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REVIEW: Little Tunny’s Snail Diaries a Laugh Out Loud Collection With Heart
If you could imagine yourself as an animal what would you pick? Comics artist Grace Gogarty, perhaps better known to the internet by their handle Little Tunny, draws themself as an adorably bug-eyed yellow snail. This gastropodsona is the titular protagonist of Gogarty’s semi-autobiographical debut comics collection Little Tunny’s Snail Diaries.
2022 Hugo Awards: Colors of the Immortal Palette/Unseelie Brothers, Ltd.
WWAC’s coverage of the 2022 Hugo Awards continues with reviews of two more Best Novelette finalists: “Colors of the Immortal Palette” by Caroline M. Yoachim and “Unseelie Brothers, Ltd.” by Fran Wilde…
DC PUBWATCH – August Edition
It’s been a hot one up here in the Great White North this July. There have also been some hot books for DC this month, especially if you’re Peter David and got thrown into the fire to be roasted like you’ve long deserved in Dark Crisis: Young Justice #2.
Titan Comics PUBWATCH: June/July 2022
Roll out those lazy hazy crazy days of summer with some comics and our latest Titan PUBWATCH! Our latest Titan PUBWATCH installment includes a look at the finale of Cowboy Bebop and the debut of Doctor Who: Origins. We’ll also check in with Rivers of London: Deadly Ever After to see if the second issue holds up…
REVIEW: Vault Puzzle Collection Is a Simple Solution
“Sure, why not,” I said. “I’ll review puzzles!” I do love a challenge.
Previously on Comics: Marvel Math Equation = Bad for Creators
Another week is done and dusted, and a new one emerges in the mist. Andrea here, writing to give you the details of what you may have missed in last week’s comics news. For all of our San Diego Comic-Con coverage, follow our editor-in-chief Nola Pfau, who has been live blogging for WWAC. A massive…
2022 Eisners: And the Award Goes To….
THREEPEAT BABY!!!! She’s once, twice, three times an Eisner Award-winning lady… Did somebody say…hat trick Eisners? Not that we’re excited over here or anything. Well, the people on the west coast are. The other time zones were sadly asleep to glory in our awesomeness, but you know what? That’s okay. Because you amazing, incredible, Eisner…
Maia Kobabe’s Memoir Helps Gender Queer People Find Their Identity: Why Is E Being Sued for It?
In Maia Kobabe’s powerful memoir, Gender Queer, Kobabe shares eir journey to discovering eir gender queer identity and how e helped family and friends come to accept eir new pronouns. At times painfully raw, this personal story is relatable and necessary — which is why I’m incensed that Gender Queer is being banned across the…
Seven Seas Pubwatch: July 2022
July is here which means an even bigger heat wave to press down upon us before Fall arrives! Like many of you, I’m trying to find ways to beat the heat as I wonder why it seems our rights are being rolled back to our grandparents’ times! There’s a variety of titles this month that…
2022 Hugo Awards: That Story isn’t the Story/Bots of the Lost Ark
Welcome back to WWAC’s coverage of the 2022 Hugo Award finalists. Having reviewed the six finalists competing for Best Short Story we now move on to the Best Novelette category, starting with “That Story isn’t the Story” by John Wiswell and “Bots of the Lost Ark” by Suzanne Palmer…
REVIEW: The Greatest Thing Is a Love Letter to Gay Teens and Queer Zines
The Greatest Thing by Sarah Winifred Searle (Sincerely, Harriet; Patience and Esther; and a former WWAC contributor!) is a bittersweet story about an aspiring artist who channels her dreams and anxieties into a series of comic zines. With its honest writing and soft pastel art, this graphic novel explores the realities of being a queer…
