By now you may have noticed a trend on WWAC: We are debuting a lot of exciting new features, series, and live-tweeting events. Hold on to your hats for yet another blast of something new that we like to call Kid Comics go to Class.
Reading Diaries: Legends, Flirts, and Fire
What have you been reading? What did you start and then never finish? Reading for work? For pleasure? Megan: I’m a big one for that–my patience is wearing thinner and thinner over the years, and I’m finding novellas and short stories a good fit for my surly-reader< nature. I recently read In The Tall Grass by Steven King and his son…
Review: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Mike Benson, Writer Tan Eng Huat, Pencils Craig Yeung, Inks Marvel Comics I hadn’t even noticed there was a new Deadly Hands of Kung Fu title until I was going for my week’s comics and noticed Misty Knight on the cover of issue #2. I immediately went back and bought…
Announcing Halloween ComicFest 2014
The third annual Halloween ComicFest is coming! Similar to Free Comic Book Day events, this event focuses on Halloween and horror comics for all ages.
Judge Anderson Makes Her IDW Debut
This August, IDW will expand its Judge Dredd universe with upcoming series Judge Anderson: Psi-Division, which chronicles the early adventures of Mega-City One’s favorite telepathic Judge. Written by 2000AD editor Matt Smith with Carl Critchlow on art, the series takes place before IDW’s main Judge Dredd title. The first story arc, “King of the Six…
The Thursday Book Beat: Rush Limbaugh Attacks Bookstore
Rush Limbaugh Attacks Bookstore Rush Limbaugh has once again used his power to make us groan by making sounds come out of his mouth. This time, Limbaugh attacks an independent bookstore for not selling his book. [Executive Director Deborah] Menkart gave the opening speech and said 90 percent of children’s books that Teaching for Change sells…
em est at TCAF
Mangaka em est, AKA Maki Satoh, made her reputation with three collections of yaoi stories and work in Japanese Boy’s Love magazines, but it’s already clear that her career is going to be anything but typical.
The Fault in Our Stars: A Quiet, Infinite Film
Just before Julius Caesar informs Brutus that “the fault . . . is not in our stars,” he makes a more startling observation: “Men at some time are masters of their fates.” The qualification, “at some time,” is key to understanding The Fault in Our Stars, a film already powered by a devoted fanbase to top…
Cons & Panels: How Fans Drive the Conversation
I attended my first comic book convention ten years ago this summer. I was about to leave home for college and decided that it was time I fully immerse myself in my nerd habits. I made myself a Dark Phoenix costume and never looked back.
Cheating Death: Review of Jude Watson’s Loot
Loot: How to Steal a Fortune Jude Watson Scholastic Press Release date 6/24/14 Loot is about a lot of things: jewel thieves, acrobats, cursed moonstones. But above all else, this is a story about the value of family. The entire plot hinges on the question of whether love and trust is more important than money…
Professor Julian Chambliss On the Communicative Potential of Comics in Academia
From our upcoming interview with Professor Chambliss: Comic books are complex cultural artifacts that facilitate analysis of social, political, and economic issues through the content on the page, the production process, and the creative environment. Comic narratives are historically grounded and the people creating them directly and indirectly reflecting the philosophy, views, and mindsets at…
Get Your Game On Wednesday
It’s Wednesday and this week it’s a two-fer; you get the normal Wednesday game goodness AND my cultivated female-focused E3 wrap-up. Happy Hump Day to you!