Welcome to the weekend! We hope yours is filled with warm hats, cool comics, and some time for reading the WWAC archives.
Are you an experienced knitter and missed this awesome craft last year? Here’s your chance to grab the instructions for Carol Danvers’ hat, December 10, 2014,
In honor of the Captain Marvel movie being announced, I decided I would knit a Carol Danvers’ Lucky Hat for my Facebook friends who wanted one in celebration. (The amazing Kelly Sue DeConnick commissioned a pattern for fans, and I needed an excuse to try it out.) I got six requests and guestimated how much yarn I would need. I actually ended up with way too much red yarn, the right amount of yellow, but way too little blue yarn, so I will be ordering more blue yarn to complete the other five hats.
I’m a fairly experienced knitter. I’ve been knitting for over a decade, and I’ve tried pretty much anything that doesn’t involve sleeves. As such, I felt fairly confident in trying out the pattern and making a few minor modifications. My Carol Danvers’ Lucky Hat started with three modifications: READ MORE
If you’re not a knitter and instead prefer some comic talk, then please check out Megan’s interview with Chuck Wendig and Adam Kristopher, December 11, 2014,
The Shield, like all of Dark Circle’s upcoming comics line, is a reboot — of sorts. The first Shield debuted in Pep Comics #1 jn January of 1940, only months before Captain America’s debut in December of that year. The character was the first patriotic superhero but many followed: Captain America and Minute Man in the United States, Johnny Canuck and Brock Windsor in Canada, and Captain Britain in the UK. Few of those characters lasted long after the end of the war that inspired their creation. The Canadian heroes were victims of foreign market pressure (American comics once again entering the Canadian market), while others were axed in light of readers’ changing tastes. Others transformed into very different characters. Wonder Woman kept on adventuring in Man’s World, but stopped punching Nazis.
In American comics publishing, the 1950s were the era of the Western, and by the end of the decade, when superheroes came back in fashion it was science heroes who ruled the day. Like Captain America, the Shield attempted a comeback in the 50s, but unlike Captain America’s it didn’t stick. The only patriotic superhero with an unbroken publishing history is Wonder Woman — even Captain America, now the archetypal patriotic hero, was out of print for over ten years. READ MORE
Last and most certainly not least, if you are gearing up for the holiday season, you’ll find some great information in last year’s gift guide where WWACers guide you through charities, December 12, 2014,
It’s Winter in the Northern hemisphere, now. That means snow for some of us, and a lot of it. Where there isn’t snow, there’s rain, wind, and colder temperatures. It’s a good time to give, but giving shouldn’t be done without careful consideration or out of habit.
It’s important to be informed about the charities, NGOs, clubs, and other organizations that you might be giving a few dollars to this time of year. It’s important too, to give time and money locally — help build your community! — to vetted organizations that don’t violate your personal sense of ethics.
Do they work in solidarity? Are they LGBTQ friendly? Do they have a diversity statement? A mission and ethics statement?
Giving Well suggests seeing if the organization publishes reports and Charity Navigator reminds us to be careful of soundalike names. Always check — is this organization legitimate, or is it seeking to take advantage of you? When asked to contribute to a, to me, unknown organization, I ask for literature and time to think it over, rather than donating on the spot.
If you’re considering giving to local food banks and shelters, be sure to check their wants and needs listings before heading out. If you’re donating to a toy drive, remember that in many places, only wrapped toys are accepted. So too for food drives — fewer and fewer take homemade food.
If you’d like to give time, not money, well, you’re probably out of luck as volunteer lists fill up quickly, but you may still have a chance — just ask!
Here are some organizations that the WWAC team has donated to in the past, or recommends you checking out: READ MORE
