For many of us Millennials and older, newspaper comics were our first experience with sequential art. But that may be changing. While school and alternative newspaper comics used to be a way for cartoonists to break into making comics professionally or to having a syndicated strip, these days, budding creators are more likely to start out on…
Kickstarter of the Week: Embroidered Equines
Sometimes you need a project to back where you feel like you’re making a direct impact. Sometimes all you need is pony plushes. Today you can have both! Read on for our Kickstarter pick of the week. In her Kickstarter campaign, Embroidered Equines, 20% Cooler Pony Plushes, full-time crafter Stephanie P. Widmer, has a simple…
The DC Daily Planet: First Looks
Welcome back to the DC Daily Planet, crusaders, where it’s all DC all the time, and occasionally that’s a good thing! Sometimes it isn’t, of course, and others…well, they stand balanced on the cusp of judgement’s edge. Let’s take a look.
Drink Your Comics: Convergence!
So everyone is talking about DC’s New 49, I mean…er, Convergence, these past few months as DC attempts to diversify their lines. In celebration of what I am sure is a well-intentioned attempt to stop fridging female characters and glossing over characters who should be canonically bisexual and preventing lesbian characters from marrying their partners,…
One Piece and Its Dead Mother Cemetery
If you read shounen manga, you’ve probably heard of One Piece. If you read manga, period, you probably know about this series featuring a guy with a rubber body who wants to become the Pirate King. Between the merchandising, pop-up restaurants, and amusement park, it’s difficult to overlook.
Victor/VicThoria: Feminism, Personhood & Hammering Out the Trouble with Thor
The new gender-swapped Thor is currently outselling the old Thor by 30%. And as She-Hulk and Storm would tell you, numbers matter, as it’s precisely the lack of single-issue sales that led to the cancellation of both of those characters’ series. Marvel’s much-publicized decision to depict the new Thor as a lady is proving to…
Censure vs. Censor: A Blog Carnival
Welcome back to WWAC’s irregular blog carnival! It’s been awhile. This time we teamed up with Hooded Utilitarian, Paper Droids, Panels, Comics Spire, and Deadshirt to talk about censorship. Here’s the question I put to our brave writers: Censors and censures: What’s the difference? What is the social utility, if any, of them? What to do…
I Swear To Be Critical
Welcome to Part Two of WWAC’s contribution to our most recent Blog Carnival! Our topic: is there a difference between censures and censors? If so, what? Be sure to check out the accompanying posts from our friends at The Hooded Utilitarian, Panels, Deadshirt, and Paper Droids!
Game Diary: Borderlands: the Pre-Sequel! (Finale)
Spoiler Warning This week, Tracy and I finished up our playthrough of Borderlands: the Pre-Sequel! We called in the cavalry, fought our way onto and through an alien installation, and killed a many-faced alien god, possibly prompting some kind of interstellar war. But did it matter? Let’s find out! Jo is: Aurelia, literal ice queen…
Censoring the World: The Fight to Protect the Innocence of Children
Welcome to Part One of WWAC’s contribution to our most recent Blog Carnival! Our topic: is there a difference between censures and censors? If so, what? Be sure to check out the accompanying posts from our friends at The Hooded Utilitarian, Panels, Deadshirt, and Paper Droids!
“I Want to Do Stupid Things”: Interview with Emma Beeby
In case you missed our earlier EXCLUSIVE (then-) BREAKING NEWS ITEM, Emma Beeby — the first woman to write for Judge Dredd — will also be the first woman to write a Judge Anderson story. The two-part story will be published in the Judge Dredd Megazine, and will feature a new take on Anderson and a new…
Why This Atheist Will be Watching the CW’s New Show About Angels
The Messengers, the CW’s new show premiering April 17th, already had two strikes against it for me. The first strike was because I already watch a show on the CW about angels. It’s called Supernatural. The second strike was because I’m an atheist. I tend to lean more towards the agnostic end of the spectrum,…
