November is here and there is no time to waste because the clocks have done their nonsense clock thing on both sides of the Atlantic and I don’t know when we are anymore so let’s get to it.
An Objective and Completely Accurate Ranking of John Constantine Knockoffs
I have strong feelings about John Constantine.
Cover Girl: Space Bandits #4
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, Tia, Paige, Louis, and Nola examine Matteo Scalera’s cover for Space Bandits #4.
Last Week’s Episode: Sharpens The Mind
This week’s news includes a bunch of actors I like in a bunch of new and somewhat inexplicable projects, an interview I hated, and lots of Game of Thrones.
Don’t Call Them X-Babies Anymore: New Mutants: War Children #1
New Mutants: War Children #1 Chris Claremont (writer), Clayton Cowles (letterer), Bill Sienkiewicz (artist), Chris Sotomayor (colorist) Marvel Comics September 25, 2019 In the 1980s, Bill Sienkiewicz, artist on The New Mutants, Moon Knight, Elektra: Assassin, and other titles, was putting art on spinner racks that looked like nothing Marvel had ever sold before. Stylistically,…
DC PUBWATCH – October 2019 Edition
The biggest news in this month’s DC Pubwatch came out of New York Comic Con, the last big show of con season. For DC Universe news, Dan DiDio and Jim Lee revealed a “cohesive” timeline for the universe, which included Wonder Woman being the first superhero. We’ll find more about the timeline in coming months,…
Poltergeist Girls, Part 4: The Enfield Variations
In 1977, the British press reports an outbreak of alleged poltergeist phenomena that occurred in the Enfield home of single mother Peggy Hodgson and her four children Janet, Margaret, Johnny and Billy. Claims of strange activity at the house continued until 1979, and the case of the Enfield poltergeist has provoked heated debate ever since….
No Mercy! Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues #1
Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues #1 Luis Antonio Delgado (colorist), Kagan McLeod (artist, cover artist), Denton J. Tipton (writer), Neil Uyetake (letterer) IDW Publishing October 9, 2019 IDW’s Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues #1 is the beginning of what will be a miniseries giving Karate Kid nerds like myself the story of the ultimate…
Robots vs Princesses: Whoever Wins, We…Win?
Robots vs Princesses Nicolas Chapus (art and Cover Art); Todd Mathy (writing); Sean Rinehart (Letters); Andrew Frank Rodriguez (Map Illustration) September 18, 2019 Dynamite Comics Robots vs Princesses is one of those books that works beautifully in the writing department, but leaves something to be desired in the art department.
Shades of Magic: Night of Knives Makes For A Pointed Adventure
Shades of Magic: Night of Knives Enrica Eren Angiolini (colors), Andrea Olimpieri (inks), V. E. Schwab (writing), Budi Setiawan (lineart), Rob Steen (lettering) Titan Comics October 29th, 2019 Full stop: The Steel Prince comics are a joy to read. I’m speaking with a little bit of bias here; I devoured the Shades of Magic trilogy…
Exploring Jeff Lemire’s Family Tree
In Jeff Lemire and Phil Hester’s upcoming comic, Family Tree from Image Comics, a girl becomes a tree. This new, original horror story follows the Hayes family on a backroads road trip across the country seeking a cure for Meg. Frightening and poignant, the first issue of the new horror ongoing combines elements of body horror, magical…
Chastity Jack: Judging a Book By Its Variant Covers
Chastity #1 Daniel Maine (artist), Carlos M. Mangual (letterer), Bryan Valenza (colorist), Leah Williams (writer) September 11, 2019 Chastity Jack is a character who could feel recognizable to anyone: she has creative dreams she can’t quite achieve, she’s frustrated by how slow the NYC subway moves, she doesn’t take attitude from anyone. But unlike most New…