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Beyond the Adventure Time Finale: Season 11 #1
Adventure Time Season 11 #1 Ted Anderson (writer), Meg Casey (colorist), Marina Julia (artist), Sonny Liew (story) BOOM! Studios October 10th, 2018 This review contains spoilers for the Adventure Time finale! As a long time fan of Adventure Time since season one, the finale last month was a bittersweet event for me. It’s a show
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The Problem With Generation X Was Editorial
- Essays
- October 22, 2018
On the 12th October, a Friday, writer Chuck Wendig announced via several threaded tweets that he had been fired from the Darth Vader miniseries he had been working on thanks to editorial displeasure with his personal linguistic conduct. The editor in question was Mark Paniccia.
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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #31: Nostalgia, Colour and Suspense
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #31 “Beyond the Grid” Marguerite Bennett (Writer), Simone Di Meo (Artist), Alessandro Cappuccio (Artist), Walter Baiamonte (Colours), Francesco Segala (Colours), Ed Dukeshire (Letters) “The New Adventures of Blue Senturion & Ninjor” Ryan Ferrier (Writer), Bachan (Artist), Jeremy Lawson (Colours), Jim Campbell (Letters) BOOM! Studios 26 September, 2018 Lord Drakkon has destroyed
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Previously On Comics: Bell’s Farewell
Good morning. Let’s talk news. We bid farewell to Anthea Bell, translator of Asterix and Kafka. Bell’s localization work is directly responsible for many kids’, including a few of our own contributors, early love of comics. She was a treasure, and she’ll be missed. Vin Diesel’s take on Valiant Comics’ Bloodshot has a proper synopsis.
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Cover Reveal & Interview: Sarah Winifred Searle’s Sincerely, Harriet
- Comics, Interviews
- October 19, 2018
Sarah Winifred Searle has done work for Oni Press, Filthy Figments, Image, Bedside Press, The Nib, and more — so even if her name isn’t familiar, you’ve probably seen her work. Her next project is a queer coming of age story from Lerner Publishing’s Graphic Universe: Sincerely, Harriet. The book is set in 1996 and
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Review: Experiencing Comics Will Change the Way We Teach Comics
Experiencing Comics Written and edited by Rachelle Cruz Cognella 2019 I can say, with confidence, that there has never been a better time to be a comics studies scholar than now. The Comics Studies Society hosted its first annual conference this past summer, and the International Comic Arts Forum is getting ready to have its
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7 Times Gwen Stacy Wore Flawless Outfits (And Couldn’t Resist The Color Red)
- Comics, Lists, Style & Fashion
- October 19, 2018
For those who may not know, Gwen Stacy is the beautiful and brilliant first love of Peter Parker, a.k.a. the Amazing Spider-Man. Since she first tried to get Peter’s attention in college, to her tragic demise later in the Amazing Spider-Man series, Gwen has always been a fashionable woman. Prolific Marvel colourist Stan Goldberg, who
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Cookies & Christ in Gene Luen Yang’s Boxers & Saints
- Essays
- October 19, 2018
When I started writing about religion and literature for my dissertation, I never dreamed that I’d also get to write about comics. I loved comics and knew that they were finally being taken seriously at an academic level, but I still couldn’t connect them to religious studies. That is, until I came across the work
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Bring Your Alibis: Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion #1
The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion #1 Gabriel Bá (artist), Nick Filardi (colorist), Nate Piekos (letterer), Gerard Way (writer) Dark Horse October 3, 2018 A copy of this book was provided to WWAC by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. 2018 has been a year of excitement and anticipation for Umbrella Academy fans. With
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PUBWATCH: How Now Top Cow! October
- Pubwatch
- October 18, 2018
What’s New In my first Top Cow Pubwatch, I talked about Eclipse getting picked up for television. Now, Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment is grabbing several other Image titles, including Top Cow’s The Darkness and Think Tank, which will be executive produced by Top Cow’s founder, Marc Silvestri, and president, Matt Hawkins. While the show is
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Book Beat: Forest of Reading Nominees, Frankfurt Book Fair Recap, and “There’s a Poem For That!”
- Bookmarked
- October 18, 2018
Hello all, Emily here! I’ve recently returned from a trip where I had limited internet, so I’ve been scrolling Twitter and checking all my favourite book and bookish sites, including this one, to get caught up on everything I missed. Luckily for me, Paige and Christa held down the Book Beat fort, and now it’s
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Roundtable Review: Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince #1
- Reviews
- October 17, 2018
Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince #1 Enrica Eren Angiolini (colorist), Andrea Olimpieri (artist), V.E. Schwab (writer) Titan Comics October 10, 2018 A copy of this comic was provided to WWAC by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. V.E. Schwab’s Shades of Magic series has come to its conclusion in the novels, but
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The Adventures of Theodore Poussin: A Rudderless Chronicle
The Adventures of Theodore Poussin Vol.1: Captain Steen Frank Le Gall (Writer and Artist) Dupuis (Belgium), Europe Comics (English) 19 September, 2018 Disclaimer: Izneo has provided WWAC with a VIP Access Pass. Dunkirk. December, 1927. Theodore Poussin longs for more than his administrative job at a freighting office of a large shipping company, where he documents the
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Vampirella/Dejah Thoris #1: Science and Friendship is Magic
Vampirella/Dejah Thoris #1 Erik Burnham (Writer), Dinei Ribeiro (Colourist), Troy Peteri (Letterer), Ediano Silva (Artist) Dynamite Entertainment September 2018 A copy of this issue was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. “The encounter that was destined to happen!” reads the description on Dynamite Entertainment’s website. Surprisingly, this is, apparently, the first
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Found in Translation: An Interview with Jocelyne Allen
- Interviews
- October 17, 2018
One of the unique challenges of the manga publishing industry is the challenge of taking a product in the Japanese language and translating it for English-speaking audiences. Translating isn’t just converting one word of vocabulary to another. A good translation starts with a firm foundation of both languages and their idiosyncrasies, and then uses strong
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NYCC: Escape the World
- Comics, Events, Interviews, Lists
- October 16, 2018
On the Friday of New York Comic Con (NYCC), as I descended into the depths of the Javits Center in search of Artist Alley, I had one thing on my mind: how could I balance having fun at this con with my justified worry about American politics? With that in mind, I toured Level 1,
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