Hello again! Kate here to catch you up with the news you might have missed from last week. The top story last week was, of course, Wonder Woman’s 75th anniversary. There were a number of exciting things that happened, including Wonder Woman being named a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador. That’s a real thing!! And DC Comics…
Chloe Grace Moretz and Girls Who Game (the System)
Launching today, Chloe Grace Moretz is heading a three-part series “in which she aims to challenge the current perception about what a “gamer” is,” according to Mashable’s report. ScreenRant suggests the series is “intended to highlight the involvement of girls in the gaming community,” suggesting perhaps that her series may bring a Hollywood spotlight to…
Tarot 101: How to Get Started with Tarot Cards
Tarot cards can be very intimidating to some and easy to others. Everyone has their own personal experience with tarot from beginning to advanced. I’ll disclaim this right now: I’m in my beginning to intermediate stages of tarot reading. I’ve learned that many of us who practice New Age have their form of witchcraft, and…
And Then They Died: Sean Poppe’s Cackling Horror Comics
Disclaimer: This review is based on a review copy provided by the cartoonist. Short horror fiction has perhaps the widest reach of all genres. Campfires, midnight radio, parody advertisements, pulp fiction for eight-year-olds, and anthology television all boast a firm ground in the genre-format. Readers and viewers alike love the twist in the tale that so…
Cover Girl: Why Doesn’t Riri Williams Look 15?
This J. Scott Campbell Midtown Comics variant cover for Invincible Iron Man depicts 15 year old Riri Williams in the same outfit as she wore on the cover that introduced her to us. She has the same hairstyle, the same earrings. Instead of the ghost of Stark’s past in the background, there’s an industrial robotic…
What Zombie Game Should I Play: A Flowchart
Well, it’s nearing that time of year again: zombie game time. Halloween is good for many things, not the least of which is dressing up like the undead, sitting in my dark living room, and playing a fine zombie game. But how to choose the right one?? I’ve made you a chart to help with…
Those RiRi Williams Variant Covers are Why Comics Will Never Grow Up
Society’s prevailing view of the comic book industry is of manbabies who have never seen a woman. There. I said it.
Inspiring Women in Comics: Publisher Edition
Meg Lemke here… Who do I admire? Thank you for asking. I’m going insider baseball/book publishing industry with this, which is only a short-list of all the women I’ve looked up to in my comics career thus far. If we get into artists, this is going to go on all day. Also, full and hopefully obvious disclosure:…
The Life and Times of Marya Zaleska, Dracula’s Daughter: Part Two
Having taken a look at the plot of the 1936 film Dracula’s Daughter in my previous article, I shall now discuss the origins of the film and make a closer examination of its themes. The Birth of Dracula’s Daughter The film started life as a proposed adaptation of “Dracula’s Guest” by Bram Stoker, a short story…
Thursday Book Beat: Dylan’s AWOL, Taraji’s New Book, And King Writes for Children!
Hi Book Lovers! I’m back from my vacation and in all honesty, all I did was eat pasta and look at beautiful architecture. I can’t complain. I loved Italy, Barcelona and each city was magnificent in it’s own way. I didn’t get to do much reading though between shuttling around cities, the next vacation will…
Dear Scott Adams, Rhetoric is Not Reliable Camouflage
Well, Dilbert Man has struck again. He’s a cartoonist, he’s got reach, he’s a silly and unpleasant misogynist. He’s bad. We’d have said something sooner, but as he himself boasts women hardly pay attention to him — your honours, we did not know. Scott Adams is the man behind long-running and (sub-ironically?) mainstreamed cartoon strip Dilbert….
Bisexual Identity: A Roundtable
September 19th through the 26th marks Bisexual Awareness Week during which BiNet USA, GLAAD, and other organizations place a spotlight on issues unique to the bisexual community. WWAC is no stranger to discussing these issues; whether it’s calling out bisexual erasure in Deadpool, highlighting bi characters we love, or pointing out the gaping holes in…
