Good morning friends. There is quite a lot to get through today and some of it is sad and some of it is annoying and some of it just is, so let’s go.
BOOKS: A Year of Diana Wynne Jones: Introduction
Diana Wynne Jones was a prolific and celebrated author of British fantasy novels, writing about kids with magic powers in boarding schools before that was cool. Starting in mid-July, I am going to read all of her books. In one year. And write about them here!
REVIEW: Trying to Care About X-Men (2024) #1
The fuck am I supposed to say about this? We knew it was going to be a regressive comic, but good lord I didn’t think we’d get “revisiting Wolverine on an X-shaped cross” on the bingo card.
ESSAY: Nature and War Memory in Machiko Kyō’s Cocoon
Machiko Kyō’s 2011 graphic novel Cocoon tells a harrowing story based on the historical circumstances of a group of teenage girls who died in Okinawa during the Pacific War. An animated adaptation of Cocoon is scheduled to be released in Summer 2025, bringing this tragic chapter of Japanese history to a new generation. Although Cocoon…
REVIEW: Haikyuu!! The Dumpster Battle is a Smash Hit
Would you watch an animated volleyball game in a movie theater? What if that volleyball game was the culmination of years of friendly rivalry between the two teams and the climax of several character arcs? What if the sound design was really, really good?
Previously on Comics: New Stories on the Comics Horizon
Good morning, everyone. Hope you had a wonderful Pride month. It’s your Friendly Neighbourhood Previously Editor with all the latest news in comics, entertainment, and pop culture.
ESSAY: Dead at 55: Return of the Living Dead 4 & 5 (2005)
Continuing a series that celebrates the fifty-fifth anniversary of Night of the Living Dead with a look at the classic zombie film and its many follow-ups.
REVIEW: 40 Years of Scream! Has the Ghouls
2000AD has packaged up all 15 issues of IPC Magazine’s short-run anthology comic for its 40th anniversary in one heavy tome. Full of work from reliable 2000AD contributors, this mostly black-and-white book is enough to make you Scream!
REVIEW: Grand Slam Romance 2: Major League Hotties Hits it Out Of The Park
Happy pride month, WWACers! Sapphics all over the internet need to read this book and start talking about it, right now! Grand Slam Romance 2: Major League Hotties by Emma Oosterhous and Ollie Hicks picks up where the first book of this series left off, amps up the magic, sports, comedy, and lesbianism to almost…
The Wedding Issue: Mystique and Destiny
Aside from “Who would win in a fight?”, no one’s debate gets comic fans more heated than the question of whether or not superheroes should marry. In this revival of their column, Rebecca Henely-Weiss and Kayleigh Hearn take a trip to today’s spinner racks and look at the most recent times comic companies took the…
Exclusive Preview: Betty and Veronica Summer Spectacular #1
Click through to read our preview of Betty and Veronica Summer Spectacular #1.
WWAC Reads Books! Summer Society Edition
Here at WWAC, we’ve been delving into some meaty explorations of how societies work recently, from Kathryn and Paige’s nonfiction recommendations of Ryokan: Mobilizing Hospitality in Rural Japan and Extremely Online – The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, And Power on the Internet; to Masha’s appreciation of Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar, and my own anthropologically-inflected speculative…