This month’s game is a great little two-player game called Jaipur. The game’s introduction states that the aim is to try and become the “Maharaja’s personal trader by being richer than your opponent at the end of each week.” You spend three weeks, or rounds, collecting and selling goods like diamonds, gold, silver, cloth, spices,…
Drink Your Comics: In the Fallout 4 Wasteland
Like so many other mainstream gamers, I have been spending all of my time playing Fallout 4. There is just so much to do in this game. My son is missing still, but I’ve joined many factions, built ten communes, and romanced a journalist. For this month’s Drink Your Comics Games I will take you to…
Love, War, and Other Frightful Creatures: Past the Last Mountain
Past the Last Mountain Louie Joyce (Art and Colors), Paul Allor (Words), Gannon Beck (Layouts), Andy Schmidt (Consulting Editor) CE Digital January 13, 2016 Disclaimer: WWAC received review copies of all four issues of Past the Last Mountain from Paul Allor. On Free Comic Book Day in 2014, Paul Allor and Thomas Boatwright released a comic through Th3rd World…
Mighty Marvel Monday: Ms. Marvel Wins the 2016 McDuffie Diversity Award
I picked a good week to talk about Marvel Comics. Yesterday, at the Long Beach Comic Expo, Ms. Marvel won the 2016 Dwayne McDuffie Diversity Award. This is the second year of the award, and my second year attending. Both years, tears were shed, and the atmosphere in the room is one of family, community,…
This Week in WWAC History: We love cartoons, books, and horror films
The WWACers have a wide array of likes and dislikes in the fandom worlds, and when we really love something, we’re not afraid to share it with our readers. Take a peek at the articles below and find out if some if our enthusiasm matches yours.
Shinbun Saturday: In Defense of Fujoshi
Happy Saturday, dear readers! Can you believe we’re already in mid-February? Where is 2016 going? On the other hand, spring is only a month away now. I know I’m glad the sun is no longer setting before 5PM. If you’ve been in the manga and anime fandoms for long enough, chances are you’ve encountered a…
Your Midnighter Week Round-Up!
Midnighter fans, this week was UNBELIEVABLE and it’s all because of you! Thank you to all who participated, whether you joined the giveaway, retweeted the celebrations, or added your own work to the event. See below for a round-up of Midnighter-based pieces! Reviews: Comics Bulletin’s Mark Oliver Stack took a crack at Midnighter: Out. “Even on…
Made from Chemical X: The New Powerpuff Girls Theme Song
The higher powers of Cartoon Network have graced us with another peak into the new Powerpuff Girls series premiering in April. One of the highest rated and second-longest running shows on CN, Powerpuff Girls has forever lived in our hearts as a symbol of girl power and now it’s officially back. Cartoon Network released a…
A Man Created My Goddess: Dawn and Me
I’m a pretty unabashed feminist. Even as a kid, I drifted towards statements of girl power before I understood the foundations working behind it. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve continually worked on understanding the complexities of feminism and privilege, trying my best to confront my own privileges and learning how to be an intersectional feminist….
DC Daily Planet: Rebirth: The Good, The Bad, and The Unknown
So, here we are. It’s finally happening. We’re finally getting information about Rebirth straight from the horse’s mouth. In an exclusive interview with CBR and video presentation at ComicsPRO yesterday, Geoff Johns confirmed that Rebith is not a reboot, or even really a mass retcon, but an event focusing on “bringing legacy” back into DC…
Music Videos that Shaped Me: Beyonce’s “If I Were a Boy”
“If I Were a Boy,” a post-breakup ballad, was Beyoncé’s follow-up single to 2008’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” the definitive girl power anthem of the late 00s (and, let’s face it, still one of the best). It bolstered the contrast between Beyoncé as herself and as Sasha Fierce, and displayed her range as an artist. Fans…
Time Travel Experiments of a Psychomathematician: Arcadia by Iain Pears
Arcadia by Iain Pears was released in the UK in September 2015 and has now had its North American release on February 9th 2016. The novel takes place over a series of timelines and from a variety of perspectives, so much so that there is an Arcadia iOS and Android App to help readers deep track…
