Kim Reaper: Vampire Island #1 Sarah Graley (writer, artist, colorist), Crank! (letterer) Oni Press September 5, 2018 Kim Reaper: Vampire Island follows up last year’s original volume with more of Sarah Graley’s distinctive cuteness and drama. (I interviewed Graley about the first volume here.) After getting herself in trouble with her grim reaper bosses in…
Girls Touch Girls: Small Favors: The Definitive Girly Porno Collection
Small Favors: The Definitive Girly Porno Collection Colleen Coover Oni/Limerence Press April 2017 Colleen Coover’s Small Favors was a growing experience for me. When I was younger, my only sources for wlw stories were the erotica section of my local bookstore (cue a traumatizing first encounter with bondage thanks to Anne Rice’s Claiming of Sleeping…
PUBWATCH: How Now Top Cow! September
Welcome to Top Cow Pubwatch volume 2. I’ve been busy reading up on all of Top Cow’s offerings since my last Pubwatch and I can’t express enough how much I am loving the variety of stories they have to offer, from super heroes to romance and so much more. At WWAC, we’ve been busy with…
Book Beat: Giller Prize Longlist, Ripped Bodice, and French Bookstores vs Amazon
Hello, all! It’s Emily here, taking the Book Beat reins this week to share some of what’s been going on in the book world.
James Bond Origin #1 Lacks the Requisite Punch
James Bond Origin #1 Jeff Parker (Writer), Bob Q (Artist and Colourist), Simon Bowland (Letterer) Dynamite Entertainment 5 September, 2018 Clydebank, Scotland, World War II: Lt. Commander Ronald Weldon of the British Royal Navy is escorting his pupils to safety as bombs rain over the town. Clydebank makes for an attractive target, what with its…
Submerged #2 Goes Deep
Submerged #2 Vita Ayala (writer), Rachel Deering (letterer), Stelladia (colourist), Lisa Sterle (illustrator), Jen Bartell and Lisa Sterle (cover) Vault Comics 29 August 2018 Submerged is one of those comics that makes you feel like you’re discovering what comics can really do, maybe for the first time in your life. Ayala has delivered a fresh,…
Alice Isn’t Dead Sees Monsters on the Highways
Alice Isn’t Dead Joseph Fink Harper Perennial October 30, 2018 A review copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Alice Isn’t Dead starts with a warning. “This isn’t a story. It’s a road trip,” it begins. Then it poses a familiar question: Why did the chicken cross…
A Hell Of An Innocent: Great Art, Good Story, Poor Ending
A Hell Of An Innocent Zidrou (Writer), Philippe Berthet (Artist), Dargaud (Belgium), Europe Comics (English) 18 April, 2018 Disclaimer: Izneo has provided WWAC with a VIP Access Pass. The small city of Dubbo, New South Wales, hasn’t seen much crime in its day. But the one crime that has lived with its residents, and continues…
Celebrate Punk Music and Community with Liz Prince’s Be Your Own Backing Band
Be Your Own Backing Band Liz Prince, Hannah Templer (colorist) Silver Sprocket August 2018 Disclaimer: A review copy of this book was provided by the publisher. There’s an incredibly profound short comic in Liz Prince’s new, now fully-colored comics collection, Be Your Own Backing Band. When Prince’s childhood cat passed away, her family was able…
Q&A With Kiersten White Author of The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
In The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein, Kiersten White refocuses Mary Shelley’s original narrative structure on Elizabeth Lavenza and conjures a much darker and more cunning vision of Victor Frankenstein’s devoted wife-to-be.
Con Diary: Rose City Comic Con 2018
I’d never been to Rose City before this year, despite only living three hours away. It’d been on my list for years, but given it always falls in September, it was difficult since it clashes with back-to-school time. However, with my youngest turning eighteen, this year was the perfect year to start, so off I…
Why We Loved Dream Daddy #1
Dream Daddy #1 Wendy Xu (writer), Ryan Maniulit (art and colors), Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (letterer) Oni Press August 2018 Hello and welcome to this group review of Dream Daddy #1. WWAC will be hosting group reviews of each of the Dream Daddy comics in the series.
