This position has been filled. We are looking for an experienced features editor to manage our existing monthly columns and possibly commission more! Journalism, publishing, and communications (and related) students are more than welcome to apply. Our columns include: Comics Academe Reading Diaries: Conversations Between Readers Sell It Like It Is: The Comics Industry In Focus Fail…
Book reviewers! Come join the WWAC team.
These positions have been filled. We are looking to expand our coverage of books and book culture. To do that, we need you! That is, if you’re an experienced writer with an interest in books, book culture, and the book industry, then yeah, we need you. The Ideal Candidate: Can commit to one or two…
How Do You Feel About Jem: The Movie?
The recent announcement of a Jem live action movie was followed by a lot of buzz. Just as quickly as the excitement took off, the skepticism reared its head, as word got out that creator Christy Marx was not going to be included in the project. So how do fans really feel? We reached out…
The Joys of Ladypain
A Celebration of Ladypain in Superhero Comics! No, really, okay, stay with me! As comic readers, we talk a lot about “manpain”: story arcs that generally revolve around men’s responses to trauma, often the death or otherwise abuse of women in their lives. While it’s (rightfully) used to deride self-indulgently misogynistic set-ups, I sometimes wince…
Austin’s Capitol City Comic Con Power Girl Conversation
As a feminist who is active on the internet, follows geeky pursuits and likes to go to conventions, I tend to perk up my ears when there are rumblings in the blogosphere about things that matter to me. This time, I found dcwomenkickingass.com reporting on an unfortunate exchange between Austin’s Capitol City Comic Con Facebook…
News & Things: The Business Case for Making Me A Cake Planet
News New Vertigo Series Bodies Promises Four Artists, Four Detectives, Four Time Periods One writer, four artists, four time periods. Bodies is an exciting new project that promises hard-boiled detecting, lots of great art, and you guessed it, dead bodies stacked to the skies. Classic Paintings, Explained With Tweets, Status Updates, and Emojis In a…
I’m Loving: The Pumaman on DVD
Say it with me: “Pumaman, he flies like a moron!” One of the most popular episodes of the cult television show Mystery Science Theater 3000, The Pumaman is a 1980 film that rips off Superman and Star Wars and smashes them together with Aztec legends to form one ridiculous lump of a movie. The Pumaman…
