What comics are you reading lately? Every month, WWAC contributors highlight a few comics we think you’ll love. This month’s picks span the gamut of themes and styles, from a wildly popular Webtoon to indie diary comics. Let us know on Twitter about your current favorite comics!
REVIEW: The Art of the Darkness: I Have No Mouth and I Must Screw
2007’s The Art of the Darkness (I’m looking at the 2017 ten year reissue) is one of the coffee table burlesque publications you’re likely familiar with—most local comic shops, or comics sections of chain bookshops, will have at least one Frank Cho Heteronomicon on offer and/or display, for example. Many superhero artists who gain acclaim…
[Exclusive] Get Ready for the KUTE Crew!
Launching August 4th from the creators of The Evil Life come the cutest underwater marsupial badasses: the KUTE Crew. The “Koala Underwater Tactical Elite are a bunch of outrageous marsupials that scoot around the ocean in their sub, the Tangerine Marine, as they go up against their weird foes in the Squid Squad.”
Leaning on the Closet Door: X-Men+Fantastic Four and Trans Allegory
Content Warnings: Suicide, Depression, Dysphoria, Transphobia, Gaslighting, Anti-Trans Legislation, Murder
WEBCOMIC REVIEW: Tell Me A Story Does Not Tell Any New Stories
Tell Me A Story, a web series written and produced by Kevin Williamson that first aired on CBS All-Access in 2018, arrives on The CW on July 28th. The show advertises itself as a dark and twisted modernization of classic fairytales, with the first season focusing on Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, and…
REVIEW: Giant-Size X-Men: Magneto #1: “Isle, Magneto”
After a long, unexpected wait, Giant-Size X-Men: Magneto #1 is here, and it’s an issue so big we needed two reviewers to cover it! Why does the Master of Magnetism want to procure an island, and what will he do to get it? Read on, as Kayleigh Hearn and Dani Kinney follow Magneto into the…
For a Valiant Cinematic Universe to Succeed, They Need a Little Faith (Herbert)
The superhero tide isn’t ebbing any time soon. Year after year, we see new adaptations of comic book properties arrive on every screen we have access to. From familiar names to relative unknowns, viewers are being bombarded by some new hyper-powered being or other. Valiant entered the game this March with their live-action adaptation of…
Last Week’s Episode: And the News Start Coming and It Don’t Stop Coming
It’s 2020. It’s July and there is still a global pandemic. Not that Hollywood that bothered anymore. After a couple of months of COVID-impacted news we’re back to a lot of renewals, announcements, and plenty of things to be both overjoyed and annoyed about. So without further ado please get comfortable and enjoy this entry…
Titan Comics Pubwatch: July 2020
This is a very different summer, but one constant remains: comics to provide us distraction and escape. Let’s see what Titan has to distract us from the real world.
2020 Hugo Awards Reviews: Novellas – Part 1
Welcome back to the Women Write About Comics series looking at the finalists for the main prose categories at the Hugo Awards. Past instalments have covered Best Short Story and Best Novelette; now, it is time to look at the category for stories long enough to fill books, but still a little too short to…
REVIEW: What We Don’t Talk About Is an Unflinching Look at Racism in Intimate Spaces
In What We Don’t Talk About, Farai and Adam plan a trip to see Adam’s parents for the first time in their two-year relationship. While Farai is excited at the prospect of meeting her partner’s family, Adam is out of sorts about the trip. From the moment his parents open the door, we get an…
