If the Facebook ads are any indication, subscription box services are steadily growing in popularity. Everything from collections of health food to make-up can find its way through the mail to your front door. What usually makes a subscription box so much fun is not knowing what’s going to be in the box until you…
Happily Never After vs Aggressive Heteronormativity: Families in Naruto
Long-running ninja shounen manga series, Naruto, concluded late last year with Chapter 700. It’s a finale that’s gone down in history as a serious competitor with the Harry Potter epilogue for Most Banal Ending Award. Why? Much like Harry Potter, everyone gets paired. Everyone. Yes, even that person. While the ship wars may lead you…
Women Sweep 2015 Ignatz Awards
The Ignatz Awards winners were announced last night (see an explanation and the nominees list here), and in an unprecedented result, a woman won every single category, with some even picking up more than one award. But lest these results tempt us to view indie comics as a kind of feminist utopia, let us be reminded…
Review: March: Book Two – A Bigger, Longer Walk
If you have recently heard Congressman John Lewis speak, than his voice will probably play in your head while reading this: confident, with the pacing of someone trained in the clergy, weathered with experience. If you haven’t heard him speak, his intonation will still ring out as you read through his speech from the 1963 March on Washington,…
Five Times the Grey-Summers Family Tree Got Weird
X-Men history time again! Today we take a look at the Grey-Summers family—clones, time-travel, and all. After her first clone died, Scott Summers married a second clone of his dead girlfriend. For today’s purposes, there are three Jean Greys: Jean Phoenix Jean Madelyne Pryor Scott Summers’ DNA and Jean Grey’s DNA have been combined several…
This Week in WWAC History: Cadbury Screme Eggs and Popculture
Do you ever wonder if you still love the same things you gushed over two years ago? In September 2013, the WWAC Staff put together a column of some of the things they were loving called What’s Hot. Let’s see if any of their picks are still Hot today…
Jane the Virgin vs Jane the Assassin
Gina Rodriguez, made famous for her Golden Globe winning portrayal of Jane Villanueva in CW’s Jane the Virgin is starring in a new short film directed by Jason O. Silva called C’est Jane. In C’est Jane, Rodriguez plays a killer-for-hire who battles with her inner morality and her chosen profession. Silva stated his directorial vision of C’est Jane are, “to take…
Shinbun Saturday: TOKYOPOP Aims for 2016 Relaunch
TOKYOPOP talks more about its future plans TOKYOPOP sent waves through the industry earlier this year at Anime Expo when they announced their intention to get back into the manga business. Some of it stirred up memories about the company’s influence on the North American manga scene; others raised concerns about their questionable contracts. More…
Kickstarter of the Week: Drawing the Line: Indian Women Fight Back
Drawing the Line: Indian Women Fight Back is a comics anthology by fourteen Indian women. The 162 page anthology contains personal reflections on and reactions to the 2012 gang rape of a Delhi medical student. The anthology came together as a result of a comics workshop held in the wake of the massive protests that…
Showtime, Synergy! 2 Takes on Jem and the Holograms #7
Jem and the Holograms #7 Kelly Thompson (w), Emma Vieceli (a) IDW Publishing September 16, 2015 In “Viral: Part 1,” Synergy helps Jerrica build the Holograms’ new website, and Kimber struggles with her feelings for Stormer. Meanwhile, the Misfits get a sinsiter new manager…
Razors vs. Lasers: My Adventure in Laser Hair Removal
As I said in our roundtable back in May, I’ve had a facial hair problem all of my adult life. It is a pretty significant source of anxiety for me, so once I found a laser removal solution I was willing to try, I decided to chronicle my experience for posterity and for other women…
He Blinded Me With Science, or The Science of Attack on Titan
The Science of Attack on Titan Writer: Rikao Tanagita Illustrations: Hajime Isayama and Maru Fujishima Translation: Ko Ransom Kodansha Comics June 2015 The ubiquitous Attack on Titan strikes again! We have the original manga, spin-off series, light novels, anime adaptations, live action movies, videogames, and now…a pop science book? Not the first thing that would…