Hellooooo out there??? Is anyone still out reading this?? With most of the world under self-imposed social-isolation or government-imposed quarantine, it’s hard not to feel a little bit alone. But we here at Women Write About Comics are still writing, thinking, and sharing all our pop-culture thoughts, and despite the fact that most people are…
BOOM Pubwatch: March 2020
At the start of this month, I was on vacation. Sitting poolside with a stack of reading material. I definitely wasn’t expecting that a week later I would be preparing to work from home and self-isolate. I was forced to stay at home for a few months last winter, and the memory of that still…
Vault Comics Pubwatch: The Inaugural #VaultVanguardCon Begins
COVID-19 lockdown protocols are hitting all of us hard. Vault Comics was one of the publishers that announced cancellations well ahead of Emerald City Comic Con’s ultimate cancellation due to COVID-19, but they teased plans for a virtual “Vault Vanguard” offering. Now we know what that teasing is all about with the launch of Vault…
Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Feminist Fight Choreography
Seeing myself in a piece of media never gets old. There’s a basic kind of representation that feels all right — oh, another queer person, a bisexual person, cool! — but every so often I find something special that really, truly resonates. I usually expect to find that feeling more in books or indie comics…