Halloween tends to send us into a web of nostalgia. We reminisce over our favorite childhood Halloween candies (some of them long discontinued), our favorite scary movies, carving pumpkins, and of course costumes. Skimming through our memories, some of those costumes make us laugh, some make us cringe, and others forces us to wonder what…
Review: Swords of Sorrow #6
Swords of Sorrow #6 Gail Simone (script), Sergio Davila (art), Jorge Sutil (colors), Erica Schultz (letters) Tula Lotay (main cover), Emanuela Lupacchino & Ivan Nunes (cover B), Robert Hack (cover C) Dynamite October 14, 2015 Here it is! The final issue in the epic crossover event featuring the ladies of Dynamite, Swords of Sorrow. As…
Freaky Vegan Daughter: Green Giant Tofu Bowl with Miso Dressing
Freaky Vegan Daughter (FVD) returns with some end of summer treats. It’s WWAC Warriors meets offbeat feminist southern debutante. Technically, it’s autumn, and we’re all looking forward to hot cider, warm pumpkin pie, chili cook offs, hayrides, and all the fun the season offers. However, in Texas it’s still nearly as hot as a billy…
Drink Your Comics: Lady Killer Inspired Cocktails for the Vintage-Loving Lady Assassin
The Lady Killer trade paperback came out this month, and in celebration (because Ginnis loooooooves Lady Killer — see her reviews), she requested Lady Killer themed cocktails from our boozy WWAC writers. Whether these cocktails are vintage influenced or more conceptual, you can find one to appease your inner lady assassin.
WWAC Reflects On Wes Craven’s Smart Subversive Horror
Wes Craven died August 30th, at 76. During his long career in film he directed over 20 films and wrote even more, many of them revolutionary. With his first film, The Last House On the Left (1972), he joined the wave of New Horror directors like John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper, finding the monstrous in ordinary…
Books that Shaped Me: The Bell Jar: Circumventing the Jar, Circling the Bell
The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath Harper Perennial Modern Classic 1971 I couldn’t tell you the year I read The Bell Jar, I couldn’t tell you how old I was, nor the season. But I could tell you what I was wearing the first time I opened the pages and fell deeply in love with Sylvia…
Freaky Vegan Daughter: Blackberry Raw Bars
Freaky Vegan Daughter (FVD) returns with some end of summer treats. It’s WWAC Warriors meets offbeat feminist southern debutante.
Review: Swords of Sorrow #4
Swords of Sorrow #4 Gail Simone (script), Sergio Davila (illustrations), Jorge Sutil (colors), Erica Schultz (letters) Tula Lotay (Cover A), Emanuela Lupacchino & Ivan Nunes (Cover B), & Robert Hack (Cover C) Dynamite August 12, 2015 The fourth issue in this six-part series brings together all of the Dynamite ladies to prepare for battle against…
Freaky Vegan Daughter: Summer Lovin’ & Adventurin’
Freaky Vegan Daughter (FVD) returns with some tips for your summer backpack adventures. It’s WWAC Warriors meets offbeat feminist southern debutante.
“Shot to the crotch, and you’re to blame, Darlin’ you give pulp comics a bad name”: A Review of Swords of Sorrow: Vampirella & Jennifer Blood
Swords of Sorrow: Vampirella & Jennifer Blood #3 Nancy Collins (scripter), Dave Acosta (penciller), Valentina Pinto (colorist), Erica Schultz (letterer) Cover by Billy Tan (art) and Vinicius Andrade (colors) Dynamite July 15, 2015
Swords of Sorrow Polyvore Challenge: Recostume Chastity!
The Swords of Sorrow stage was set high with Marghaid Scott’s Chaos prequel, which featured the baddies of this all-lady character and writers event. The WWAC SoS team was particularly fond of the prequel and its mix of sympathetic baddies and one-dimensional baddies. One of those sympathetic baddies, redheaded Chastity, showed up in SoS #2 with a…
Freaky Vegan Daughter: Summer Squash Noodle Salad with Roasted Chickpeas and Dijon Balsamic Dressing
Freaky Vegan Daughter is a blog I have been running off and on over the past year. Shortly after I started the blog, I decided to move from porch sittin’, breeze blow, sweet tea sippin’ Texas to the windy, unnaturally cold, freeze your eyelashes shut city of Chicago. In that year, a hell of a…