In The Assessment, a couple living in a post-apocalyptic future try to pass a series of tests to determine whether they can qualify to have a child. But as the tests become increasingly dangerous and abstract, the couple begins to question their relationship and what they want from their world.
ESSAY: Dead at 55: Survival of the Dead (2009)
Concluding 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.
ESSAY: Lestat’s Precursors: Cora Linn Daniels and Sardia
Continuing a series examining the early days of American vampire fiction: Part 1 looked at the work of Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, and Ambrose Bierce; part 2 discussed a story by James Kirk Paulding. Now, let us meet another author…
TIFF 2024 Review: In Without Blood, the Characters Wage a Personal War After Victory Is Declared
Without Blood is a long conversation between a woman and a man. They could be strangers. Siblings. Friends. Lovers. But what connects them is a nightmare that has changed the course of both of their lives and of so many others. Neither accepts that they’ve been waging their own personal wars, long after the real…
TIFF 2024 Review: Went Up The Hill Can’t Handle Its Dark Subject Matter
Went Up the Hill is an ambitious attempt to metamorphose a ghost story into something deeper and darker. Unfortunately, the film tries to juggle far too many themes and ends up unable to flesh out any.
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: Breaking Up is Hard to Do in Ren Strapp’s HOW COULD YOU
WWAC is excited to present an exclusive preview of the queer coming of age graphic novel How Could You, coming this December from creator Ren Strapp and Oni Press!
Previously on Comics: Awards, Stopping Project 2025, and Celeb Children’s Authors
Good morning from your Friendly Neighbourhood Previously Editor. I’m here with a round-up of all the news from pop culture last week.
TIFF 2024 Review: Daniela Forever Warns Against Skipping the Grieving Process
In Daniela Forever, a couple in the honeymoon phase of their relationship is torn apart by circumstances beyond their control. The surviving partner finds that bereavement is too overwhelming; he’d rather skip it altogether.
WWACommendations: Noss & Zakuro, Minicomics and More
This and, spoilers, the upcoming WWACommendations contain some of my favorite things: Fall reads, zines, and mini-comics! We’re coming to you post CAKE, SPX, and several other indie fests, and as I write this intro the Short Box Comics Fair is also underway. On top of that, it’s also Fall publishing season in the mainstream…
TIFF 2024 Review: The Life of Chuck Searches For Joy in Small Moments
The Life of Chuck tells the three-part story of one man’s life and the memories he left with the people in his life. Based on a Stephen King novella, the Mike Flanagan film aims to make joy in a cynical world. Does it succeed?
ESSAY: Lestat’s Precursors: The Vroucolacas in America
The previous post in this series examined stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, and Ambrose Bierce that explored the themes of macabre resurrection and twisted sexuality, thereby helping to pave the way for later generations of American vampire literature. However, none of these stories directly addressed vampire folklore.
REVIEW: Storm #1 Spotlights the Heart of the Goddess, the Hero, the Mutant
An explosion leaves devastation in its wake in Storm #1. The world’s most powerful mutant, Ororo Munroe, can never turn away from those in need. But this rescue effort may put her body and soul in more danger than she’s ever been in before.