Welcome back to Last Week’s Episode kind readers! This time around we’ve got a ton of wild movie and TV news, including the long awaited arrival of Netflix’s John Cho led Cowboy Bebop adaptation. So without further ado let’s jump in.
Interview: Javier Olivares on Las Meninas
After reading Las Meninas (translated as The Ladies-In-Waiting and published by Fantagraphics) by Santiago García and Javier Olivares, which I wrote about last year, I knew that I had to try and get an interview with one of the creators of the text to find out how they came up with the idea behind this brilliant…
2021 Hugo Award Reviews: The Mermaid Astronaut/A Guide for Working Breeds
We continue our coverage of the 2021 Hugo Award finalists with a look at two more contenders in the Best Short Story category: “The Mermaid Astronaut” by Yoon Ha Lee and “A Guide for Working Breeds” by Vina Jie-Min Prasad… “The Mermaid Astronaut” by Yoon Ha Lee Essarala is a mermaid fascinated by the upper…
REVIEW: Cheat(er) Code is a Queer Answer to Scott Pilgrim
When Anthony Oliviera recommended Cheat(er) Code, a new erotic graphic novel by writer S. A. Foxe and artist Daz, on Twitter last November, the endorsement could not have come at a better time. He described it as “exactly the kind of cheerfully horny gay smut we need right now.” In the post-DST bleakness of pandemic…
Blame Marvel Execs, Not Creators, For Lack Of Representation
It was an unprecedented move by Marvel Studios. In the third episode of the Disney+ show Loki, the titular character was asked if he had been with any princesses or “perhaps, another prince.” He responded with “a bit of both.” It appeared he was openly confirming his comic counterpart’s bisexual identity — a first for…
REVIEW: The Silver Coin #4 Feels Like Bronze
While still good, issue #4 of The Silver Coin feels weaker and slightly disjointed from the rest of the series so far. While it features an interesting setting, the lack of a connection between this and the previous three issues is a curious choice for what was originally intended to be the penultimate issue in…
REVIEW: St. Mercy #1 Sticks Bloody Fingers Into Incan Mythology
Two young girls bound by destiny, a vengeful god, lots of blood and gore, wild west thieves, and an ancient Incan curse.
REVIEW: W.E.B of Spider-Man #2 Weaves a Fun Spell
W.E.B. of Spider-Man #2 is a fun series that will likely please older kids and teenagers with its sprightly can-do attitude. Older collectors might not find it an essential pull, but it’s still a fun read.
Cautionary Fables and Fairy Tales: North America an Interview with Editors Kate Ashwin and Kel McDonald
After visiting Asia, Africa, and Europe, the Cautionary Fables and Fairy Tales anthology series is moving to North America. Featuring 100 pages of entertaining and educational stories, The Woman and the Woods and Other North American Stories — now on Kickstarter — explores the stories, passed down through generations, of the people who have inhabited Turtle…
Superman ’78 Inspires Nostalgia And So Much More
After Batman ‘66 and Wonder Woman ’77, the next cinematic adaptation for DC was, of course, the iconic Superman starring Christopher Reeve from 1978. I recently rewatched the movie (which is streaming on HBOMax), and was once again struck by how perfectly cast and perfectly acted both Clark and Lois are. But I was also…
2021 Hugo Award Reviews: Badass Moms in the Zombie Apocalypse/Little Free Library
With the pandemic having delayed this year’s Worldcon until December, the 2021 Hugo Awards for science fiction and fantasy will be handed out a little later than usual. Whatever changes may take place, Women Write About Comics shall be continuing its tradition of reviewing the prose finalists while SF/F readers the world over await the…
Cautionary Fables and Fairy Tales: North America an Interview with Artist Alina Pete
Today, Iron Circus Comics launches its 30th Kickstarter with Cautionary Fables and Fairy Tales: North America. The fifth anthology in this series that retells fairy tales and folklore from around the world, The Woman and the Woods and Other North American Stories steps into the world of Indigenous stories as told by independent Indigenous creators in…