To follow up on my previous post regarding Mark Millar’s recently publicised thoughts on rape as plot device–
News & Things: “KANEDAAA!”
Welecome back to News & Things! Today we have a lot of manga, anime, and animanga news to share. For some reason.
I Was A Teenage Douchebag
I worked in a record store for awhile, until I got fired for being a dick. “Being a dick” wasn’t on my termination papers. The official reason was maybe as ridiculous, though. Officially, I didn’t fit in. In fact, I didn’t fit in so hard, that my presence could no longer be borne. Goodbye Megan,…
Storify: “Comics follow society. They don’t lead society, they reflect it.”
Reporters Alyssa Rosenberg and Linda Holmes were at the Television Critics Association press tour on Wednesday, when some depressing things were said during the panel for Superheroes: The Never-Ending Battle. They documented the bizarre experience on Twitter. Rosenberg later wrote a fantastic report on the panel for ThinkProgress.
An American Fan in England
Almost six years ago, I packed up my life in tropical Hawaii to get my MA in England and try to start over on the other side of the world. I now live in a small city in the east of England about 115 miles northeast of London, where the tea is good and the…
WWACRadio podcast: ballet comics
A Women Write About Comics Radio interview with Neill Cameron and Kate Brown on their 2012 kids’ ballet comic collaboration – and ballet as a narrative tool.
Interview With Kate Leth
Kate Leth is a renaissance woman of the internets: cartoonist, comic shop employee, trendsetter. Now she’s adding retail crusader to the list. Between creating comics and working a regular gig as an employee of the Strange Adventures comic shop, Kate Leth has been quietly recruiting. A few tweets here, a Facebook post there; nothing that…
News & Things: News of Future Past
Welcome back to News & Things. This is Kayleigh, your intrepid reporter for the week, and I’m thrilled to be joining the WWAC team. Enjoy, won’t you?
Review: Batwoman #21
Batwoman #21 DC Comics J.H. Williams III & W. Haden Blackman Francesco Francavilla Sometimes the best way to get to know a character is to see them through their villain’s eyes. That’s the case in DC’s Batwoman #21, written by J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman and drawn by Francesco Francavilla. The story focuses…
