Batman: Damned #1 Brian Azzarello (writer), Lee Bermejo (art and cover), Jared K. Fletcher (letterer) DC Comics September 19, 2018 In an industry as saturated in great content as the comic book scene, most creators are on the hunt for their magnum opus. That one iconic story that will propel them into the public eye,…
Book Beat: Banned Books Week 2018 and the Man Booker Shortlist
Hello lovely readers, and welcome to Book Beat! It’s your Bookmarked editor Paige, back to report on all the latest news in the book world and publishing industry. And what a wonderful time to indulge in all this news, considering fall is now officially upon us! The air is cooler, the nights are shorter, and…
The Bat-Missile: A Round Robin Discourse [NSFW — sort of]
One of the perks of comics journalism is that we often get to see things early, so that we know enough to write about them accurately. That’s not really a surprise in itself, but it does lead to the occasional perk–such as when we discovered that DC Comics, through, Batman: Damned #1, the first book…
Book Beat: B&N Lawsuit, Eyewear Publishing Trouble, and Small Fry
Hello lovely readers, and welcome to Book Beat! It’s your Bookmarked editor Paige, delving into some very exciting news from the publishing industry. Well, exciting might not be the right word for it. Vacation is over, and so the quiet summer months have been replaced with a fresh, crisp veneer of controversy. It’s not too…
Presenting Dark Horse: August 2018
Hello lovely readers! Welcome to the August installment of Presenting Dark Horse. After pushing through back-to-back Pubwatch posts about Dark Horse Comics’ shenanigans during June 2018 and July 2018’s SDCC, I needed a minute to regroup. And to sleep. It’s been a long few weeks, y’all. Now that I’ve returned to a somewhat normal sleep…
Book Beat: 2018 Splatterpunk Awards, Tor E-Book Embargo, and Review Bingo
Hello lovely readers! It’s your editor Paige here to explore the exciting world of publishing in this week’s Book Beat. The air feels just a little bit cooler, and the nights are slowly starting to get a little bit shorter, which means only one thing: summer is almost over, and fall is coming. Thank God. As the seasons…
Magic from the Mothership: June – July 2018
Hello lovely readers, and welcome to Magic from the Mothership! It’s been far too long since the last time we saw you, especially since the last time we saw you we were over at Bookmarked, talking about all the coolest books we’ve read from March to May of this year. But now Bookmarked is here at WWAC…
Book Beat: Not the Booker, Fanfiction, and the ’17 #BlackSpecFic Report
Hello lovely readers! It’s your Bookmarked editor Paige again, here to share all the latest publishing news in another weekly installment of Book Beat. And not a moment too soon; we’re officially in the dog days of summer, and I’m sure you’re looking for some sweet relief from the summer weather’s final brutal heatwaves. So…
Book Beat: BAME Writers, A Queer Eye Book, and Germany’s Oldest Public Library
Hello lovely readers — welcome to another installment of Book Beat, from your Bookmarked editor Paige. While my week has been wonderfully exhausting chaos, it seems the publishing world has avoided too much controversy as summer starts its slow crawl into fall. Not gonna lie… I appreciate the break. Still, there are a few key events to…
Con Diary: Bookmarked Takes On SDCC 2018
Hello lovely readers — it’s Paige, your Bookmarked editor and Dark Horse Pubwatch writer here at WWAC! August marks a full year that I’ve been part of the site, and it’s been a truly joyous experience in my freelance career. One of my most memorable experiences thus far has been the recent opportunity to join…
Presenting Dark Horse: The Hottest News from SDCC 2018
If you’re reading this now, we have successfully completed another turn around the sun—not the giant star that shines upon humanity’s universe, mind, but that giant star that lights up the universe of geeks and nerds around the world. I am, of course, talking about San Diego Comic-Con. After listening to years of secondhand hype…
Presenting Dark Horse: June 2018
Well, hello there, lovely readers. It’s been a while. Almost a year, in fact, since my last installment of Presenting Dark Horse. While I have a million and one reasons to explain my absence—such as becoming an editor for WWAC’s own Bookmarked section, and so many wonderful freelance writing gigs over the last several months—I can’t help but…