Introducing… Our newest feature, a semi-regular, multi-author series of cartoons and short comics by WWAC staff, Embl-O-Matic. We’ll bring you sharp editorial cartoons on the state of geek culture, feminism, and other stuff we find interesting (like pie).This first cartoon, by Claire and Megan P, is in response to various recent news items — take…
Interview: Magical Intern Pretty Risa!
Magical Girls! We love them! Of course we do! And with a very senshi summer looming, this is the perfect time to look at some current magical girl output. What’s your favourite? What do you wish we would look at? Be it manga, OEL, webcomics or fantastic hardback printed-to-last graphic novels, we (and you!) should…
The Chimpanzee Complex Reviewed: Intrigue, Love, & Rockets
The Chimpanzee Complex, volume 1: Paradox Richard Marazano & Jean-Michel Ponzio Cinebook Here’s a closer look at Helen Friedman, Floridian, NASA’s best astronaut in 2035, and protagonist of The Chimpanzee Complex, a bande-dessinee written by Richard Marazano, illustrated by Jean-Michel Ponzio, and published by Dargaud (French) before Cinebook (English): This is a space comic: a comic about astronauts, and exploration, and mystery,…
Keeper: Football Comics for Horror Fans
Football played by men is going on all around us, in this, the year of “World Cup 2014”. That’s not entirely interesting to me, but maybe it is to you, and besides — the irrelevance of American Football to my life did not keep me from enjoying Down Set Fight! A story is a story, no matter…
Archery! Comics! Shooting lines: Adrienne’s Answers
Our own staff editor Adrienne is the focus of this week’s archery profile! Tell us about yourself. Are you currently an active archer? Currently inactive but hoping to get back into it. I took up the bow 2 years ago when a friend and I were doing our usual walk around the local lake and…
What’s Hot, Halfway Through 2014?
You’re used to What’s Hot? by now — our monthly check-in with what makes us happy outside of this world of comics. It’s June, and WH? is back, but it’s brought a friend. Remember in January when we, the staff, made resolutions? Well, there are a lot more of us now. But have those of…
Moose Kid Comics: Green, Green With Envy
Moose Kid Comics launches today: a digital anthology comic for kids. Lucky kids. Disgustingly lucky, doubtless ungrateful, giddy, excitable kids. I’m not joking: I feel actual slight nausea at the positivity-rush I would have got from this bonanza as a lass. Jamie Smart, you canny fuck.
Archery! Comics! Shooting Lines: Leidamarie’s Answers
In this week’s Shooting Lines, Leidamarie talks about how archery interacts with her fibromyalgia, as well as Hawkeye, Hawkeye, HAWKEYE! Tell us about yourself. Are you currently an active archer? I am currently an active archer. I took up the bow on September 5th, 2012 so I’ve been at it for about 1 year and 8…
Archery! Comics! Shooting Lines: Amy’s Answers
Amy Kennebec responded to my request for personal stories about how a love of archery’s been supported by genre pop culture. How does her path compare to yours? Thanks Amy! I got into the archery “concept” ages ago. When I was a kid, caught up in the idea of medieval weapons; the fact a longbow…
Webcomics: balderdash!, Magic, Baking, Elk, and Friendship
balderdash! or, the Baker’s Apprentice is a comic created by Victoria Grace Elliott, whose work you can also find at House of Orr and Goog Friday. balderdash! (little B) follows the young witch Georgie, who leaves her family home to study a human-style, non-magical bakery in a town far away. It’s a story of big, blousy…
Comics! Archery! Shooting Lines: Shannon’s answers
The first response to my archery-comics crossover survey comes from Hawkeye fan Shannon Cooke! Find out more about this series of mini-interviews, and get involved, here. Tell us about yourself. Are you currently an active archer? When did you first take up a bow? I actually recently stopped because of a lot of drama surrounding the current place…
The Saviour of Boys’ Literacy: Lovecraft, Bond, and the Order of the British Empire
Here in England there is a man they call the saviour of boys’ literacy. In February, he was awarded an OBE, and his name is Anthony Horowitz. In 2007, Anthony was singled out by then Education Secretary Alan Johnson as the not-so-secret weapon to get boys reading. —Horowitz’ author profile, Walker.co.uk We need an educational strategy that…