Content Warning: Discussion of The Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell includes mentions of child abduction, murder, alcoholism, serial murders, and adultery. With the content warning above, you’d think this was a book that shaped my adult life while I was an adult. This isn’t the case. To prepare myself for this article, I reread the…
Snack on More Comics with Taptastic
I love webcomics. Some would say I’m obsessed, but I like to think of my love in a more positive light: I’m just voracious. However, I’ve also got an Android phone, so the comic apps I can access are somewhat limited. While I’ve been dreaming about the day when Comic Chameleon is finally available for…
The Winners of the 2015 Hugo Awards: Puppies Lose, Translations Win
WorldCon opened this year in Spokane, Washington, amid roiling controversy that’s been brewing ever since Vox Day, editor, publisher, and blogger created a voting slate for the Huge Awards back in February. An industry award for science fiction and fantasy works, the nominees are voted on by fans who pay to become members of World…
The Ownership of Iris West: The Tricky Thing About Time Travel
I had no plans to write about the depiction of Iris West on The Flash because I thought my grumbling tweets were enough and that other people who were more moved by it could take it on. I didn’t think I needed to be the person because to be honest, the fun of the show…
Mighty Marvel Monday: Ms. Marvel and More
Welcome back for another edition of Mighty Marvel Monday! It’s a short and sweet link dump this week. Our largely positive review of Secret Wars: Secret Love #1 can be found here. Marvel took away two Hugos this weekend, one for Guardians of the Galaxy as Best Dramatic Presentation – Long, and one for G….
Organization, Freelancing, & Myths about Artists
When you tell the world—your parents, teachers, and friends—that you want to be an artist, they tell you that you will starve. They also don’t expect you to be good at organization. Creative means messy, moody, flaky. It means charcoal smudges on your sandwich because you’re choking it down quick to get back to that…
We’re Sick of This Beauty: All the Women in These Comics Have the Same Face
We all know the common problem with female bodies in comics: oversexualized, unrealistic, packed in tight suits, bent at unnatural angles and looking seductive even in the midst of a battle.
MAN PLUS: A Conversation/Review
MAN PLUS Titan Comics, July 8th André Lima Araújo, Arisa Rozegar, Luis Guerrero, Tom Williams Ghost in the Shell lifers J. A. Micheline and Claire Napier (that’s me!) discuss what was the first issue, but has since become just a section of Titan’s ongoing web release, of André Lima Araújo’s passion project Man Plus. Do they like it?…
Kickstarter of the Week: Comare, the Other Woman
Illustrator Ashley St. Lawrence and writer Mario Candelaria, are looking to fund the first issue of a six part mini set in mid-century Los Angeles. Comare is a jazzy, stylish romance comic with edge. It’s 1953 and American soldiers are slowly returning from Korea. While her boyfriend was serving overseas, Amelia was carrying on an affair with restauranteur…
A Review of Vampirella & Jennifer Blood #4, or How Not To Write a Feminist Comic Book
Swords of Sorrow: Vampirella & Jennifer Blood #4 Nancy Collins (Writer), David Acosta (Artist), Valentina Pinto (Colorist), Erica Schultz (Letterer) Dynamite August 19, 2015 Birdi and Kate take issue with Swords of Sorrow: Vampirella & Jennifer Blood #4, which is really no surprise, considering they’ve had problems with the entire run. As a final review, they’ve organized their critique in…
This Week in WWAC History: Superman Violence, Moomin Merch, Mansplaining, Apocalypse Fiction, Comics in Education
Archives! Archives! Archives! Once again we’re here to guide you toward some awesome articles from the WWAC past…
Canadian Scifi You Should Be Watching (Or Didn’t Realize You Already Were)
Canada is jokingly referred to as Hollywood North for a reason. When your heroes head to outer space, race through an alien forest, or gaze across a vast ocean skyline, you’re actually looking at Vancouver. Wide open spaces? Probably Alberta. Detroit, New York, Chicago? Nope. That’s Toronto. Sometimes, the film crews will make the extra…
