Hello! Kate here to help you start your week by catching up on some of last week’s comics-related news you might have missed. Sometimes there’s a theme in the news that comes out, and this week that theme is money. Specifically, people not having enough of it because capitalism is a system that punishes us all.
The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Invisible Woman #1
Invisible Woman #1 Joe Caramagna (letterer), Adam Hughes (cover artist), Mattia de Iulis (artist), Mark Waid (writer) Marvel Comics July 10th, 2019 Mark Waid’s run on Fantastic Four with Mike Weiringo was the first I ever read, and it’s still my sentimental favorite. After making the First Family of Comics persona non grata for years,…
Comics Academe: Calls for Action and CFP
It’s been a banner year in Comics Studies, with new series, edited collections, and conferences debuting. And with the growing opportunities come the Calls for Proposals, Calls for Papers, and Calls for Panels.
Previously on Comics: Who Cancelled What Again?
Hello again, and welcome to another episode of Previously on Comics! Kate here to give you the headlines you might have missed. This week, that was mainly who was cancelling what, and sometimes who was cancelling what again.
Previously on Comics: It Has Been 0 Days Since a Comics Creator Put A Foot In Their Mouth
Hello again, Kate here to get into the fun stuff that happened in comics last week. Spoiler: It was not fun. Some cool things were announced, and you can hear about them later, but first: Monday started off with the counter for a comics creator saying something offensive on social media and digging themselves deeper…
Previously On Comics: Memorial Day
It’s Memorial Day today in the United States, and today’s Previously on Comics is more somber in tone than I usually write.
Megan Rose Gedris: Spectacle and Story
Note: This interview is the first of a two-part series, and it contains mild spoilers for the first volume of Spectacle.
Fat Thor is a Joke. That’s Why I Love Him.
Over the past week there’s been quite a few articles about the problems inherent to Thor’s new body shape in Avengers: Endgame, and before I get into my complicated feelings about what that means for me, as a fat person, I want to take a moment to affirm my agreement with the critics who have…
Knit Your Comics: Thanos Infinity Scarf
It’s April, and Avengers: Endgame will be released this week. In the year since Avengers: Infinity War, I know I haven’t recovered. Even knowing that some people are going to return thanks to the movie press machine that keeps on running (looking at you Spider-Man: Far From Home), every trailer has been like reopening a…
Previously on Comics: Sad Things But Also Good Things
Has it been a month already? There’s so much happening in comics this week I don’t know where to start, so let’s break it down. Let’s start with some good things–it’s awards season! Darrin Bell, a freelance cartoonist, won the Pulitzer prize for Editorial Cartooning, making him the first African-American to win the Pulitzer prize…
Previously on Comics: The More Things Change, The More Things Stay the Same
Hello, comics fans! Kate here, returning to my role on Previously on Comics after a year away. Time away made me think that I missed writing this column. Then I sat down to actually write this week’s column and I was hit with a wave of deja vu. It’s enough to make you wonder if…
WWAC Asks… #EmeraldCityComicCon #WWACSwimsuitChallenge
WWAC has been on a campaign for quite some time for Marvel to bring back the swimsuit issue, and for those creators who share our love of swimsuit issues–we see you, and we support you. But honestly, we think every publisher should put out a swimsuit issue. For our newest convention column, WWAC Asks, I…