Hello, lovely readers! With every new Thursday comes a new Book Beat, and this week it shall be brought to you by your editor Paige. I don’t know about you, but the truly overwhelming heat in July thus far has tired me out, and I’ve spent the last few days racking up my electric bill…
Book Beat: 2018 Locus Awards, Wilder Name Change, and A New T.H.U.G. Trailer
Hello, lovely readers! Welcome to this week’s installment of Book Beat, brought to you today by editor Paige. Can you believe June is almost over? It feels like just yesterday we were all queerly embracing the weather and this month’s overall jovial mood. But now we’re closing in on July, and things out in the…
A Study in Familiarity: Venom #1
Venom #1 DONNY CATES (WRITER), RYAN STEGMAN (ARTIST), JP MAYER (INKER), FRANK MARTIN (COLORIST), VC’S CLAYTON COWLES (LETTERER) MARVEL COMICS MAY 9, 2018 Ever since their official premiere in The Amazing Spider-Man #300, Venom has been a curious staple in the arachnid-themed rogues’ gallery. The dynamic duo of alien symbiote and human host has festered…
Book Beat: Genius Grants and the Accidental Belle Sauvage
Welcome, fellow readers! This is Paige, one of the junior book section editors here at WWAC. I’ll be filling in on Book Beat this week, so forgive me in advance for any shortcomings in my reporting. The book world moves a mile a minute, yet our Book Beat writers always capture the most exciting industry…
Finding the Way Home: An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
An Unkindness of Ghosts Rivers Solomon Akashic Books October 3, 2017 During a particularly tumultuous phase of my early undergraduate career, marred by angry confusion at the unfamiliar metamorphosis of my identities, I stumbled upon a class about slavery. Of course, on my predominantly white, liberal-ass college campus, at the dawn of Obama’s second presidency,…
Hearts on Fire: Diverse Romance for Fall 2017
Welcome once again fellow readers! We’ve already shared some of our most anticipated science fiction and fantasy reads, and now we’re back for round three of our recommendations. This time around, we’ll focus on the brighter side of life and indulge in a little romance for the remainder of 2017. Out of the many, many…
Dreaming of Electric Sheep: Diverse Science Fiction for Fall 2017
A hearty hello to all our fellow readers! 2017 continues its steady march straight to hell, so we’d like to provide some literary escapes from all the chaos. Last time we recommended several upcoming diverse fantasy novels for your reading pleasure, so this time we’ll bring you the best diverse science fiction that the year…
Soaring Magic and Shaky Groundwork: Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller
Mask of Shadows Linsey Miller Sourcebooks Fire August 29, 2017
Presenting Dark Horse: Lady Killers, Lifeforms, and Hellboy
Welcome to the second installment of Presenting Dark Horse! First, I’d like to give a hearty hello to my new readers, who are surely eager to learn more about this esteemed comics publisher (if you need a quick introduction, check out my first post). Second, here’s a special shoutout to all the poor souls I’ve…
Breaking New Ground On the Grand Tour: An Interview with Mackenzi Lee
There is something about Mackenzi Lee’s work that feels familiar to me. Not in the sense that it’s hackneyed or stereotypical, as if part of a giant metaphorical snake eating its own tail of rehashed literary ideas. Rather, her work feels like the type of novels sprung to life from my wildest dreams. In the…
Presenting Dark Horse: Cats, Hammers, Berger Books
Welcome to the first installment of Presenting Dark Horse ! This cleverly named column will be a monthly roundup of all the latest comic releases, industry news and miscellaneous musings about Dark Horse Comics, presented by a longtime comics fan and admirer of this publisher’s unique content library. Here is a brief introduction for those…