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…
This Week in WWAC History: Tabletop Games
As a kid, my tabletops were limited to Monopoly and Clue. My parents kept it simple. Looking back, I appreciate the experience and patience my parents bestowed upon my brother and I. My daughter is coming to the age where I may be able to muster the same amount of patience, but I know the…
Cut Off Their Tails: 4 Takes On the Season 4 Finale of Orphan Black
Last night Orphan Black‘s fourth season came to a close with the explosive finale, “From Dancing Mice to Psychopaths.” In it, Evie Cho was killed with Rachel once again ascendant within Neolution; Cosima and Charlotte left Susan’s compound to be rescued by Delphine; Sarah and Susan Duncan were both left wounded by Rachel, perhaps dying; and…
Sex and the Dungeons
I think roleplaying and sex are two intimately entwined concepts. Even when we’re not discussing that kind of roleplaying, I’ve found it to be true that sexual dynamics are likely to rise whenever a group of adults is cooped up together for an extended period of time. Add to that the tempting factor of veiled…
Inspiring Women Making Comics Today!
Ed. note: Starting this week and continuing until I run out of people to bug, WWAC will be running short pieces on some of the women working in comics now who are doing innovative or inspiring work. And not just women creators, but women working in comics retail, merchandising, marketing, editorial, journalism, and more. If you…
Doctor Strange and the Ancient One: Marvel’s Issues with Real-World Politics
Advertisers traditionally hold that there’s no such thing as bad publicity, but Marvel’s Doctor Strange might just be the exception. Though the comic book version of Doctor Strange learns magic from a Tibetan character known as “The Ancient One,” the movie adaptation’s newest teaser trailer reveals that Marvel has changed the setting of Doctor Strange’s…
Picture This: Raggedy and the Cloud
This write-up is more personal than the other ones I’ve done so far, and I hope you will excuse me gushing for several minutes about some artists I love and admire. Sofia Prokofievna (b. 1928) is a Russian illustrator, poet, playwright, and, most importantly to me, the author of many original “fairy tales” for children….
The Thursday Book Beat: Mourning Lois Duncan
It’s been a busy week, book lovers, and I’m sad to say that our first bit of news is a sad one: Lois Duncan has passed away. Very sad news: Lois Duncan, author of I Know What You Did Last Summer and many other books for teens, has died at 82 pic.twitter.com/2nsycviSvK — Children's Bookshelf…
Trading Outpost: Why I Don’t Hate Why I Hate Saturn
Hello, this is the Trading Outpost, in which I, hostess of The Trades, further discuss some of the comics and concepts covered by (yes!) The Trades. The Trades is a podcast by me, FST, and Aaron LaRoche (A boy, hence lack of onsite embed —Ed.). We trade comics, talk about our picks from the month,…
WWAC Talks: Periods, Menstruation, Internal Bleeding, Pt. 2
Recently, WWAC writer Ray Sonne took one for the team and tried out Thinx period-proof underwear. This got a conversation going about the type of menstruation products out there and what this usually means for WWAC is “start a roundtable!” In fact, this topic got so many of us going that lifestyle editor, Ginnis, had…
