I really like ghost stories. I think they’re an important part of how we express ourselves, how we interact with the things we don’t understand, with the things that might be a bit beyond us. It’s funny, because while I’m hit or miss on horror, I’m always in for a good ghost story. I see…
Paper Girls: Women Rallying Against Imperial Horror
Brian K. Vaughan (writer), Cliff Chiang (artist), Matt Wilson (colorist), Jared K. Fletcher (letterer/designer), Dee Cunniffe (color flatter) Image Comics 2015-Ongoing Paper Girls is an enthralling take on the coming-of-age genre, placing women at the forefront of a number of landscapes they rarely get to star in: ’80s nostalgia pieces, time-travel adventures, horror, and adolescent…
Jem and the Holograms – Infinite: Colourful Caper through Parallel Worlds
Jem and the Holograms: Infinite Kelly Thompson (Writer), Stacey Lee, Jenn St-Onge (Artists), Jen Hickman (Artist and Letters), Sarah Stern, M. Victoria Robado (Letters and Colours), Shawn Lee (Letters), Brittany Peer (Colours) IDW Publishing 13 February, 2018 Jem and the Holograms and the Misfits are at it again: not singing, but arguing. Can these two…
Women Making Comics: Katie Green on the Power of Autobiographical Comics
This article contains references to eating disorders and sexual abuse. Katie Green is an artist based in the south west of the UK. She creates comics and zines, as well as designing craft projects and knitting patterns. With her latest book, Lighter Than My Shadow, she chronicles her struggle with—and recovery from—eating disorders and sexual…
Come On, Vogue: Extreme Soviet Superheroics in 1995
It is not impossible to create a comic book of quality around a Soviet teenager defecting in desperation, moving to America, growing up beautiful, and becoming an employee of the US government who takes gymnastic spy assignments. I can say this in confidence having enjoyed Aymond and Van Hamme’s Lady S (Dupuis, published in translation by…
01: First Second Fall 2018 Cover Reveal!
This month the exciting and innovative publisher First Second revealed their Fall 2018 covers. 01:First Second is the publisher that brought you great books like Pashmina, The Cute Girl Network and Tillie Walden’s ice skater graphic Novel Spinning, and this fall they are release some amazing title s that we know will become some of future favorites.
Hire This Hero: Punish Your Punisher by Replacing Him With Deathblow!
Hello! WWAC’s Superhero Temp Agency is back, and this time we have a candidate for your next Punisher. We here at WWAC understand. Sometimes your Punisher draws the short end of the stick and winds up in jail. Some days he’s busy attending to a terrorist group somewhere on the other side of the globe….
Tainted Love: Twisted Romance #1
Twisted Romance #1 Alex de Campi, Sarah Horrocks, and Magen Cubed (Writers), Sarah Horrocks and Katie Skelly (Artists) Image Comics February 7, 2018 Twisted Romance is off to a fresh and exciting start in issue #1. Alex de Campi’s premise–an agency devoted to causing break-ups–is simple and super intriguing. The degree to which both de…
Emma and Violette Vol 1: One Dream For Three
Emma and Violette Vol 1: One Dream for Three Jérôme Hamon (script), Lena Sayaphoum (art) Europe Comics, Izneo.com Released January 17, 2018 IZNEO HAS PROVIDED WWAC WITH A VIP ACCESS PASS. We all have dreams. Some of those dreams are easily within our grasp, some may take a lifetime to achieve, and others yet may…
A Compendium of Resistance: Comics for Choice Fights for Reproductive Justice
Comics for Choice: Illustrated Abortion Stories, History and Politics Ed. Hazel Newlevant, Whit Taylor, and Ø. K. Fox (Editors) Summer 2017
Love Addict: How I Learned to Love the Problematic Narrative
Love Addict: Confessions of a Serial Dater Koren Shadmi (Writer and Artist) IDW 31 January, 2018 With almost fifty million people using dating apps, it’s no wonder that there’s a comic written about them. Koren Shadmi’s Love Addict doesn’t just cover quirky disasters and mishaps that come with online dating, though; by showing the personal…
He Yams What He Yam: Discovering Popeye Through Popeye Otaku
There is nothing more convincing than conviction. Who has it? Fans have it. I want to introduce you to a fan I know—a fan whose pure enthusiasm’s already had me buying three separate, rather large books. His name is Troy, but he goes by Popeye Otaku. He loves Popeye. On twitter he lives Popeye, using…