Authorised Happiness Vol. 1 Jean Van Hamme (Writer), Griffo (Artist), Design Amorandi (Letters), Jerome Saincantin (Translation) Dupuis (French), Cinebook Ltd. (English) January 23, 2019 Disclaimer: Izneo has provided WWAC with a VIP Access Pass. Jean Van Hamme’s 1988 short story collection, Authorised Happiness, finally gets an English translation in 2019. The first volume features three Kafkaesque stories…
A Fistful of Comics: Crowdfunding Roundup February ’19
Hey all! I’m deep into Kickstarter prep for my own campaign, so quick intro this month. This month is bursting at the seams with incredible projects, and my wallet is weeping. Read on so yours can too.
IDW Pubwatch February 2019: Anniversaries for Everyone!
Welcome to February’s IDW Pubwatch! This month we saw the rollout of IDW’s 20/20 Anniversary event. Special issues of Jem and the Holograms, My Little Pony, Ghostbusters, Star Trek, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were released for the occasion. Some jumped ahead twenty years, others went back twenty years to an important moment in their…
The Vampyre’s Legacy, Part 2: The Feminine Touch
As the decades passed, more writers tried their hands at the vampire genre that had been established by Lord Byron and John Polidori. In the process, they came up with new concepts and new approaches. One area in which vampire literature diversified was in terms of gender. Polidori and Byron were men, as were their…