This week’s art gala takes a break from sketching, to enter the everyday creative world of sartorial speculation. What would you wear when All Things End and zombies start trying to chew on your head? Link us to your Polyvore sets! Here are ours. As you can see… WWAC is ready.
Kotex Heads to Comic Con – Because Geek Girls Bleed Too
For Christmas one year, my friends got me a Razer Naga gaming mouse. When I picked up my monthly requirements a short while later, my husband was confused. “Why did you buy another gaming mouse?” “This isn’t a gaming mouse, dear. These are gaming tampons.”
R/W: “That Certain Female”
Word Nerdery The English word female, derived from the Old French femelle, derived from the Medieval Latin femella, which is itself a diminutive of femina. Whew! Where femina meant woman, femella meant young girl. Now let’s talk about male. It’s likewise derived from Old French, masle was the adjectival form and mâle the noun form….
DIY Your Own Geeky Patches
Need a break from the endless announcements, exclusives and all around overwhelming onslaught that is SDCC in your every feed? Perhaps it’s time for to try a geeky DIY activity. One of my favorite extracurriculars these days is expressing my altgeek self by customizing vests, and I wanted to share this DIY I taught myself…
Kickstarter of the Week: Wonder Buffalo
Billed as short film, the real beauty of the Wonder Buffalo Kickstarter campaign is that the entire project resonates with coming to terms with and embracing your true self.
Legend of Korra Corporate Flailing
It’s not often that my fannish obsessions remind me of my former professional life, but Nickelodeon’s decision to take its critically acclaimed sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Legend of Korra — off the air and onto exclusively digital distribution was a painful reminder of my time working as a news reporter. Or,…
Throwing Popcorn: Avatar The Last Airbender
Nickelodeon Action-Adventure/Fantasy/ Comedy-Drama created by Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan KonCetzko, Avatar the Last Airbender aired in 2005 on Nickelodeon and ran for three seasons to 2008.
Queen Kelsea Is Here To Rule
The Queen of The Tearling Erika Johansen HarperCollins *Advance Reviewer’s/Reader’s Copy (ARC)
August All Ages Comics/Books
Benny and Penny in Lost and Found Geoffrey Hayes (W & A) TOON-Books Release date 8/5 Those two adorable mouse ragamuffins are back at it. This time they get lost! How will they find their way home? This is from TOON-Books, and everything those people touch is guaranteed awesomeness.
The DC Daily Planet: Everything Not San Diego
It seems like everyone is just holding their breath waiting for the big announcements to come out of SDCC, but who needs to go to a big fancy convention for their news? We’ve got you covered right here on WWAC, acronyms and all. With all this news coverage, everyone wants to wear their nerd cred…
Abby SUCKS: An Argument So Weak It’s Gotta Be A Joke
Late last night, as the clock crept towards the witching hour, this was posted to Tumblr: Since then the post has been spreading like a virus, you could even say it’s gone viral. At this point in time, sixteen hours after the initial post, it has 2, 089 notes.
First Trans Panel Makes for a More Inclusive SDCC
In the maelstrom that is San Diego Comic Con, a glimmer of something intersectional and awesome has emerged. Not only will SDCC feature more female friendly content, but this year there will also be the first ever trans-specific panel in the history of the con, titled Breaking Barriers: Transgender Trends in Popular Culture.