The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins Clint McElroy (Writer), Carey Pietsch (Writer, Art), Tess Stone (Letterer) First Second July 17, 2018 It’s incredibly difficult to convince anybody to listen to a 60+ hour Dungeons and Dragons podcast, which is why I’m glad that The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins is finally here.
Cover Girl: Dragon Age: Deception #1
Welcome to Cover Girl. Each month, we gather a team of WWAC contributors to analyze a new and notable comic book cover featuring a woman. This month Wendy, Angie, Melissa, Jameson, and Laura discuss Sachin Teng’s cover for Dragon Age: Deception #1 from Dark Horse Comics.
Long Lost’s Matthew Erman and Lisa Sterle on Influences, Living Spaces, and What’s to Come
Long Lost’s fusion of southern Gothic aesthetics with family drama has quickly made it one of my favorite ongoing series. Though everything is shrouded in a supernatural mystery, it’s the relationships that keep me reading, the hints of the supernatural serving to heighten the tension that grows with every issue until it feels that the…
Long Lost #6 Journeys Into the Labyrinth
Long Lost #6 Matthew Erman (Writer), Lisa Sterle (Art) Scout Comics May 2, 2018 In Long Lost #6, we finally get some answers. It’s been clear from the beginning that something has happened to drive Piper and Frances apart, some incident that changed everything. And while the flashback at the beginning of this issue does…
Long Lost #5 Goes Deeper and Darker
Long Lost #5 Matthew Erman (Writer), Lisa Sterle (Art) Scout Comics April 4, 2018
Dark, but Not Grim: Songs for the Dead
Songs for the Dead #1 – #2 Andrea Fort (Writer), Michael Christopher Heron (Writer), Sam Beck (Illustrator), Deron Bennett (Letterer) Vault Comics January 31, 2018 and February 28, 2018
Cybernary Has Nothing To Say
The nineties roll off of Cybernary. If the comic had a smell, it’d be diesel and Teen Spirit, all raucous and chaotic and mostly unpleasant, unless you’re a particular type of person. I’m not that person.
Long Lost #4: Small Town Horror At Its Finest
Long Lost #4 Matthew Erman, Lisa Sterle Scout Comics February 28, 2018
Long Lost Issue #3 Offers Ritual Horror
Long Lost #3 Matthew Erman (Writer), Lisa Sterle (Artist) Scout Comics January 31, 2018 Reviewing each issue of Long Lost is making me think more deeply about horror than I usually do. Issue #1 made me think of the importance of character, while issue #2 made me think on confinement and dread. Issue #3 was…
Long Lost Issue #2 Cultivates Fear in Quiet Moments
Long Lost Issue #2 Matthew Erman (Story), Lisa Sterle (Art, cover) Scout Comics December 27, 2017
Over the Garden Wall is a Fairy Tale Journey Out of Darkness
Nearly every bit of children’s media that adults also happen to enjoy inevitably gets twisted into some darker story: Ash Ketchum is in a coma, Hogwarts is an imaginary sanctuary for an abused child, and My Neighbor Totoro is really about a horrific crime.
Idle Animations: Playing and Not Playing in Cibele [GIFs]
Idle Animations is a recurring series in which I play games without playing them, exploring quiet, still moments, how games fill space and time, and what happens when you let a game play itself.