In Joker: Folie à Deux, the long-awaited sequel to Todd Phillips’s Oscar-winning 2019 film Joker, failed comedian turned spree killer, Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), strikes up a romance with fellow Arkham Asylum inmate, Lee Quinzel (Lady Gaga). Their relationship unfolds over the course of Arthur’s legal trial where the defense attempts to answer the question:…
Archie Pubwatch: November 2024
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for November! I’m Lisa, reporting from a corner booth at Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe with this month’s news. In November’s Pubwatch, Archie announces their Free Comic Book Day offering and explains how facsimile issues work. Plus, plenty of new variant covers, and much more!
A Year of Diana Wynne Jones: The Early 1980s!
In my quest to read all of Diana Wynne Jones’s books in one year, this month I read The Magicians of Caprona, The Time of the Ghost, The Homeward Bounders, and Witch Week! This month’s reading was a roller coaster, as it included the book I consider the scariest of Diana Wynne Jones’s work, and…
Exclusive Preview: Archie Is… Mr. Justice #2
Archie’s become a supersonic man, but will Veronica be a friend or a foe? Find out in our exclusive preview of Archie is…Mr. Justice #2.
Previously On: Spotlighting Trans Stories & a Holiday Gift Idea for the Bookstore Lover
I’ve got a few things in the Previously queue for you today, including Big Name Publishers publishing trans stories (yay!), but unfortunately Even Bigger Names…not (srsly?!). Also, a little holiday gift suggestion for you.
WWACommendations: Morgana and Oz, Paper Cuts, Squire, and More
This month’s WWACommendations could be subtitled: “Damn, Comics Really are Everywhere.” We’re still reading titles published by the big two, but we’re also reading on Webtoons or picking up print collections that started on the app. We’re reading kickstarted collections from well known publishers, books available in bookstores and libraries, volumes self-published by the creators,…
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: Metal Hurlant Returns with “Peppermint Wendy”
50 years after the debut of Metal Hurlant in France, the iconic and genre defining publication is returning to English, with a bigger and bolder iteration than ever before: as a quarterly anthology published by Humanoids. WWAC is thrilled to present an exclusive preview from “Peppermint Wendy,” an upcoming story in this exciting new series by writer/artist…
REVIEW: Absolute Wonder Woman #1
Absolute Wonder Woman #1, set in an alternate dimension where DC Comics’ superheroes have all-new origin stories, reimagines Diana Prince. No longer a princess of paradise island Themyscira, Absolute Diana Prince is raised in literal Hell. Does that change the kind and generous being that Wonder Woman is?
2024 Ignyte Awards: The Saint of Bright Doors & Kill Your Darlings Among Winners
Friday, 8 November saw the presentation of the fifth annual Ignyte Awards. Originally attached to the virtual convention FIYAHCON, these awards, which celebrate science fiction, fantasy, and horror by diverse creators, have continued to take place every year despite the convention being on hiatus since 2021. Here are the highlights of the 2024 Ignyte Awards.
A Year of Diana Wynne Jones: The Late 1970s!
In my quest to read all of Diana Wynne Jones’s books in one year, this month I read Charmed Life, Drowned Ammet, and The Spellcoats! Charmed Life is the first in the Chrestomanci series, and I found it fun to revisit the introduction to that world and family. Drowned Ammet and The Spellcoats are the middle…
REVIEW: Indulge In the Sinful Desires of Eisner Winning Somna: A Bedtime Story
San Diego Comic Con 2024 hosted the Eisner Awards, and Somna by Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay won for Best New Series. DSTLRY, the publisher behind Somna, is a relatively new publisher, and they have being proudly advertising themselves as a “new era for comic books.” Somna proves this is exactly the case, catering to…
