Marshal Metta Lawson has arrived to uphold the law at Badrock, a wild west-style colony where the previous marshal has gone insane after just three months on the job. With the help of her deputy, Nerys Pettifer, she gets to work, doing her best to move towards peace and harmony with as few casualties as…
Previously on Comics: Another Big 3 Manga Bids Adieu
Hello readers! How was your weekend? Have you been binging on the Olympics like I’ve been? If you have, it’s time to take a break and check out the week in comics headlines. I thought this day would never come, but it has apparently arrived. Bleach is ending at the end of August. It looks…
Siobhan Gallagher: Cartoonist and Author on the Rise
I first met Siobhan Gallagher at this year’s MoCCA Festival. Among hundreds of exhibitors, it was her experimental drawing style and ironic witticisms that caught my eye. A former cover designer at Penguin Random House, Siobhan has self-published two full collections and several smaller art pamphlets since her graduation from NSCAD University in 2012. Her…
4 Comics to Give You Hope
I read a range of comics from a range of publishers and genres: horror, fantasy, sci-fi, slice of life, superhero… and ones in between. If I reviewed all of them, I would never have time for anything else. Besides, there are some comics that give me such warm fuzzies and feelgoods that reviewing them would just…
The Killing Joke Is a Bad Joke that Just Won’t R.I.P
The animated adaptation of the comic The Killing Joke was officially released on July 25th. So far, only a few WWAC contributors have seen it and all declined to review it. Instead we got together to discuss adaptation’s controversial addition of a sexual relationship between Barbara Gordon and Bruce Wayne, and our thoughts on the…
Avarice: Why I Hate Sonic, Fail At Mario, But Love Relic Run
Alright. I only ever played Sonic once, but let me tell you. That hog is bullshit.
Thunderstuck! A Conversation with Jim Zub on Marvel’s Thunderbolts
I had the opportunity to sit down with writer Jim Zub (Disney Kingdoms: Figment; Wayward; Street Fighter: Cammy) at SDCC this year to chat about continuity, shipping, and big character arcs in his new on going series Thunderbolts. A word of warning: This interview will contain some spoilers from the first three issues of Thunderbolts, Avengers:…
Good Things Come In Threes with Lois Lane: Triple Threat
We’ve been supporting author Gwenda Bond’s Lois Lane series on the site because we believe in this whip smart iconic girl reporter, and it’s unthinkable for someone like Lois to not lead a series of her own. With Lois Lane: Fallout and Lois Lane: Double Down being embraced by readers and earning starred reviews, Switch Press—the Young…
Books That Made Us Cry Laughing in Public
Claire: In the summer of 2001 my family visited North America. We saw relatives in Connecticut (which tickled me; I kept an eye out for signage toward Stonybrooke), went to Boston (Heinz’ beans are better), New York (very tall), Martha’s Vineyard (horseshoe crabs? AWFUL), and up on some kind of hell train to Niagara Falls….
The Wedding Issue: Sue Storm and Reed Richards
Aside from “Who would win in a fight?” nothing gets comic fans more heated than the question of whether or not superheroes should be married. In this mini-feature, Bride-to-Be Rebecca Henely and her Maid of Honor Kayleigh Hearn take a trip down memory lane to the most significant times comic companies took the plunge and…
The Thursday Book Beat: Harry Potter and the Lackluster Curse(d Child)
I’m back from vacation, dear bookworms, and ready to dive right back into book news! While I was away, I got to read Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter and Poisoned Blade by Kate Elliott by a lake, both of which are books you should definitely add to your TBR piles. But of course, I would…
Roll20 Now Offers Licensed Dungeons & Dragons Content for All Your Digital Gaming Needs
Roll20, a longtime favorite for long-distance tabletop roleplayers, just gained a level in awesomeness. In a new licensing deal with Wizards of the Coast, Roll20 will now offer licensed Dungeons & Dragons content for their platform, allowing you to load premade character sheets, maps, tokens, and other tabletop essentials right into the free program.
