Do you reread? Maybe you want to spend a little more time in a beloved universe, or maybe you want to remind yourself who betrayed the duchess in book 3 of your favorite series before book 4 comes out next week? Whatever your reasons, they’re good ones! I love rereading, and I asked several WWAC…
Cover Girl: Prism Stalker #5
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, Nola, and Laura discuss the cover of Prism Stalker #5 from Image Comics.
Take Care of Yourself with Women + Patterns + Plants
Women + Patterns + Plants Sarina Mantle Liminal 11 December 2018 This “self-care colouring book” by Sarina Mantle is 50% coloring book, 50% journal, and 100% work of art. (Don’t question the math, just embrace the patterns and relax.) Within its pages, you can find peaceful and powerful images of women, lush landscapes to bring…
A Walk on the Wild Side with I AM NOT A WOLF Artist Sage Coffey
In an era where memes, celebrities, and even comics pop into existence and then disappear within a matter of days or weeks, it takes something truly special to last for years, much less for it to make the jump from one medium to another. The increasingly popular and immensely relatable Twitter account NOT A WOLF…
Previously, in Comics: Help Me, Comics is Dyyyyyyyiiiiiiing!
Although this week could not escape a touch of ignominy, positive news abounded in the comicsphere. It traveled around the globe before crash-landing in Arizona, leaving a host of announcements in its wake. (Content warning: There are links to and discussion of sexual assault, emotional abuse, and mental abuse in this week’s news under the…
No Better Words: A Study in Nakedness Versus Nudity
No Better Words Carolyn Nowak Silver Sprocket 2017 Mallory lusts after Theo so thoroughly she’s taken to creating new metaphors for just how he makes her feel. When Theo throws a party, she gathers her courage and tells him, even though she doesn’t feel she has the right words to express herself. “I—I… had a…
Previously in Comics: Excelsior!
The comics world honored the lives of three men this week, each lost at very different points in their lives. One gone far too soon, lost in his twenties; another in middle age, having spent some 30 years bringing comics into the public eye; and the last, among of the first to have a hand…
Drawn to the Way “Drawn to Sex” Educates
Drawn to Sex: The Basics Erika Moen, Matthew Nolan Limerance Press November 2018 Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan, the creators behind Oh Joy Sex Toy, used Kickstarter to bring their newest book, Drawn to Sex: The Basics, to life. A practical look at sex, Drawn to Sex takes readers through what sex is, how to have…
Excelsior! WWAC Says Farewell to an Icon
On Monday, it was announced that Stan Lee had passed away at the age of 95. TMZ broke the news first, with The Hollywood Reporter following up with a detailed obituary. Considering his age and the health and care concerns that had plagued him over the past years, his passing should not come as a…
Analyzing The Nib’s “Vote or Else!”
Last week, The Nib ran a comic entitled Vote or Else!, which is the work of Filipino-American cartoonist and illustrator, Niccolo Pizarro. The comic, presented initially without context, paints voter registration efforts and their proponents as insensitive to the plights of marginalized peoples and ultimately as centrists who value civility over disruption. While it’s likely…
Petals is A Walk to Remember
Petals Gustavo Borges (writer, artist), Cris Peter (colors) Boom! Studios September 2018 In Petals, a friendly kit and his father struggle to make it through the winter until they befriend a mysterious bird wearing a magnificent hat. Sent out to gather firewood, the kit meets the bird, who provides an armful of branches and an…
Chainsaws and Boomsticks Save the Day in the Army of Darkness Halloween Special
Army of Darkness Halloween Special “Scared Shipless” Chad Bowers (writer), Taylor Esposito (letterer), Eoin Marron (artist), Chris O’Halloran (colorist), Chris Sims (writer) “Cemetery Man” Benito Cereno (writer), Dee Cunniffe (colorist), Taylor Esposito (letterer), Sam Lotfi (artist) Dynamite Comics October 2018 On Halloween 2018, Ash Williams brings his boomstick back to town with a pair of…