Snotgirl #1 Bryan Lee O’Malley (Writer), Leslie Hung (Artist), Mickey Quinn (Colors), and Mare Odomo (Letters) Image Comics July 20, 2016 A pretty girl sits on her bed crying after a disastrous night out, her bright green hair the same color as the snot streaming down her face. This is Lottie Person, star of Bryan…
Review: Delilah Dirk and The King’s Shilling
Delilah Dirk & The King’s Shilling Tony Cliff First Second March 8th, 2016 Disclaimer: This review is based on an advanced copy from the publisher and may contain spoilers. Just as I finished reading Delilah Dirk and The King’s Shilling, it was announced that Disney acquired the film rights to the comic series by Tony Cliff. Set in the…
Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá: The Seduction of Two Brothers
Eight years ago, the author/illustrator team of Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá set aside Milton Hatoum’s Dois irmãos, but not because the Brazilian author’s story of twin brothers Yaqub and Omar was not good. Quite the opposite. Moon and Bá found themselves immersed in the settings–the Amazon rain forest and the cities of São Paulo and Manaus–despite…
Meet the Devs: Alayna Cole, Founder of Queerly Represent Me
Welcome to Meet the Devs where we will interview and focus on developers who are women or nonbinary. It was found a recent study that women’s code is preferred over men’s, unless the selector knows a woman made it. This may not shock you as the tech industry is greatly dominated by men and by…
The Borderline Mother in Netflix’s Stranger Things
The Duffer Brothers’ Stranger Things intrigued me with the fantastically ’80s splash screen on the Netflix series page and totally hooked me with the title sequence. And then my wife and I watched the entire, too-short eight-episode series in, oh, a weekend. I reveled in the plethora of cinematic and musical nods to the decade…
Margot Robbie Played Harley Quinn, But DC Played Themselves
Let’s talk about this excerpt from Paul Flynn’s Margot Robbie profile in the Autumn/Winter issue of LOVE Magazine. Let’s talk about how harsh a burn it is, against the art form comics. Let’s talk about how disastrous a proof it is of Harley Quinn’s degraded graphic cache.
Scholastic Graphix Talent Search
In 2005, Scholastic launched Graphix with the publication of the full-color edition of BONE #1: Out from Boneville. Graphix is dedicated to publishing engaging, age-appropriate graphic novels for children and teens. Supported by librarians, teachers, and, most important, kids, Graphix titles have become bestsellers around the globe and continue to receive awards and critical acclaim,…
Nominees Revealed for First Dragon Awards
The fantasy/science fiction convention Dragon Con has revealed the nominees for its inaugural Dragon Awards, celebrating novels, comics, films, television and games from across the varied subgenres of SFF. The Dragon Awards were announced back in April, and since then have suffered from definite teething problems. The eligibility period for nominations underwent a last-minute change; after…
Whaleish Work in the Disciplines: Comics and Religion Swimming Around
The last time you heard from me—and it’s been a while—I was urging academics who love comics to find their peers and work with them. I took my own advice! I was delighted to be a part of the Comics and Sacred Texts Symposium at Haverford College. It was wonderful to collaborate with scholars that…
The Thursday Book Beat: Moving That Diversity Needle, Inch by Inch
Hello again dear readers! Summer is wrapping up, bringing us closer to a fall full of bookish films and some of the busiest publishing weeks of the year. And while 2016 has been a bit of a banner year for discussions on diversity–well, that wheel keeps turning. The New Yorker kicks us off with a…
“Comics Should Reach Everyone” — Jon Rivera & Gerard Way Talk DC’s Young Animal
DC is introducing a new imprint called Young Animal, which features a specialized line-up of talent curated by Gerard Way, writer of Umbrella Academy (and lead singer of My Chemical Romance). Included in that line-up is writer Jon Rivera, best known as co-author of the critically acclaimed series Heartbreak. I had the pleasure of first meeting…
WWAC Talks Friendship & Friendship Break-Ups, Pt. 2: Advice & Media
Earlier this week, we talked about friendships ending: Signs for toxic friendships that need to end, potential reasons for why some friendships end, and how patriarchy can negatively impact our friendships. In Part 2, we continue this conversation by sharing our advice, based on our own experiences, when dealing with the pain and grief that comes…
