Welcome to Cover Girl. Each month, we gather a team of WWAC contributors to analyze a new and notable comic book cover featuring one or more women. This month, Nola, Annie, and Louis discuss Steve Morris’ cover for The Magicians: Alice’s Story from BOOM! Studios.
The Prisoner: The Uncertainty Machine Gives Us a New Free Man
The Prisoner: The Uncertainty Machine Simon Bowland (letterer), Joana Lafuente (colorist), David Leach (editor and original plot), Colin Lorimer (artist), George Markstein (co-creator), Patrick McGoohan (co-creator), Peter Milligan (writer) Titan Comics October 31 2018 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. My childhood was filled with…
Cover Girl: Uncanny X-Men #1
Welcome to Cover Girl. Each month, we gather a team of WWAC contributors to analyze a new and notable comic book cover featuring one or more women. This month, Annie, Louis, and Wendy discuss Mike Choi’s exclusive Forbidden Planet variant cover for Uncanny X-Men #1 from Marvel Comics. Don't miss out – Uncanny X-Men #1…
Roundtable Review: Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince #1
Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince #1 Enrica Eren Angiolini (colorist), Andrea Olimpieri (artist), V.E. Schwab (writer) Titan Comics October 10, 2018 A copy of this comic was provided to WWAC by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. V.E. Schwab’s Shades of Magic series has come to its conclusion in the novels, but…
Cover Girl: Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince #2
Welcome to Cover Girl. Each month, we gather a team of WWAC contributors to analyze a new and notable comic book cover featuring one or more women. This month, Tia, Wendy, Heather, and Annie discuss Lenka Šimečková’s cover for Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince #2 from Titan Comics.
Kim Reaper: Vampire Island #1 Review
Kim Reaper: Vampire Island #1 Sarah Graley (writer, artist, colorist), Crank! (letterer) Oni Press September 5, 2018 Kim Reaper: Vampire Island follows up last year’s original volume with more of Sarah Graley’s distinctive cuteness and drama. (I interviewed Graley about the first volume here.) After getting herself in trouble with her grim reaper bosses in…
Cover Girl: Miss Fury #1
Welcome to Cover Girl. Each month, we gather a team of WWAC contributors to analyze a new and notable comic book cover featuring one or more women. This month Louis, Annie, and Brenda discuss Dynamite’s Miss Fury #1, which features five different covers by Billy Tucci, Emma Kubert, Ken Lashley, Mike McKone, and Jan Duursema.
The Re-re-invention of Psylocke
In 1989, Chris Claremont and Jim Lee did a thing to Betsy Braddock, aka Psylocke. The white, British, purple-haired model, turned agent, turned X-Man, sister of Captain Britain, stepped through the Siege Perilous and was discovered by the Hand, who reshaped her into a Japanese woman. In 1993 on the pages of X-Men, Fabian Nicieza…
Cover Girl: Smooth Criminals #1
Welcome to Cover Girl. Each month, we gather a team of WWAC contributors to analyze a new and notable comic book cover featuring one or more women. This month, Nola, Claire, and Annie discuss Leisha Riddel’s cover for Smooth Criminals #1 from BOOM! Studios.
Comic Book Name Game: Week Seven
It’s the Year of the Knockoff here at WWAC, and to illustrate just how samey comic book characters have been, I’m going to chain together all of their names, using an element of the last one to pick the next one. I’ll also mention their other name(s) and where they’re “from.” For the sake of…
Comic Book Name Game: Week Six
It’s the Year of the Knockoff here at WWAC, and to illustrate just how samey comic book characters have been, I’m going to chain together all of their names, using an element of the last one to pick the next one. I’ll also mention their other name(s) and where they’re “from.” For the sake of…
Comic Book Name Game: Week Five
It’s the Year of the Knockoff here at WWAC, and to illustrate just how samey comic book characters have been, I’m going to chain together all of their names, using an element of the last one to pick the next one. I’ll also mention their other name(s) and where they’re “from.” For the sake of…