Routledge will be publishing a series of scholarly texts on “Gender, Sexuality and Comics Studies,” as part of its Focus Collection, which offers quick publication of peer-reviewed work, of a length generally associated with a too-long chapter, or too-short monograph: 20,000 to 50,000 words including notes and references. The editor for the Gender, Sexuality and…
Cook Your Comics: “Mom’s Mushroom Rice” from Pilu of the Woods
A story that really rings true, touching your heart and finding so many ways to be relatable in its fantastical exploration of a little girls struggles with her emotions, is great, but when it also includes really fun backmatter, that’s a whole other story. Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen tells us about…
Colored: The Unsung Life of Claudette Colvin Examines A Civil Rights Hero
Colored: The Unsung Life of Claudette Colvin Émilie Plateau (Writer and Artist), Montana Kane (Translation), Cromatik Ltd. (Letters) Dargaud (French), Europe Comics (English) April 17, 2019 Disclaimer: Izneo has provided WWAC with a VIP Access Pass. Nine months before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin had done the…
The Violence in the System: Transmisogyny In Uncanny X-Men #17
I don’t like Matthew Rosenberg’s work. I’m just gonna go ahead and say that up front: I don’t think it’s good, I don’t think he understands the characters he’s working with, or if he does, I think he’s sloppy in how he handles them. But he gets a lot of praise, a lot of folk…
Book Beat: #CopyPasteCris Lawsuit, Ontario Library Service, and D.C. Store Protests
Hello lovely readers! Welcome to your weekly installment of Book Beat, brought to you by editor Paige. Spring is in the air, and with it comes feelings of lightness and rejuvenation. In the ever-busy publishing industry, that means we have several interesting updates on previously discussed scandals. This new season also, unfortunately, means we have…
Last Week’s Episode: Hollywood Diversity Report Card & Callout
Hey team, can you believe it hasn’t even been a week since Endgame dropped? I’ve probably maxed out on thinkpieces so here, instead, are some Hollywood updates on everything else you can catch up on.
Dusty’s Kids Grow Up In WWE: NXT: Takeover
WWE: NXT: Takeover Jim Campbell (Letters); Aaron Dana, Marcus D’Alfonso, Audrey Mok, David Nakayama, Lucas Werneck, (Covers); Jake Elphick, Kendall Goode, Hyeonjin Kim, Rodrigo Lorenzo (Illustrations); Doug Garbark, Wesllei Manoel (Colors); Dennis Hopeless (Writer) BOOM!Comics April 3, 2019 NXT has been the WWE’s so-called “farm league” for only six years, but in that amount of…
Young Justice #5: Repressed Memories and Kryptonite
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British Favourites are Back in The Cor!! Buster Humour Special
The Cor!! Buster Humour Special Lizzie Boyle, Robin Etherington, The Feek, John Freeman, Paul Goodenough, Ned Hartley, Lee Langford, Gráinne McEntee, Cavan Scott, Matt Smith, Karl Stock, Alec Worley (writers), Sammy Borras, Abigail Bulmer, Mick Cassidy, Andy W. Clift, David Follett, Neil Googe, Mike Hoffman, Steve Mannion, Pye Parr, Tom Paterson, Tanya Roberts, Lew Stringer,…
