This review contains spoilers for Gotham Knights Episode 1 When Batman is killed in the first episode of Gotham Knights, his adopted son becomes the prime suspect. A ragtag group of young heroes and villains must work together to find the real killers, protect Gotham City and clear the names of the innocent. Easier said…
REVIEW: Jade Street Protection Services & The Commodification of Magical Girls
One thing I love about Jade Street Protection Services is how much it emphasizes that all girls are magic. Some have more sparkles than others, and some move about the world differently, but they’re all championed as magical. And while the essence of this story is very rooted in the history of mahō shōjo manga…
REVIEW: I Am Iron Man #1 Struggles to Set Up New Adventures
Tony Stark has two birthdays to celebrate in 2023. It has been fifteen years since Robert Downey Jr. first played the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Iron Man (2008) and it is the 60th anniversary of Tony’s first appearance in Tales of Suspense #39. It’s the latter that Marvel Comics’ new miniseries, I Am…
The New Creative Team for Wonder Woman is… ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME, AGAIN?!
Dawn of DC is upon us! With great fresh starts to books like Superman and Titans, it’s nice to see several franchises get a nice shot in the arm to boost them back up. The latest slew of announcements included Si Spurrier on The Flash, and actor Michael Dorn returning the character of Steel (who he voiced in Superman:…
INTERVIEW: Alex de Campi on Reversal
Reversal by Alex de Campi (writing and letters), Skylar Patridge (inks) and Kelly Fitzpatrick (colors) launched on Webtoon in March 2022. The urban-fantasy webcomic, following a middle schooler with chronic pain and her family’s struggles to deal with the violent aftereffects of magic suddenly returning to the ordinary world. Writer Alex de Campi answered WWAC’s…
INTERVIEW: Exaheva Talks Interactive Storytelling and Queerness in Still Heroes
Brussels-based artist Exaheva recently released her interactive digital comic Still Heroes, a tender story of self-discovery that experiments with reader agency in visual storytelling. Readers follow main character Emeline’s struggles after her superhero group suddenly disbands and she finds herself lost for direction. Though seemingly a superhero narrative, Still Heroes touches on intimate experiences with…
REVIEW: The Mimicking of Known Successes Casts a Cozy and Progressive Glow
The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older dares to ask the age-old question: what if Holmes and Watson were lesbians on Jupiter? Come on, you know you’ve wondered.
ECCC 2023: An Interview With Steenz About That Washington Post Gig
Between my turning in a draft for last week’s Previously and the article’s running, Scott Adam’s fall from grace escalated, with Andrews McMeel Syndication dropping the creator entirely. Subsequently came the announcement that the vacated position formerly occupied by Dilbert at the Washington Post would be filled instead by Heart of the City, the strip created…
Editorial Eye: Interview With Karen Berger
In our Editorial Eye series, we go behind the scenes with comic and book editors to learn about their role in the creative process and discover how their passion for their industry helps shape their work. Karen Berger is running the show at Berger Books, and that’s great for comics. In February, I had the…
The Cartoonist Cooperative Want to Disrupt Predatory Publishing Practices
In case you didn’t realize, we really love comics here at WWAC. But often the sequential art that we love is born out of an industry that is flawed at best and exploitative at worst. It’s why we’re always excited to see creators coming together to forge brave new ways to share their work. The…
