Light Carries On is a haunting love story that surreptitiously defies your tired expectations to surprise you with genuine empathy, healing and joy. Light Carries On Ray Nadine Dark Horse Books May 16, 2023 Light Carries On opens with Leon, our romantic lead, simmering with dissatisfaction. He’s a guy who knows what he wants, and…
REVIEW: House of Slaughter Introduces the Expanded “Slaughterverse”
Highly-acclaimed horror series Something is Killing the Children (SIKTC) has been making news lately: a few months ago, Netflix announced that Mike Flanagan, revered horror creator of limited series such as The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass, would be adapting the Boom! Studios series. James Tynion IV, SIKTC’s creator, has also been in…
When Fandom & Canon Collide: Revisiting Supernatural’s Destiel Scene
Fans of Supernatural had more than just the USA election to think about last week. In a year full of surprises, one of the show’s biggest ships, “Destiel,” was made canon and it took over the internet.
An Objective and Completely Accurate Ranking of John Constantine Knockoffs
I have strong feelings about John Constantine.
Kripke’s Supernatural Fingerprints Are All Over Amazon’s The Boys
This post contains spoilers for The Boys and the first five seasons of Supernatural. Sometimes you just watch a show because you like the showrunner. As a longtime fan of Eric Kripke, it was Kripke himself, more so than The Boys‘ source material or cast, that motivated me to watch The Boys. (Although, admittedly, I will…
Jinn Packs in a Lot in Five Episodes, But I Still Want More
Jinn, Netflix’s first Arabic language property, follows a group of high school students as they navigate the supernatural. On a school trip to Petra, Jordan, a student dies in an accident, following which strange events begin to occur around the survivors. Despite general antipathy towards extra-normal events, the students begin to accept that Jinn may…
Rose Book 1: An Investigation That Doesn’t Quite Bloom
Rose Book 1: A Double Life Émilie Alibert (writer), Cromatik Ltd (letters), Denis Lapière (writer), Valèrie Varnay (artist), Lara Vergnaud (translation) June 12, 2019 Dupuis (French), Europe Comics (English) Disclaimer: Izneo has provided WWAC with a VIP Access Pass. Since she was a child, Rose has had the ability to split herself and wander the…
The Whispering Dark #3 Review: Where Gods Fear to Tread
The Whispering Dark #3 Christofer Emgård (Writer), Tomás Aira (Artist and Colours), Mauro Mantella (Letters) Dark Horse 2 January, 2019 Chief Hannah Vance and her remaining rangers are making their way through treacherous weather and enemy-riddled territory with the help of their hostage, Erina, the young girl they spared after killing her family. Erina knows…
The Irresistible Promise of SBS’s New Supernatural Romance While You Were Sleeping
While You Were Sleeping Oh Choong-hwan (director and writer), Park Hye-ryun (writer) Lee Jong-suk, Bae Suzy, Lee Sang-yeob, Ko Sung-hee, Jung Hae-in (cast) Released September 27, 2017 (VIKI international premiere) It’s said that the faces of people we see in our dreams aren’t products of our imagination, but real faces we’ve passed. Maybe we don’t remember…
Taproot is a Sublime, Succulent, Surprise of a Comic
Taproot: A Story About a Gardener and a Ghost Keezy Young (Writer and Artist), AW’s Tom Napolitano (Letterer) Lion Forge Comics September 13, 2017 Taproot is an astoundingly beautiful book, I just have to start by saying that. It may sound hyperbolic but it’s the truth. With Taproot, Keezy Young has created something sweet, sombre, and…
Susan Wokoma Is the Best Part of Netflix’s Crazyhead
Crazyhead is a new British show that was released in October before making its way to Netflix in December. Raquel and Amy are in their early twenties and share two important things in common: 1) they can see humans who are possessed by demons and 2) they’ve been told they’re crazy because of it. The show begins with…
