When I saw that Hailee Steinfield was the frontrunner to play Kate Bishop in Disney+’s Hawkeye, I messaged everyone I knew about it. Finally, someone like me was going to play an Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) hero: a mixed race Filipinx person who fell into the “ambiguously brown” category. While my excitement was not universal…
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 Brings Nostalgia & Intrigue
The Power Rangers are under attack from Rita Repulsa, but they actually have bigger worries—Green Ranger Tommy Marshall hasn’t been heard from in a while. Where is he? Meanwhile in New York City, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are up against the Hand, but they have a new and more powerful ninja in their midst…
Blade Runner 2019: What’s in a Name?
Since I reviewed the first issue of Blade Runner 2019, I decided to revisit it when the trade paperback dropped — while I wasn’t blown away, I found the book’s momentum made me curious to see where it ended up.
The Vampyre’s Legacy, Part 12: One More Decade
Two centuries ago, Dr. John Polidori’s story “The Vampyre” was published, and vampire literature was born. The Vampyre’s Legacy series has charted the evolution of the genre over two hundred years, taking one story from each decade to use as a case study. But the most recent decade presents a problem: the period is still too…
Best of WWAC 2019
Best of 2019 lists have been making their way around the internet, but as the year draws to a close, I asked WWAC contributors to take some time to think about themselves. Here, several of our writers talk about the pieces that they are most proud of, either because of what the subject matter means…
Best American Comics 2019 Offers a Time Capsule of Exciting, Poignant Work
Several weeks ago, I was browsing in a favorite local bookstore when Best American Comics 2019 (BAC) caught my eye. While the cover, illustrated by Sophia Foster-Dimino, has a bright, engaging image of a comics reader and comics character watching each other through a window (hello there, windows and mirrors theory!), it was the name…
WWAC Certificate of Recognition Awarded to Marc Silvestri
Thirty years ago, Marc Silvestri blessed this world with Alex “Havok” Summers taking his partially bare-chested, loin-clothed place as the Goblin Prince. Since then, Mr. Silvestri has given the world several more hunky himbos. From his own creations, like Ripclaw and Jackie Estacado, who set the bar for Top Cow, to his own rendition of…
Four-Color to Forearms: WWACers and Comic Book Tattoos
Tattoos are a way to permanently declare your allegiance, your identification, your love. It should be no surprise, then, that a lot of WWAC contributors have fabulous comics tattoos. If you’re considering a comics tattoo yourself (I am!), let this photo gallery serve as inspiration.
What’s a Homestuck Fandom After the Epilogues?
Let me tell you about Homestuck. Homestuck is a webcomic, first published by Andrew Hussie in April 2009. The comic consists of static captioned images, animated GIFs, Flash pages with music and animation, and interactive “walk-around Flashes” recalling early-2000s video games. The story follows a group of internet friends who play a beta version of…
DC PUBWATCH – End of Year Edition
Happy holidays from the DC Pubwatch! As we reach the end of the year, I want to reminisce a little bit. Over the course of the year DC published 729 books, of which I gave an overwhelming majority A’s or B’s. For the most part, other than a few books that missed the mark, it…
Remembering Charlee Jacob: Dark as Ever
“I want to be the woman in red,” says Grace to her tattooist. It is the latest step in her journey of transformation. Grace has tried dressing in red, adorning herself with an array of sanguine garments: “Rustling scarlet taffeta. Crimson velvet as thick and soft as bat flesh. Wine colored underthings clinging like guilt.”…
WWACommendations: Lois Lane, [ blank。], Witchlight, X-Force, and More
Happy December! What comics are you reading lately? Every month, WWAC contributors share some of the comics they’ve especially enjoyed recently. I’ve been trying out different comics on Webtoon Canvas. The comics published on LINE Webtoon are separated into Webtoon Originals, where creators have an exclusive contractual relationship with Webtoon including publishing schedule expectations, and…