Stealth Cosplay is the practice of cosplaying—dressing up as a fictional character—in casual to professional settings. On Stealth Cosplay’s tumblr their tag line is: “for people who like to cosplay in public and keep their job,” which is Stealth Cosplay in a nutshell. I love cosplay, though I haven’t created any specific costumes for myself—one…
The Last Batgirl Story
The Killing Joke is touted as the “Definitive Joker Story,” and while it is certainly one of his darkest and most memorable chapters, it’s Barbara Gordon that is ultimately defined by the story. We’ve already talked about the disparity in consequences between the actual protagonists of the story, Batman and Jim Gordon, and its collateral…
Interview: Titan’s New Bande Dessinée Editor, Lizzie Kaye, Has Plans
Lizzie Kaye recently joined the Titan Comics team as an editor, tasked with bringing more bande dessinée to English-speaking readers. And while Titan has published great comics in translation in the past, including Snowpiercer, I’m excited by this announcement; it seems like the team are aiming to vastly expand this arm of the business. I caught up with Lizzie to…
Tumblr Fandom Doesn’t Owe You Sales: The Fans Who Are Ruining Everything (This Week)
Tell us, oh Internet sages, about this new phenomenon they call Tumblr fandom: “I had a discussion at ECCC with someone in comics, I’m not going to mention who, about how busy the convention was, and they said that some of the attendees were probably just ‘Tumblr fans.’ I asked what she meant, and she said that…
Weekend Review 6/11/2015
Cover that boy up! Check your Rule 63! Utena vs. Kill La Kill! Magical women are scary! Interviews! Blog Carnivals! What a week!
Newspaper Comics: How We Met Them and Where We’d Like to See Them Go
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…