challenge. This has been a slow but eventful two quarters and I am here to run for you a play by play of this very exciting first half. The first quarter was an exciting one, with…
Cook Your Comics: Themysciran Daggers and Lady Blackhawk’s Buffalo Chicken Dip
Comics in the Kitchen Annie Bulloch serves up the first of–hopefully–many themed recipes on WWAC!
I’ll try it: An introduction to Moomins and the Muskrat’s biscuits
Moomins! Last time I wrote on the subject, some of you–some of us–looked at me in puzzlement, your little faces frowning sweetly. Just what is a Moomin, Claire? Oh! What fun we shall have, as I show you. And if you already know, hold tight, we’re debuting a new feature at the bottom of the…
Tutorial: Hilarious Halloween Marvel Throwback Shirts
Way back when, I found the Bronze Age of Blogs: a blog about bronze age comics. It’s great. You can check it out in your own time. One of my favourite posts there, that I’ve come back to repeatedly, is this. An image-heavy post about Marvel’s old, ridiculous, perfect bubblegum stickers. I fell hard for them…
WWACRadio podcast: garage band comics with Suzy X!
WWACRadio podcast! Host Claire talks to Rookie mag cartoonist SUZY X about the Best Song Ever.
Top 10: Best? Worst? Moomins merchandise options
A lot of the nerd identity is wrapped up in consumerism; maybe you’ve been there, but have you got the t-shirt? Did you make a Portal birthday cake? Do you wash with TARDIS soap? And I get it, of course – souvenirs are nice and they make you feel good. When you’ve had a swell time…