Manta generously sent me a graphic novel of Disobey the Duke if You Dare (Volume 1) so I could review it for WWAC. This fantasy romance webcomic has been reformatted into a full-color printed book to be sold on Amazon directly to consumers. It’s also the publisher’s first print book! Exciting! The book looks nice.
REVIEW: I’ve Become a True Villainess Doesn’t Have Bite
Open any digital comics portal — Tapas, Webtoon, Tappytoon, Manta — and you’ll be bombarded by comics depicting shiny-eyed girls in elaborate, vaguely-pre-Industrial gowns and jewelry, often being embraced or carried by large men. Most of these comics follow the same setup: a girl is reincarnated as the villainess in a fantasy romance novel, and…
The Countryside is no Picnic in Uncomfortably Happily
Uncomfortably Happily Yeon-Sik Hong Drawn & Quarterly June 13, 2017 A graphic memoir by Korean artist Yeon-Sik Hong, Uncomfortably Happily is the tale of an artist-couple who moves from the hustle and bustle of Seoul to the relative peace and quiet of the countryside. Or so they think. Those of us who live in big cities often dream…
The Third Party Brings Romance to Office Politics [Review]
The Third Party Enjelicious (creator) Lezhin Comics What happens when the wealthy heiress of a popular company is ordered to mask her identity and work at her future workplace as an intern…where she meets a woman? An independent woman who sports professionalism, confidence, and sex appeal with plans to run away from her former life…
Trading Outpost: Genre/Gender/Generic
Hello! And welcome back to another of The Trades, the world’s only comic podcast by people who don’t know anything about pen nibs. This month, we swear off literacy in order to better live out deconstructionism. Also, Aaron reads award nominated comics, while Webtoons is taking over my life, and I don’t know how to…