In mid-August, just in time for summer reading, comes Lois Lane and the Friendship Challenge, a high-speed bicycle adventure featuring a thirteen-year-old Lois Lane with her cell phone in hand, building her social media brand.
REVIEW: Empyre: X-Men #2: She Talks to Himbo Angels
The Cotati have invaded Genosha! And there they find…zombies! And…old ladies? The X-Men are in for one of their strangest fights yet, and we’re here to talk about it!
REVIEW: Guardians of the Galaxy #5 Helps its Heroes Become Better
Guardians of the Galaxy under Al Ewing and Juan Cabal has taken the beloved underdog team and refreshed them into a new, exciting direction: proper big-time superheroes. Trading in the mercenary, scrappy niche that the group had found itself locked into since the debut of the Marvel Studios film adaptation for genuine character growth and…
REVIEW: Wonder Woman #759: Mariko Tamaki and Mikel Janin Take the Helm
Wonder Woman meets new friends and encounters old foes in this first issue by the new creative team of Mariko Tamaki and Mikel Janin.
INTERVIEW: Ask for Mercy: A World of Disquiet Brings Richard Starkings and Abigail Jill Harding’s Monster Hunters to Apocalypse 2020
In season one of the fantasy horror comic, Ask For Mercy, mild-mannered real estate agent Mercy discovered there was far more to her potential when she is snatched into World War II to hunt Nazis and other monsters in The Key To Forever. In season two, The Heart of the Earth, the intrepid team of…
Previously On Comics: It’s a Good News Week – Huzzah!
It’s my turn to write the news roundup for the week, and how sweet it is to see that, at least for the moment, the major events are positive!
Tokyo Tarareba Girls: A Love Letter To My What-If Women and Third Places
I didn’t know where to start this piece. I am overwhelmed and tired all the time. But through the quarantine there has been Tokyo Tarareba Girls (TTG) by Akiko Higashimura. From its first full page, TTG was a shock. The banner congratulating Tokyo for hosting the 2020 Olympic Games was such a rude reminder of…
[PATREON EXCLUSIVE] Bakuman Is a Comic about Death Note
In 2003, writer Tsugumi Ohba and illustrator Takeshi Obata collaborated for the first time on a manga called Death Note, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2003 to 2006. Death Note was a huge hit across demographics, later turned into an anime, stage play, and multiple live action adaptations. This article will discuss the manga…
Last Week’s Episode: Lovers & Losers
We’re hard-pressed for good news in these trying times, so we’ll take what we can get. This week’s entertainment news has been mostly uplifting, though not without some… questionable decisions. Let’s get into it.
Spotlight on Nadia Shammas
Recently announced as the writer of a Ms. Marvel graphic novel to be published by Scholastic, Nadia Shammas might be a new name to some of you, but she isn’t new to comics. A former Marvel intern, Shammas edited CORPUS: A Comic Anthology of Bodily Ailments (which was covered by WWAC here and here), co-wrote…
REVIEW: Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex #1 is All Style, No Substance
Under the pen of Rod Reis, Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex is a beautiful comic. But that’s really…all it is.
REVIEW: Queer Eye For the Mutant Guy: X-Factor #1
Leah Williams and David Baldeon’s X-Factor #1 marks the newest title in Marvel’s ever-growing Dawn of X lineup. The new team addresses some of the strange wrinkles of Krakoan society, namely the minutiae and bureaucracy of mutant resurrection. This week’s oversized first issue is the classic getting-the-team-together story, but it delivers more than enough personality…
