In December of 2022 WWAC’s beloved publisher, Wendy Browne, passed me the baton, and I became the fourth publisher at WWAC. This is a title previously held by founders Megan Purdy and Claire Napier before the amazing Wendy took it on in May of 2018. Many readers and contributors have only known WWAC as it…
REVIEW: Phantom Road #1 Hits the Highway with a Well-Paced Start
The American open road is haunted. We know this. Jeff Lemire and Gabriel H. Walta know this too. If you’ve spent any time on a highway late at night in the states, when the lamps and the headlights start to burn, you can’t help but feel something is with you out there. And it’s not…
REVIEW: Hellcat #1 Brings the Grit and Gloom with a New Murder Mystery
Patsy Walker is back in Hellcat #1, the start of her 5-issue limited series from Marvel Comics. This Hellcat book spins off from writer Christopher Cantwell’s run on Iron Man, wherein Patsy turns down a marriage proposal from Tony Stark and strikes out on her own to live in San Francisco (see Iron Man and…
REVIEW: Mary Shelley: The Eternal Dream is a Rudimentary Introduction to the Literary Icon
Mary Shelley: The Eternal Dream charts the early life of Frankenstein author Mary Shelley, from her days as a youngster yearning for escape to her romance with Percy Bysshe Shelley and her eventual inspiration to write Frankenstein.
ESSAY: Finding God in No Man’s Land — Christian Influence in Trigun
In episode 3 of the new Trigun Stampede series, Knives tells Vash a story of God. He evokes the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, saying, “Once, God rained down fire from [the] heavens to destroy a corrupt city of fools to create a righteous world.” With this, Stampede took the Christian elements that colored the…
REVIEW: Do a Powerbomb! Puts a Headlock on Grief
Do a Powerbomb! is a heartbreaking, heart-gladdening, sharp-edged sweetheart of a wrestling comic that goes on an epic journey while exploring the cycle of grief.
REVIEW: Betty: The Final Girl Cuts Its Narrative Close to the Bone
Betty: the Final Girl sports spine-tingling art and gore, but its story lengths come up too short.
INTERVIEW: Anni K. on Transfusions
Anni K. has been creating comics in some capacity since she was young. In 2010, she started her ongoing webcomic Transfusions, which tells the love story between media student Dylan and young vampire Joa. Here, Anni K. discusses getting her start in comics, her preference towards digital comics, and some of the ideas that have…
REVIEW: Gambit #2-5: The Agony and the Extra G’s
Gambit shows off the best and worst of Chris Claremont’s writing. It’s got some unforgettable characters but convenient plot choices may disappoint the reader.
Kingfisher, Kingfisher, Fish Me a King: Spoiler-Free Reviews of A House with Good Bones and Thornhedge
Whether you’re in the mood for contemporary gothic horror or a poignant retold fairytale, T. Kingfisher has got you covered. In A House with Good Bones, just published on March 28th, there’s a modern woman who confronts familial terrors in a very creepy subdivision. And in Thornhedge, coming out this August, you can look forward…
Titan Comics PUBWATCH: February/March 2023
This is the strange season that is not quite winter, but not quite yet spring – – warm one day, then a snowstorm the next. Comics, however, have no season – they’re good year round! This month, we catch up on the two series we looked at last month while adding in a new one:…
WWACommendations: Thieves, Modern Suburbia, The Vampire Librarian and More
Hey y’all, it’s Pisces season, AKA my season! I’m not big into astrology but I do know that Pisces are known for being dreamy and emotional. I don’t really think of myself as a dreamy type, but I am secretly pretty emotional, and one thing I get really emotional about is sharing stories. WWACommendations is…
