As readers of my convention diaries may recall, at this year’s LSCC I had the chance to interview Al Ewing and Lee Garbett, the writer and artist on the new Marvel Comics series Loki: Agent of Asgard. We started out talking about Loki, but by the time we were done we’d touched on almost anything…
Comics Academe: Christianity, Comics, and the Classroom
Comics! Academics! The Bible?! When I tell people I study the Bible and comics, I never quite know how they’re going to take it. Will they be more offended by the Bible part or the comics part? In my North American context, many people conflate the Bible and its intense study with very conservative Christianity, but…
News & Things: Captain America, Fuck Yeah
News Captain America 2 Tops $300 Million Worldwide The superhero sequel is a smash, earning $96.2 million in its first domestic weekend and setting a new release record for April. America, Fuck Yeah! Mike Mignola’s Tour of Hellboy in Hell Mignola gives the AV Club an extensive interview about the first five issues of Hellboy…
Kickstarter of the Week: Crossed Genres Magazine
Crossed Genres Magazine is a monthly science fiction and fantasy magazine committed to telling stories of unrepresented, marginalized or ignored characters in science fiction and fantasy, such as characters of color, QUILTBAG, disabled, etc. The magazine relaunched in 2013 after a successful Kickstarter in the summer of 2012. Continuing to keep it running is the…
Annie Bulloch’s Cook Your Comics: Captain America Can See Paradise by the Oven Light
Comics in the Kitchen: Captain America Needs Meatloaf and Apple Pie With Captain America: The Winter Soldier opening, I was thinking about Steve Rogers. Before he was Captain America, he was a sickly kid living through the Great Depression. Most families were lucky to have food at all, so I imagine he still appreciates a…
The Walking Dead: You get to come back
Somewhere in the first half season two of The Walking Dead, I tapped out. This was a zombie show that had a severe lack of zombies popping out to actually kill people. Instead, there were a lot of people whining and bitching at each other, while accomplishing a whole lot of nothing. I returned for…
News & Things: Who Watches The Watcher…Or Whatever
News Marvel’s “Original Sin” Teasers Ask The Big Questions Marvel’s latest event, Original Sin, deals with the death of the Marvel U’s resident creeper/giant weird baby person, The Watcher (just kiddin’, love ya, Big U!) and its subsequent fallout. This event’s been getting a crazy amount of hype and actually looks to be pretty interesting — click…
We need a features/columns editor. Are YOU that editor?
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…
