The Dr. Strange trailer. So… it’s here. We hated it. Here’s why: Megan Purdy: This seems like a trailer for four movies in one: The Matrix, Inception, Eat Pray Love and a watery wuxia ripoff for white America. It’s visually confused and so derivative that it makes no argument for its own existence. It relies…
Good Girls Like Gambit
First, Fox delayed the planned Channing Tatum Gambit movie; now it looks like it won’t be made at all. Fox seems so impressed by Deadpool‘s monster box office that its interests have shifted: a Deadpool franchise looks like a sure winner, a Channing Tatum-led Gambit solo film like more of risk. But there are enough…
#BatmanvSuperman: A Breakfast Cereal Civil War
After I reviewed General Mills’ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice tie-in cereals, there was much crying and moaning from WWAC staff and Twitter passersby.
Teen Trees Get Knowledge: Michael Deforge’s Big Kids
Big Kids Michael Deforge Drawn & Quarterly Janurary, 2016 The new graphic novel from Michael Deforge, his first since Ant Colony, is a queer coming of age story with a fantastical, metaphysical edge. Like a lot of Deforge’s work, Big Kids exists in a world that’s slightly strange, as far as the rules of science…
Barbies, Bodies, and Image: But Can I Really Be a Barbie Girl?
On Friday Mattel debuted three new body types for its Barbie line, tall, petite and curvy, the first substantial changes to the iconic fashion doll’s figure since her bust was slimmed and her waist widened several years ago. In a long and in depth cover story at TIME, Eliana Dockterman examines the history of Barbie resistance…
Superman v Batman: Dawn of Breakfast – A Review of Cereal
Last week I was deep in research when a delivery man came to the door with a big box. I accepted it, shoved it to the side, and got back to work. I had things to do. Statistics to melt my brain with. I was busy. I got back to the box–resentfully–when it was time…
W.W.A.Civil War: The Comic Edition
With the release of Captain America: Civil War trailer officially hitting our screens fan and viewer reactions have been mixed between the positive and negative. At WWAC our staff began discussing in detail about both the upcoming movie, and the 2006 Marvel Civil War comic event written by Mark Millar. The event pitted Captain America against Iron…
The Vocabulary of Violence: 4 Takes on Steve Orlando’s Midnighter
Midnighter #1-6 Steve Orlando (Scripter), Stephen Mooney (penciller), Aco (penciller), Alec Morgan (penciller), Romulo Fajardo Jr. (colourist), Hugo Petrus (inker #3 and #6), Bryan Hitch (cover artist #1), Artyom Trakhanov (cover artist #3) DC Comics May 2015 – Present In May 2015, the DCU welcomed longtime Stormwatch and Authority character Midnighter to the fold with…
Three Sides of a Weak Triangle: Poor Construction For The Shield #1
The Shield #1 Adam Christopher and Chuck Wendig (script), Drew Johnson, Rachel Deering, Kelly Fitzpatrick (art), David Williams (cover) Dark Circle Comics October 21, 2015 Review copy provided by Dark Circle Comics The Shield is the latest reboot of a classic Archie Comics superhero, from their Dark Circle Comics imprint. Originating in 1940, four months before Captain America’s first appearance, The Shield…
Girl Gangs and NASA Conspiracies: WWAC on Paper Girls #1
Paper Girls #1 Brian K. Vaughan (script), Cliff Chiang (art), Matt Wilson (colours) Image Comics October 7, 2015 Review copy provided by Image Comics Paper Girls is the latest comic from Brian K Vaughn (Saga, Y the Last Man) and Cliff Chiang (Wonder Woman). Taking us back to 1988 it tells the story of four…
Reading Diaries: Ravens, Sparrows, and Horror Oh My!
Christa: I’m sure I read other books/comics this month, but the one at the forefront of my mind is The Heart Goes Last—the latest novel from literary giant Margaret Atwood. Like The Handmaid’s Tale and the MaddAddam Trilogy, The Heart Goes Last takes place in the future. But not quite as far into the future…
Top Five Picks at the 10th Annual Toronto After Dark Film Festival
The 10th annual Toronto After Dark Film Festival opened last night with a speech from notoriously expansive festival director Adam Lopez. He took care to thank the fans, the sponsors, and the press for their part in helping the festival reach this unusual milestone—Toronto may be the city with the most film festivals—currently thirty-five—but most don’t last…