Another Monday, another edition of Mighty Marvel Monday! All (some) of the Marvel-related news (links) from the last week (or so) fit to print (post electronically). Today’s theme: Marvel and Women. As is typical of Marvel, this week Marvel took a giant step forward, and another giant step backwards. Let’s go with the good news…
The End of The Nib…or is it?
The Nib, which has garnered a reputation as one of the best sites for comics, is no more. Sort of. The past few days have been filled with despair and mourning, and speculation about its future. Yesterday, The Beat published an article that neatly presented what we knew and when we knew it, as well as…
Mighty Marvel Monday!
It’s Memorial Day in the States, and I was sadly not invited to Mel’s BBQ, not that I was expecting to, seeing as how Mel and I have never met, we have no mutual friends, and I only found out Mel’s BBQ was a thing on Saturday thanks to Twitter. But now that I know…
Review: Swords of Sorrow: Vampirella & Jennifer Blood
Swords of Sorrow: Vampirella & Jennifer Blood #1 Nancy Collins (scripter), Dave Acosta (penciller) Valentina Pinto (colorist) Erica Schultz (letterer) Cover by Billy Tan Dynamite May 20, 2015
Her Universe Fashions at Torrid: Too Little Too Late
It’s been nearly a month since Her Universe released their Avengers line at Hot Topic, and though a few styles went as high as XXL, Hot Topic uses what’s known as Junior sizing, counting on its demographic to be teenagers and young adults, so fully adult bodies (much less plus-sized bodies) often have difficulty finding…
Stan Lee’s Graphic Memoir Gets October 6th Release Date
Stan Lee’s graphic memoir, Amazing, Fantastic, Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir, which will be published by Simon & Schuster, has just been given a U.S. release date of October 6th. Lee, who will turn 93 this December, released the following statement in conjunction with the release date: “As Marvel just celebrated its seventy-fifth anniversary, I thought…
Mighty Marvel Monday: A Paean to G. Willow Wilson
There is a flurry of speculation coming out about Captain America: Civil War, currently filming, and other upcoming projects, but today I want to take a step away from the MCU for a moment and focus on one of Marvel Comics’ superheroes: G. Willow Wilson. A couple weeks ago this article by Jill Lepore was…
Mighty Marvel Monday
It’s been a Marvelicious week were at WWAC, so before you go clicking off into the depths of the internet, allow me to give you the Marvel rundown here at home: The week started off with a bang with Jennie’s rundown of Age of Ultron’s Black Widow Problems. Spoilers ahoy. Next came Emily’s analysis of…
#DiversifyAgentCarter: More Than a Hashtag
With a second season of Agent Carter announced earlier this week, the internet was filled with joy, but also with hope for the coming season. One of those hopes was crystallized on Twitter under the hashtag #DiversifyAgentCarter. The hashtag was created by Mikki Kendall, @karnythia, when she tweeted: It didn’t take long before the tag…
Review: Swords of Sorrow: Chaos! Prequel
Swords of Sorrow: Chaos! Prequel Mairghread Scott (writer), Mirka Andolfo (artist), Chiara Zeppegno & Agnese Pozza (colors), Erica Schultz (letters) Cover by Joyce Chin Dynamite May 6, 2015 Welcome to the first post in our huge Swords of Sorrow event! We’re starting out with the prequel to the series, Chaos, reviewed by Kate and yours truly!
We Want to Believe: Ginnis and Kate’s X-Files Nostalgia Trip Continues
The X-Files: Season 10, Vol. 2 Joe Harris (scripter) Elena Casagrande, Silvia Califano, Michael Walsh, Greg Scott, and Tony Moy (pencillers) Carlos Valenzuela (cover) Arianna Florean, Valentina Cuomo, Azzura M. Florean, Jordie Bellaire, and Art Lyon (colors) Robbie Robbins, Neil Uyetake, Tom. B. Long, and Gilberto Lazcano (letters) May 6, 2014 Kate and I had so…
Mighty Marvel Monday: It’s Gonna Be May
Sometimes there is so much going on in Marvel that I spend more time hemming and hawing about what to share than I do actually writing this up. This week was especially difficult because of the two ginormous events happening simultaneously–the worldwide release of Avengers: Age of Ultron and the impending launch of Secret Wars….