I’m not a gamer. I don’t think I could check the “gamer” box if asked to fill out some sort of imaginary label survey for my life. I play games, mostly the tabletop and board variety, but I wouldn’t call myself a gamer. Maybe it’s an unfair assumption or stereotype that I have and that…
Corsets 101 with Three Muses Inspired Clothing
It must have started with Emma Frost. Classic X-Men was a big influence on my childhood, and the haughty White Queen burned herself into my young mind as one of my great role models for determination, confidence, and her (flawed) views on sexism. Or maybe it has something to do with Gone with the Wind,…
Manipulation of Manhood: Julia Gfrorer’s Comic Book Misandry
Content warning: penises, breasts, rape of men. EDIT, October 2016: this article is an analysis of Gfrorer’s work as a commentary on phallocentric patriarchy. Cis masculinity is consciously centred in the readings of these narratives. I never really managed to think of a penis as a vulnerable thing until I caught the first fifteen minutes…
Previously On Comics: Supergirl Finds Her Superman and a Manga Partnership Splits
Hi everyone! Hope you had a great weekend. Today marks the start of a new week and here on WWAC, the launch of a new column! Welcome to Previously On…Comics, which rounds up news from all corners of the comics world. Yes, we’re retiring our other comics news columns, because comics are comics, no matter…
