This month’s WWACommendations could be subtitled: “Damn, Comics Really are Everywhere.” We’re still reading titles published by the big two, but we’re also reading on Webtoons or picking up print collections that started on the app. We’re reading kickstarted collections from well known publishers, books available in bookstores and libraries, volumes self-published by the creators,…
WWACommendations: Song of a Blackbird, Dragon Goes House Hunting, Poison Ivy and More
Greetings to you from a place of calm: my day off after my biggest program of the year. This is a perfect moment to dive in to recommendations! A great stressor – albeit an important one that I value very much! – has been lifted, and there is space in my brain to really, truly…
Con Diary: HurriCon Celebrates the Long Island Community
HurriCon, a now-biannual fundraiser event for the Bethany Congregational Church, was founded by community member David Donovan in 2018. My best friend Cassidy and I talk about HurriCon, a local benefit comic-con in East Rockaway, Long Island like it’s the event of the season. To us, it is. Limited to the space of a church…
DC PUBWATCH – August Edition
It’s been a hot one up here in the Great White North this July. There have also been some hot books for DC this month, especially if you’re Peter David and got thrown into the fire to be roasted like you’ve long deserved in Dark Crisis: Young Justice #2.
WWACommendations: Harley Quinn, Gwenpool, #muted, Ghosted in L.A., and More
Happy January! What comics are you reading lately? Every month, WWAC contributors share some of the comics they’ve been especially enjoying. It’s been really fun to discover new and old comics across a variety of platforms and publishers. Let us know on Twitter your current favorite comics!
Comics and Kink: Bettie Page, the Dark Angel of Comic Books
Humanity uses fiction as a means of escape; it’s a pretty old refrain. At the same time, that doesn’t necessarily mean the realities of our world don’t bleed into the margins. Certain environments, foods, educational systems, and the general laws of physics are common enough to be negligible, for example. We structure ourselves around these…
DC PUBWATCH – December
It wasn’t a great month for DC Comics in the news. The biggest news of the month was the cancellation of Border Town after allegations of sexual harassment and assault came out about Eric M. Esquivel. Both colorist Tamra Bonvillain and artist Ramon Villalobos released statements stepping away from the book, and days later DC…
Let Her Grow: The Importance of Poison Ivy’s Heroic Journey
“To discuss Poison Ivy is to discuss environmentalism. To discuss patriarchy. To discuss collective archetypes, and evolving narratives. To discuss Golden Age femmes fatale and black widows. To discuss thrill killers and team ups. To discuss redemption, and defiance, and friendship. To discuss narrative polemics, women in the sciences, the rush of urbanisation, and the…
When Poison Ivy Fought Eddie Berganza
NOTE: The grammar of this article has been updated, due to an initial tech problem resulting in an unproved copy being published. The tenth paragraph has been added for clarity. Additionally, this now includes a final statement from Amy Chu. Back in January 2016 DC comics published Poison Ivy’s first (and only) solo mini series…