It’s late August, and for most of the writers and readers of WWAC, summer is almost coming to an end. It’s such a beautiful time of the year, with long afternoons fading into warm evenings, perfect for a good roleplaying session. One could say it’s almost magical.
Mom’N’Pop Culture: How a Song Sparked a Discussion on Consent
Meghan Trainor’s peppy song “No” may get mixed reviews and some serious hate from the “rejected,” but the message in the lyrics is clear. It doesn’t matter how a woman is dressed or how she dances, she has the right to say no to unwanted advances. Even though I understand the meaning of the lyrics, instead of…
Previously On Comics: So Much Marvel Edition
Happy Monday, everyone! Summer’s coming to an end, so I hope you spent your weekend in style. Here are highlights from the week in comics news. Captain America: Civil War is coming out in digital HD and Blu-ray in a few weeks, and you know what that means. Gag reel time! I’m a little surprised…
The Evolution of Princess Zelda
As the world waits with bated breath for the release of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in 2017, it’s fun to reflect and reminisce on the amount of progress that Nintendo’s protagonist Link has made throughout the years of his development. What once was a 2D top-view game for the Nintendo Entertainment System…
Comics Academe Roundtable: Teaching Bitch Planet
Since the publication of the first issue of Bitch Planet by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro in December of 2014, many people, inside and outside of academia, have pointed to the comic, the related backmatter and essays, and even the community that has formed around it–as embodied by the many tattoos of the…
Review: World of Tanks: Roll Out #1
World of Tanks: Roll Out #1 Garth Ennis (writer), Carlos Ezquerra (illustrator), Michael Atiyeh (colorist), no letterer listed Dark Horse August 31, 2016 Disclaimer: This review is based on an advance review copy from Dark Horse Comics.
2016 Without Rabid Puppies: The Hugos that Could Have Been
Following the Hugo Awards ceremony that was held on Saturday, the awards’ administrators released a PDF file with thorough breakdowns of the voting data. This means that we can get some idea of what the ballot would have looked like without interference from the Rabid Puppies campaign. Before we start, we will need to estimate the…
My Neighbor Jiaojian: An Intimate Urban Legend
My Neighbor Jiaojian Alyssa Wong (Writer), Wendy Xu (Artist) 2016. Although I am relatively new to the horror genre as a whole (I am a self-described scardey-cat and still find The Nightmare Before Christmas unwatchable), I’ve found that the stories that stay with me often are very intimate, with a small cast, touch upon very…
Comics, Anxiety, and Capturing the Abstract: An Interview with the Creators of Sweaty Palms
We often read hoping to see a piece of ourselves reflected in stories, but it’s the surprising connections that can have the most impact. These connections are not always comfortable, but are often invaluable, such as Jennifer Gonzalez’s experience with depression and Katie O’Neill’s webcomic Mushrooms. Each time readers respond powerfully to comics such as O’Neill’s it…
You Want Our Ideas But Not Us: Hollywood’s Whitewashing of Asians Roundtable
Recently, many movie and TV show fans have raised concerns about upcoming releases that involve Asian settings or themes, but center white actors or sideline Asian voices. Doctor Strange, Ghost in the Shell, Netflix’s Iron Fist, Death Note, and The Great Wall perpetuate decades of Hollywood’s marginalization of Asian actors. WWAC writers have analyzed at length…
Snotgirl: Visual Women Roundtable
Snotgirl, by Bryan Lee O’Malley, Leslie Hung, and Mickey Quinn, debuted in July from Image Comics. Industry politics aside, “Image” is a satisfying venue for a comic of this nature. The protagonist, our “snotgirl” Lottie Person, lives for image. She’s a fashion blogger, so image is the source of her status and presumably her revenue. Lottie internalises…
Get Your Game on Wednesday: Thoughts on Diversity
Happy Wednesday, gaming lovelies! High five to those lucky East Coast folks who attended Flamecon this past weekend. West Coasters, have no fear. GaymerX is all about games and still six weeks away. Phew! Mission saved! Micro game studios make up 65% of UK gaming studios That’s right, 65% of the studios employ four or fewer…
