One of my favorite things about SDCC was going to the Her Universe Fashion Show. The two hour show was always at capacity and well-worth the wait since attendees were treated to swag bags and surprise appearances by celebrities as judges and even audience members. But it, like all of ComicCon’s panels, was never accessible…
2021 Eisner Awards: Thank you
Well. Shit. I was not expecting that. In fact, I wasn’t even watching the Eisner Awards. I was, instead, watching F9 (excellent movie, btw — just kidding. Needed more dinosaurs; less Dom) with Megan Purdy, the incredible woman who founded Women Write About Comics, and who, along with Claire Napier, shaped this site into a…
Comic-Con@Home Day One Roundup: Graphic Novels and Lovecraft Country in the Classroom
As always, the first big day of Comic-Con is dedicated to all things educational. I checked out two panels on July 22: LitX’s Graphic Novels are the New Textbooks and GeekED Rewind 20-21: The True American Horror of Lovecraft Country.
Cover Girl: Fight Girls #3
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, Louis, Kat, and Wendy discuss the Frank Cho cover of Fight Girls #3.
REVIEW: Fantastic Four Life Story #2 and Miss Representation
Marvel’s Life Story books re-contextualize Marvel’s most well-known characters as evolving and aging in “real-time” throughout their history. And for the Fantastic Four, this comes as a celebration of their 60th anniversary. A look back at their story throughout the decades seems like an excellent way to celebrate this milestone, but the memory of the…
REVIEW: The Story of Hidaka-sensei in Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey
Nowadays, Akiko Higashimura is a big-name mangaka, most known in the West for her works Princess Jellyfish and Tokyo Tarareba Girls. Her autobiographical manga, Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey, which depicts her journey to becoming a mangaka, gives us a glimpse at how she got there. Manga fans will appreciate seeing a realistic becoming-a-mangaka…
Vault Comics Pubwatch: July 2021
Vault Comics began the month of July with a reminder that Pride doesn’t end with June. Revealing a new logo image that embraces the Progress Pride Flag, the company announced its continued commitment to supporting queer comics and creators. The announcement showcased several titles and the promise to donate 50% of the proceeds of each…
REVIEW: Alice in Leatherland #4 is Nothing Like I Expected (Which is Great!)
In Alice in Leatherland #4, protagonist Alice Snowhite goes on more miserable app dates until she realises what she’s looking for can’t be found in other people. It’s time to take a good long look in the mirror.
REVIEW: Way of X #4: Th-this Is… the Way?
Where Nightcrawler’s Giant-Size X-Men issue was a disservice in that it prioritized apparent worldbuilding over adding any particular depth to the character, Way of X #4 gives us a Kurt Wagner that is slowly becoming unrecognizable.
REVIEW: Grimm Tales of Terror Gets the Game on with Game Night
What’s a game night with old high school friends without some vengeance, ritual, horror, and gore?
REVIEW: X-Men #1 – The Mutants Take Manhattan
“Remind me again why I said we needed to be in New York?”
REVIEW: Lawrence Lindell’s Still Couldn’t Afford Therapy Reckons With Mental Health During The Pandemic
There is no sugarcoating this: 2020 was really shitty and surreal. A year into the pandemic, it feels like we are trying really hard to wake up from a very long hibernation. While some people would like us to “get back to normal” ASAP, the reality is that some of us don’t have that luxury.
