I wasn’t the only one who missed her step on the London Underground, when the screens switch one poster to another even faster than the escalator pulls you down, because Tamsin Greig was standing in a tuxedo and high heels. One louche hand on hip and a champagne bottle by her feet, a couple of…
Grit by Gillian French [Review]
Grit Gillian French HarperTeen May 16, 2017 I love a small town story. I grew up in various small towns around the Midwest so I can really appreciate when an author can capture the sense of claustrophobia that sometimes comes with that life. Gillian French’s Grit explores those themes but never quite gets there for…
13 Reasons Why Seriously Needed Adequate Content Warnings
Content Warning: Discussion of suicidal ideation, death, and violence.
Why Is Marvel’s Generation X Back?
It’s 2017, and Marvel’s 1994 teen comic Generation X is back! But with only one of the characters who was on the original team. Jubilee, who was a founding member of Generation X: 90s Edition now leads a new team of young mutants who must learn about their powers and battle a variety of evils….
Indigo Panics: Anxiety in Gaming
Dear video games, We have long had a strange and tenuous relationship. I have very often been busy with life. Building one’s own business is a long and difficult task. I had been trying to find time to myself, but when I had that time, I usually found I needed to sleep. It seems strange,…
Politically Cartoonish: Judging April
Hello, and welcome to the April edition of Politically Cartoonish. As with the rest of WWAC, the Politically Cartoonish column is working to include analyses of non-U.S. and non-Western issues. Readers are encouraged to send political cartoon suggestions to the author via her Twitter handle @youandyourego.
Book Beat: GoT and Lovecraftian Adaptation News
This week’s book news was all about book adaptations and existing stories that are being told in different ways. Sound familiar? I don’t know about the rest of you, but adaptation announcements tend to make me nervous. On the one hand, I’m leery of nuance and character development falling by the wayside in favor of exacting…
The Third Party Brings Romance to Office Politics [Review]
The Third Party Enjelicious (creator) Lezhin Comics What happens when the wealthy heiress of a popular company is ordered to mask her identity and work at her future workplace as an intern…where she meets a woman? An independent woman who sports professionalism, confidence, and sex appeal with plans to run away from her former life…
Jean Grey #1 is a Grey of Light [Review]
Jean Grey #1 Dennis Hopeless (Writer), Victor Ibanez (Artist), Jay David Ramos (Colorist), VC’s Travis Lanham (Letterer) Marvel Comics May 3, 2017 In 1963’s X-Men #1, a teenage Jean Grey became the newest student at Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. “What kind of school is this, sir? I have a right to know!” she demanded,…
Get Your Game On: Andromeda Romances and No More Alan Wake
Happy Wednesday! What games have you been enjoying lately? I’ve been neglecting Horizon Zero Dawn and Final Fantasy XV the past few weeks, but I got Nier: Automata and am excited to start it. Are there any upcoming releases you’re looking forward to? Let us know in the comments! Here’s news and interesting links that…
American Gods Episode One: One Hell of a Trip
American Gods promised to be strange, and strange it is. The first episode, “The Bone Orchard,” sets a tone if not a plot. With the abundance of amazing TV shows at the moment, showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green are banking on exactly that: every story has been told, so the real drawcard is how you do it.
Hollers and Amazons: Leo Baxendale’s Bad Girls
When British comic legend Leo Baxendale sadly passed away last month at the age of 86, he left behind a rich legacy of truly brilliant characters. The “enfant terrible” Sweeney Toddler, the affable archvillain Grimly Feendish, the blundering Three Bears–each of these left their mark on generations of comic-readers in the United Kingdom. But out…
