Dead Boys Gabriel Squailia Skyhorse Publishing March 10, 2015 I am quite sure I am not the only one who picked up Gabriel Squailia’s Dead Boys based on Jay Kristoff’s review of the author’s style, “If China Miéville, Neil Gaiman, and Hunter S. Thompson had a ménage à trois, Dead Boys would be the love…
From Kickstarter to Titan: Rachel Deering’s Lesbian Werewolf Horror Epic Anathema Can Now Look Nice On Your Bookshelf
Titan’s softcover collection of the first three issues of Rachel Deering’s Anathema hits stores today. The book is a lesbian werewolf horror epic. And if the concept isn’t enough to sell you on it, rest assured that the art is arresting and the story brisk and affecting: young lovers are separated by murderous puritans, a death cult takes…
Ody-C #4: Blood, Blood, Everywhere, Nor Any Drop to…
Ody-C #4 Matt Fraction (W), Christian Ward (A) Chris Eliopoulos (L), Dee Cunniffe (Flatting) Image Comics April 2015 Ody-C #4 is gross. Red and purple and brown carnage spills across its pages. It may be strange to call such gore beautiful, but there are many strangely beautiful things about this comic. As graphic as it…
An Interview With Exquisite Corpse’s Pénélope Bagieu
The Toronto Comics Arts Festival (TCAF) was this past weekend and I got the chance to talk to featured guest, Pénélope Bagieu, about her graphic novel Exquisite Corpse from First Second. Exquisite Corpse was actually published in 2010 as Cadavre Exquis in France, which makes this year the first time it gets published in North America and in…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Thank God the Jem Movie Kept the Keytar
New Pictures from the Jem and the Holograms Movie! (There is totally a Jem comic now which means I can put it in this news recap.) Hmmmmm, I don’t know, guys, I look at these photos and all I can say is that everyone’s hair needs 1000% more volume. A Jem movie needs BIG HAIR, people! Get those flat tresses…
A New Voice in LGBTQ Publishing: Interview with CL Miller, Publisher at Duet
Interlude Press, a boutique publisher of LGBTQ romantic fiction, came onto the scene in 2014. Earlier this year, they announced the future launch of a new imprint, Duet, to focus on LGBTQ fiction for young adults. I had the opportunity recently to talk with CL Miller, the Publisher at Duet, about what goes into starting…
Crying Freeman, Woman Slave to Desire! Sex, Sex, Sex [NSFW]
The first volume of Crying Freeman is entirely about sex, and that’s no mistake on the part of creative teammates Ikegami Ryoichi and Koike Kazuo (like another buff brunette with tears in his eyes—Kenshiro, son of Hara Tetsuo and Buronson—Freeman is the product of two men working together. Uncommon for manga production, it’s almost as…
The Twin Peaks Log: S.2 E.9
Kayleigh It was bittersweet watching this episode, considering the now uncertain fate of Twin Peaks season 3. As of this writing, David Lynch has stepped down from directing the series, and despite a billion #SAVETWINPEAKS hashtags and videos from the actors asserting that Twin Peaks (both the town and the show) needs Lynch, it’s unclear…
Witcher Diaries #2: Tentacles and Corruption or Why Does Roche Keep Yelling At Me?
Spoiler Warning: These diaries will contain spoilers for The Witcher, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt by CD Projekt Red, possibly the books upon which they are based by Andrzej Sapkowski, and the comics from Dark Horse, depending on just how ambitious/obsessive I’m feeling. Previously on The Witcher Diaries: Geralt proves his…
Mighty Marvel Monday
It’s been a Marvelicious week were at WWAC, so before you go clicking off into the depths of the internet, allow me to give you the Marvel rundown here at home: The week started off with a bang with Jennie’s rundown of Age of Ultron’s Black Widow Problems. Spoilers ahoy. Next came Emily’s analysis of…
Riverdale Reborn: How Archie Comics Is Getting All My Money
I was already excited when it was announced that everyone’s favorite Boy Next Door was getting a makeover, thanks to the likes of Mark Waid and Fiona Staples. Like many of you, I grew up with Archie and the gang: Betty Cooper was my role model before I even knew what the term meant. You…
Fail Better: (Am I) A Hypochondriac?
I read John Green’s The Fault In Our Stars after my friends and fellow book lovers were buzzing about it and demanded I experience what they were experiencing: “THE FEELS!” “I cried on the bus. Everyone was staring!” “Okay? Okay.” I wanted to quote and be quoted. I wanted to be able to contribute my…