Witchblade Animated was never an animated product. It was, as were many things from the Image founders’ personal studios and the American comic book industry of the later ’90s in general, a cypher, a simulacrum of a possibility or alternate reality. “Wouldn’t it be cool if there was a Witchblade cartoon (eventually there was) just…
Phantom of the Kill VS Fire Emblem Heroes
Fire Emblem is a franchise that sets the standard for strategy role playing games. A world filled with characters fighting for their ideals in a conflict that generally ends with a big dragon. Fire Emblem is one of my favorite franchises ever and, while I did not love the most recent entries (the multiple versions…
What is Journalism? A Review of Rolling Blackouts
Rolling Blackouts: Dispatches from Turkey, Syria, and Iraq Sarah Glidden Drawn + Quarterly October 2016 A review copy was provided by the publisher. What is journalism? This is the primary question cartoonist Sarah Glidden pursued while traveling through Turkey, Iraq and Syria in 2010. Glidden’s friends and co-founders of The Seattle Globalist, Sarah Stuteville and…
Book Beat: Milo Cancelled, Tom Hanks and Black History Reading
Hi book lovers! This week is my reading week and to be quite honest, I haven’t done too much reading! That is, academic reading. I still have three more days so let’s see if I can pull it together and actually catch up on my textbook chapters.
Happy Trans Lesbian of Colour: Why Sera Matters
It should be easy to imagine how important representation in the media is for trans people. Sadly, in comics, 2016 saw the active removal of a lot of trans representation, and some very poor cash-ins on the community too. One such removal was Sera, a trans woman of color in a lovely, committed relationship with…
Being Seen Through Hawkeye’s Ponytail
As you may or may not know, my hair is just past my shoulders, and if it’s down (as in not tied up) there isn’t all that much I can successfully do without it ending up with it either my mouth, my eyes, or caught up in something. The potential for me doing anything particularly…
Get Your Game On Wednesday: Say Goodbye to Steam Greenlight
What’s up, Wednesday? Life and other commitments have been taking their toll, and I haven’t played a video game in what feels like forever. The Lunar New Year event is over in Overwatch, and I am sadly without a fancy new D.va skin. But the news marches on, and, despite my lack of time to…
Jackie: History Has Its Eyes On You
Jackie Pablo Larraín (dir), Stéphane Fontaine (cin) , Noah Oppenheim (wri) Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, John Hurt (cast) LD Entertainment, Fox Searchlight Pictures September 7, 2016 (Venice), December 2, 2016 (USA) We are midway through Jackie, and Jacqueline Kennedy, standing in all black, is talking to a priest. “Was God in the bullet that killed my husband?” she asks, angry but still pointedly polite. When…
The Summer of Self Discovery or The Education of Margot Sanchez
The Education of Margot Sanchez Lilliam Rivera Simon & Schuster February 21, 2017 Margot Sanchez is a girl torn between two worlds. The first is her home in the South Bronx where she was raised and where her family owns a pair of grocery stores, Sanchez & Sons. The other is the mostly-white, private school…
TV to Comics: Who is Supergirl?
Most of us know the basics. Supergirl is Superman’s cousin from Krypton, another survivor from that doomed planet. But who is she really? This is a question I’ve been asked many times since the TV show premiered two years ago, along with “Where do I start?” This column will help to answer both those questions,…
Call For Contributors: Books Section
Hello WWACers, We’re looking to fill our ranks over at the book section and we’d love to have you join the team. We publish reviews essays lists interviews and lifestyle articles related to books We want more coverage on Diverse titles International lit (including translations) Small/micro/independent press Adult (more sci-fi/fantasy!) Poetry Short Stories Our wish…
Others, Mothers and Monsters: Body Diversity and Fatphobia in Video Games
Like many people, I’m beyond excited for the next Mass Effect game, Mass Effect: Andromeda. So excited I want to know every bit of information about the game as it (slowly) comes out. I got super excited when they finally started to release character dossiers a few weeks ago, because character information is something that…
