Jody Houser is a busy woman in the world of comics, having just wrapped up a Thrawn miniseries at Marvel and about to launch a Stranger Things comic and a StarCraft title with Dark Horse, not mention her work with Valiant and DC. While her original worlds appear in short comics in anthologies, her primary professional focus has…
Rogue Protocol: Murderbot Meets a Beloved Bot
Rogue Protocol Martha Wells Tor.com August 7, 2018 Murderbot, whom I fell in love with both in All Systems Red and Artificial Condition, is back in Rogue Protocol, the third of four planned novellas in The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells. The plot of Rogue Protocol is just as enjoyable as the first two, and the…
Webcomics Roundup: June, 2018
Hello and welcome to our revived Webcomics Roundup! After each month comes to a close, we will look back on exciting developments in a variety of webcomics. For our first installment, we look all the way back to June of 2018, so let’s talk about Pride! In the distant, rainbow-hued days of last month, webcomics…
Presenting Dark Horse: The Hottest News from SDCC 2018
If you’re reading this now, we have successfully completed another turn around the sun—not the giant star that shines upon humanity’s universe, mind, but that giant star that lights up the universe of geeks and nerds around the world. I am, of course, talking about San Diego Comic-Con. After listening to years of secondhand hype…
Previously On Comics: Comics Books on the Man Booker Shortlist, Goodbye Koyama, and More
Good morning! It’s funny how quiet it always seems a week past a major con. Like everyone’s still recovering. How about you, rested up, feeling better? I hope so, because the news keeps coming.
Her Universe: Beyond the Runway
The Her Universe Fashion Show celebrated many milestones at this year’s SDCC event, held at the Manchester Grand Hyatt, including its own fifth anniversary. The Nightmare Before Christmas’ 25th anniversary was commemorated with a dress designed by Andrew Maclaine, the 2014 fashion show winner. The dress is comprised of 500 Jack Skellington Funko POP! figures…
Cover Girl: Dragon Age: Deception #1
Welcome to Cover Girl. Each month, we gather a team of WWAC contributors to analyze a new and notable comic book cover featuring a woman. This month Wendy, Angie, Melissa, Jameson, and Laura discuss Sachin Teng’s cover for Dragon Age: Deception #1 from Dark Horse Comics.
MST3K Steps into Comics
If she could, Felicia Day would want to step into a Care Bears comic book. Day, who plays mad scientist Kinga Forrester in the Mystery Science Theatre 3000 revival, decided this was the happier, safer option compared to jumping into superhero comics. Gotham City? Metropolis? Death traps! All of them!
DC PUBWATCH: SDCC and July Edition
I spent last weekend in San Diego, attending as many DC-relevant panels as I could to gather information for you, dear readers. I was also invited to attend the DC Press Breakfasts, one of which turned into a cult initiation, but they gave me a snazzy robe, so all hail Tom King!
Book Beat: WorldCon 76, Man Booker, and Amazon vs. the Library
Good morning, everyone — it’s Bookmarked editor Christa, here with your weekly news from the literary world!
The Seeds #1 Questions the Truth
The Seeds #1 Ann Nocenti and David Aja (creators) Dark Horse Out August 1, 2018 I get push notifications from three different news outlets: the BBC, the Associated Press, and the Guardian. I actually didn’t read the news at all for years: between twelve years of primary school warnings against bias in media and seven…
Jinty: ’70s Schoolgirl Sci-Fi Still Relevant in 2018
Jinty Vol. 1: The Human Zoo & The Land of No Tears Pat Mills, Malcolm Shaw (writers), Guy Peeters (artist) Rebellion Publishing June 28, 2018 (UK release), July 11, 2018 (US release) A review copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. While the boys of 1970s Britain…
