The actual story of WWE’s Women’s Revolution, especially the story surrounding the so-called “Four Horsewomen of NXT” is incredible. It is a story of four women who were told, repeatedly, “nobody cared” about women’s wrestling. Instead of letting that discourage them, they used it as their fuel to change that opinion. Building on the work…
Firebug Sets the World Ablaze
Firebug Johnnie Christmas (Writer and Artist), Tamra Bonvillain (Colorist) Image Comics March 7, 2018 Firebug, created by Johnnie Christmas and Tamra Bonvillain and originally published in Brandon Graham and Emma Rios’ comics magazine Island, gets a second chance on the shelves in a collected trade paperback. I had very high expectations for this comic; being…
Extra EXTRA! Read All About It!
The EC Archives: Extra! Johnny Craig, John Severin, Colin Dawkins and others (writers and artists) Dark Horse Comics April 11, 2018 This collection presents the entire run of Extra! which ran for five issues in the mid 1950s, each one comprised of a number of short comics stories and some sojourns into short prose fiction–what…
The Occultist Omnibus is a Magical Monster Mash
The Occultist Omnibus Mike Richardson and Tim Seeley (Writers), Victor Drujiniu and Mike Norton (Artists) Dark Horse Comics May 2, 2018 Originally published in 2012, Dark Horse is resurrecting a cult classic with the release of The Occultist Omnibus. Your typical boy-gains-supernatural-powers story, The Occultist follows the monster-fueled adventures of college kid Robert Bailey, who…
Cults, Talking Raccoons and Gentrification: A Love Letter to Leaving Richard’s Valley
It’s not always easy to say goodbye.
Fragments of Femininity: A Clichéd Look at Womanhood
Fragments of Femininity Olivier Pont (writer and artist) Europe Comics 18 January, 2017 IZNEO HAS PROVIDED WWAC WITH A VIP ACCESS PASS. What makes a woman feminine? Olivier Pont’s graphic novel, Fragments of Femininity, translated from his 2015 French graphic novel, DesSeins, aims to study the symbol of women’s femininity—their breasts—through the stories of seven women…
The Wasp’s Secret History of Being Amazing
Besides having maybe one of the coolest civilian names of any superhero ever, Janet Van Dyne is one of the founding Avengers. As well as being the character who named the team way back in 1963, she’s also a rich kid from New Jersey from a well-to-do family, eventually helping to fund the Avengers at…
Sisco #1: You’re in the Danger Zone
Sisco #1 Thomas Legrain (artist), Benec (writer), Peng Weng and Studio 9 (colorist) Europe Comics June 2017 In an era when comics are becoming more diverse and the stories told more creative, I find it fascinating how some cling ever tighter to the same stories of the past. With Sisco, I hoped for something new. Instead, I…
Secret Weapons Volume 1 and #0: Owen
Secret Weapons, Vol. 1 Eric Heisserer (writer), Raúl Allén (artist), Patricia Martín (artist and letterer) Valiant 2017 Secret Weapons, #0: Owen Eric Heisserer (writer), Raúl Allén (artist), Patricia Martín (artist and letterer) Valiant March 14, 2018 Look. Do you want a ragtag interracial band of misfits to form a supportive team led by a competent…
Nineteen Technically Visible Women Who Worked on Image Comics in the 1990s
During our two concurrent investigations of the early years of Image (Bad Girls in retrospect, specifically, and Year of the Knockoff, by regular coincidence), every now and then we’ve come across (though this is admittedly an inexact science) a handful of apparently feminine names. Who are these people? Let’s find out.
Rocko’s Modern Life: Still Punching My Guts
Existing is kind of gross. It’s also unreasonably hard sometimes. And because I like things I consume to reflect the realities of my life, I want my art to be nasty, brutish, and short. I like to prod the beach rubble, you see. So, as a young person I was drawn to Rocko’s Modern Life, but…
Long Lost #5 Goes Deeper and Darker
Long Lost #5 Matthew Erman (Writer), Lisa Sterle (Art) Scout Comics April 4, 2018
