Do you reread? Maybe you want to spend a little more time in a beloved universe, or maybe you want to remind yourself who betrayed the duchess in book 3 of your favorite series before book 4 comes out next week? Whatever your reasons, they’re good ones! I love rereading, and I asked several WWAC…
Panels and Prompts: Talking about Creating Content at GeekGirlCon 2018
GeekGirlCon is one of my favorite conventions to attend and participate in. It is where I got my start as a panel moderator back in 2016. However, my first time serving as panelist for a convention. I found the experience extremely valuable and it was great to have the responsibilities of organizing off my shoulders.
Tomb Raider: Inferno, An Archaeologist’s Take
Tomb Raider: Inferno, Vol. 4 Michael Atiyeh (Colors), Michael Heisler (Lettering), Collin Kelly (Script), Jackson Lanzing (Script), Phillip Sevy (Line Art), and Hannah Templer (Front Cover Art) Dark Horse Comics January 9, 2019 A copy of this comic book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Tomb Raider: Inferno is another…
Prism Stalker: A Primer on a Sordid Past
Content Warning: Generational/Historical Trauma I am not North American Indigenous. However, the least I can do as someone who lives on occupied land is to learn the history of, and about, the peoples who are Native to the North American Continent and advocate for others to learn more through my academic research on Native American boarding…
Should You Grab It? The Life of Captain Marvel #1-3
With the Captain Marvel trailer release and the announcement of a new creative team in January, things are abuzz with news about Carol Danvers. She has shot into the spotlight to bring us higher, faster, and farther. Unfortunately, in the years since Carol’s taking of the mantel, beginning in 2012 with V.C.’s Joe Caramaga (Letterer),…
A Place for the Displaced: Monstress Volume 3
Monstress Vol. 3 Marjorie M. Liu (writer), Ceri Riley (editorial assistant), Jennifer M. Smith (editor), Sana Takeda (artist), and Rus Wooton (letterer and designer) Image Comics September 5, 2018 Monstress is one of the best ongoing series out right now (lest we forget its multiple Eisners) and volume three continues to deliver. The story follows Maika’s…
WWACommendations: Generation X, Josephine Baker, Sanity & Tallulah, and More
What comics are you reading lately? Every month, WWAC contributors sound off about the comics we’re reading for fun—not for research, not to keep up with a current series, but just for the sheer joy of reading. Let us know on Twitter what comics you’re reading!
WWACommendations: X-23, The Wilds, The Wendy Project, Mermaid’s Promise, and More
What comics are you reading for fun lately? While many of us read various comics for research, curiosity, or to keep up with a series, there are certain comics we’re reading just for fun. In this roundtable, WWAC contributors gush about the comics they’ve been reading this past month that were a pure delight.
The Re-re-invention of Psylocke
In 1989, Chris Claremont and Jim Lee did a thing to Betsy Braddock, aka Psylocke. The white, British, purple-haired model, turned agent, turned X-Man, sister of Captain Britain, stepped through the Siege Perilous and was discovered by the Hand, who reshaped her into a Japanese woman. In 1993 on the pages of X-Men, Fabian Nicieza…
Seattle, Superheroes, and Social Justice: Vishavjit Singh’s WHAM! BAM! POW! at the Wing Luke Museum
WHAM! BAM! POW! Cartoons, Turbans and Confronting Hate opened May 4, May 2018 and runs through February 24, 2019 at the Wing Luke Museum in Seattle, Washington. It is the story of Vishavjit Singh, a Sikh American cartoonist who dresses as Captain America to dispel misconceptions in the United States about the traditional Sikh turban.
Seattle, Superheroes, and Social Justice – Marvel: Universe of Superheroes at MoPOP
Marvel: Universe of Superheroes opened 21 April 2018 and runs through 6 January 2019 at the Museum of Popular Culture (MoPOP) in Seattle, Washington. This special exhibit takes visitors through the 80 year history of Marvel and their Superheroes, with materials assembled from collections and commissioned specifically for the exhibit. The journey into the Marvel…
My First Comic: It All Began With Manga
I’ve had three first “comics,” including the first sequential art I recall reading, my first American graphic novels, and the first floppy issues I collected as part of a weekly dedication to a local comics shop. Each inaugurated a new type of “comic” into my life and a new awareness of the comics community.