We started this month with Jamie’s Guide to Less Stressful Holidays, which was followed by Robin’s tips for fighting seasonal affective disorder. In this article, Desiree, Catie, Cathryn, Jamie, and Robin talk about the importance of self-care to your mental and physical well-being during the holiday season.
Incredible Indie Tuesday: If You Like French Time-Traveling Space Secret Agents, This Column’s For You
Are you ready for the GREATEST comic movie news of 2015 that doesn’t feature Sebastian Stan’s mournful eyes??? The dude who made The Fifth Element is making a movie out of the French comic Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, which is exactly the kind of ’60s sci-fi zany adventure it sounds like. The two titular leads are…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: World-Building, the Perils of Graphic Memoirs, & Swedish Comics
Wow, ever have one of those vacations that was so lovely it somehow makes going back to work on Monday worse instead of better and more well-rested? Because I am so there this week, and no amounts of .gif sets of the new Civil War trailer can soothe me. Luckily, there are a few delightful interviews to check…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Interviews Edition!
Trying to put together this week’s column, I made a perilous, very irritating discovery. We’re less than a month out from The Force Awakens premiere and, oh sweet baby Jesus, there is SO MUCH Star Wars coverage in the geek media sphere. How can one movie generate this many headlines??? I feel like Artax in The…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Snowpiercer coming to TV and Doctor Mirage (finally) coming back to comics
Loyal readers, let me give you a piece of advice: if you must have a day-job, try not to have one that involves constant three-hour drives to rural Ohio hospitals. Even more importantly, if you must do work that involves long drives and overnight trips to rural Ohio, definitely don’t leave your overnight bag containing your clean clothes,…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Preacher Trailer Debuts, Dominic Cooper Makes Super Hot Priest
The first trailer for Preacher on AMC dropped on Sunday and, boy, does Dominic Cooper just make the hottest priest or what? You can tell he’s a badass too, because he’s got those little silver collar tips in addition to the priest collar (and also because he beats up some dudes but, let’s be real, it’s mostly…
WWAC Reflections on the “King of Horror”
It’s spooky season, and that means rolling out our favorite scary stories. Stephen King, also known as the “King of Horror,” is an iconic author, impacting the horror genre with books such as The Shining, It, and Carrie. He has written over 50 novels and around 200 short stories, and his body of work continues…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Marjorie Liu Should Win All the Awards
Writer of the upcoming Monster and one of my favorite people in comics, Marjorie Liu gave a must-read interview talking about the personal inspirations behind her upcoming work, being an Asian American creator in comics, and why all the focus on ‘strong female character’ is totally misplaced. Her Image series Monster with artist Sana Takeda is a fantasy epic dealing as…
Drink Your Comics: Witchy Comics
What better way to enjoy cocktails, comics, and swiftly approaching Halloween than with witch comic inspired cocktails? Between Harrow County, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Wytches, Toil & Trouble, and others, there’s plenty out there that helped inspire this installment of Drink Your Comics.
Incredible Indie Tuesday: TV Comic Dramas Bonanza
Welcome back, dear readers! Apologies for my unexpected time away–work emergencies took me away from my one true love, reporting indie comic news to you. But thankfully I’m back to bring you the highlights from the past few weeks of news! Y: The Last Man Going to FX For Potential TV Series Long lost in development…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Sex Criminals Controversy Surprisingly Sex-Free
The Harvey Awards were held this past weekend at Baltimore Comic Con with a slew of creator-owned books winning major awards, including Saga, Rachel Rising, and Southern Bastards. Though Chip Zdarsky won the Special Award for Humor thanks to his work on Sex Criminals, he refused the award because it ignored Matt Fraction’s contribution to…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Ignatz & Ron Wimberly Being Amazing Per Usual
The big news of the week is, of course, the winners of the Ignatz Awards that were announced at Small Press Expo (SPX) over the past weekend. All women winners too! What strikes me look at the awards list is how diverse all the winning works are; sure, they were all created by women but…