Most parents I know have rules about how much time their kids can use tablets or smartphones. And if not rules, they have guilt. How dare we let kids waste time on shitty mobile games when they could be playing outside or reading (never mind that games can improve hand-eye coordination, critical thinking, and teach…
Two Takes On Iceman #1-3
Iceman #1-3 Sina Grace (writer), Alessandro Vitti (penciler), Rachelle Rosenberg (colorist), VC’s Joe Sabino (letterer), Kevin Wada (covers) Marvel Comics June-July 2017
Cover Girl: My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness
Each month, we gather a team of WWAC contributors to analyze a new and notable comic book cover featuring a woman. This month Ray, Alexis, Kayleigh, Veronique, and Melissa got together to talk about the cover to My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness, the hit queer manga memoir by Nagata Kabi and published in English by Seven…
Review: The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye Sonny Liew March 2016 Pantheon Books The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, has been nominated – and won – awards all over the world. This year, cartoonist Sonny Liew is deservedly nominated for an Eisner for his graphic novel about the history of Singapore through the eyes…
Two Takes On My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness
My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness Nagata Kabi Seven Seas June 6, 2017 My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Kabi Nagata is a manga that chronicles her own struggles with mental illness, her burgeoning sexuality, employment, fulfillment, and everything that could string all those topics together. Originally published as a webcomic on Pixiv, Nagata’s autobiographical stories were…
Cover Girl: Baby Teeth
Each month, we gather a team of WWAC contributors to analyze a new and notable comic book cover featuring a woman. This month Rosie, Veronique, Kayleigh, and Melissa discuss Babyteeth, a new devil baby comic from Aftershock.
Why Is Marvel’s Generation X Back?
It’s 2017, and Marvel’s 1994 teen comic Generation X is back! But with only one of the characters who was on the original team. Jubilee, who was a founding member of Generation X: 90s Edition now leads a new team of young mutants who must learn about their powers and battle a variety of evils….
Review: Orphan Black the Game
Orphan Black the Game Boat Rocker Media iOS and Android March 23, 2017
Attack On Titan Takes on FCBD With a Poignant New Story
Attack On Titan, FCBD 2017 Jody Houser (w), Emi Lennox (a), Paolo Rivera (cover) Kodansha May 6, 2017 Last year, Kodansha published a giant anthology of original Attack On Titan stories by Western creators. The series’ creator, Hajime Isayama, was as enthusiastic about the project as he is about his weird manga becoming such a…
Dominic Toretto: The Failed Family Man of Fate of the Furious
No one watches The Fast and the Furious movies for grumbly, mumbly, sometimes shouty strong man, Dominic Toretto. Well, I guess some people must, but as the series continues and the crew grows and the scope of its heists and missions along with it, Dom Toretto, king of the street racers and, lately, international super-something, has…
Review: F*ckin’ Eh! Colouring Book
F*ckin’ Eh! Colouring Book Leor Boshi Harper Collins October 2016 This colouring book was published last year but it, along with other colouring Canadiana, is making the rounds of bookstore tables again, thanks to the upcoming 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation. In 1867 the British North American colonies (and formerly French colonies) of Canada (soon…
Jughead: The Hunger Has No Bark, No Bite, Some Fleas
Jughead: The Hunger Frank Tieri (w), Michael Walsh (a) Archie Comics March 29, 2017 We all know that Jughead is super hungry, but what if he was hungry for… human flesh? No, we’re not talking about zombie Jughead. You can find him in Afterlife With Archie. This comic is about werewolf Jughead, which is like,…