Infinite Dark’s opening pages set up a very gloomy, lonely atmosphere, with the weight of a heat dead world on Security Director Deva Karrell’s shoulders. The sense of loss and isolation is very heavy, to the point where a grizzly murder almost feels like a breath of fresh air against such pressing darkness. But, writer…
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The news isn’t too cheerful this week, but there’s some hope and fun at the end! We’ll get there together.
Wash Day Teaches Black Women How To Care For Their Natural Hair
Wash Day Jamila Rowser (writer), Robyn Smith (illustrator), J.A. Micheline (script editor) Black Josei Press June 2018 Disclaimer: J.A. Micheline has written for Women Write About Comics. Wash Day is a mini slice-of-life comic that aims to show black women just how beautiful they are. The story, penned and illustrated by Jamila Rowser and Robyn…
Cover Girl: Miss Fury #1
Welcome to Cover Girl. Each month, we gather a team of WWAC contributors to analyze a new and notable comic book cover featuring one or more women. This month Louis, Annie, and Brenda discuss Dynamite’s Miss Fury #1, which features five different covers by Billy Tucci, Emma Kubert, Ken Lashley, Mike McKone, and Jan Duursema.
Digital Reading and Reading Digitally
You are a digital reader. You’re probably reading this on a smartphone, tablet, or computer screen, but even if you were to read this off of a piece of paper, you’d still be a digital reader, because this essay was digitally mediated: typed into a word processing program before it was uploaded onto the website…
Is 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special More Than a Gimmick?
You know, I’ve never really read Judge Dredd. I mean, I know of him, I’ve seen both film adaptations, but the one time I even attempted to read the comics, I started with the first of those complete volumes from a few years ago and found it very hard to even get started on. I…
WWACommendations: X-23, The Wilds, The Wendy Project, Mermaid’s Promise, and More
What comics are you reading for fun lately? While many of us read various comics for research, curiosity, or to keep up with a series, there are certain comics we’re reading just for fun. In this roundtable, WWAC contributors gush about the comics they’ve been reading this past month that were a pure delight.
Book Beat: B&N Lawsuit, Eyewear Publishing Trouble, and Small Fry
Hello lovely readers, and welcome to Book Beat! It’s your Bookmarked editor Paige, delving into some very exciting news from the publishing industry. Well, exciting might not be the right word for it. Vacation is over, and so the quiet summer months have been replaced with a fresh, crisp veneer of controversy. It’s not too…
Extermination #2 Pushes us Closer Toward the Edge
Extermination #2 Ed Brisson (Writer), Marte Gracia (Colorist), Pepe Larraz (Artist), Joe Sabino (Letterer) Marvel Comics August 29, 2018 “I’m going with them.” The four words at the end of Extermination #2 told me all I needed to know and I honestly couldn’t be more hooked on this book. This is a comic focused on returning the time…
MST3K #1: The Incredibly Strange Comics That Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Comic #1 Joel Hodgson, Harold Buchholz, Matt McGinnis, Mary Robinson, Seth Robinson, Sharyl Volpe (Writers), Todd Nauck, Mike Manly (Artists), Wes Dzioba, Mike Manly (Colorists), Michael Heisler (Letterer) Dark Horse Comics September 12, 2018 What started as a public access puppet show making fun of movies like The Green Slime…
Moth & Whisper #1 Delivers Intrigue and Heart
Moth & Whisper #1 Ted Anderson (writer), Jen Hickman (artist) AfterShock Comics September 12, 2018 Moth & Whisper is described by their publisher, AfterShock, as “a Young Adult cyberpunk thriller starring a genderqueer super-thief,” and if that’s not enough to get you on board, I don’t know what to tell you.
Barack Obama, Consulting Detective? Sign Me Up for Hope Never Dies!
Hope Never Dies: An Obama Biden Mystery (Obama Biden Mysteries) Andrew Shaffer Quirk Books July 10, 2018 Do you like detective-style thrillers, featuring tag-team duos reminiscent of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson? Are you also a political news junkie, who keeps CSPAN on for background noise while scrolling through memes featuring former President Barack…