A Silent Voice (Koe no Katachi) Naoko Yamada (director), Reiko Yoshida (screenplay), Kazuya Takao (cinematographer), Kengo Shigemura (editor) Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yūki, Kenshō Ono, Yūki Kaneko (voice cast) Adapted from the manga A Silent Voice by Yoshitoki Ōima October 20, 2017 (USA)
PUBWATCH: Rosie’s Dynamite Roundup – October 2017
Hello, comic book adventurers. It’s me, Rosie, back once again with your regular Dynamite comics roundup. We here at Women Write About Comics are dedicated to unpacking the complex parts of the industry and unwrapping the underwhelming gift that is comics so we can all enjoy/despair about it together! So here we are, with our…
The Women Of Auteur Film: A Chat With Sherilyn Fenn
What is an Auteur? Well the technical definition is a simply a filmmaker who has a singular recognisable vision, though you can guarantee they’ll also be a man as no women have been deemed important or visionary enough to become members of this elite club. As we all know, the singular vision of men is…
Women Making Comics: Ida Neverdahl
Here at Women Write About Comics we love nothing more than getting to chat with incredible women who’re making wonderful comics. Ida Neverdahl is a comics creator from Norway and she’s currently Kickstarting her book, Jelly Vampire, with Emet Comics. Neverdahl dropped out of med school to draw comics full time–and when she’s not making them…
Mune: Guardian of the Moon Is Ultimately Empty
Mune: Guardian of the Moon Alexandre Heboyan, Benoît Philippon (directors), Isabelle Malenfant (editor) Jérôme Fansten, Benoît Philippon (writers) Omar Sy, Izïa Higelin, Michaël Grégorio (cast) Released October 14, 2015 (France), September 26, 2017, streaming and DVD (US) Mune: Guardian of the Moon is a very pretty film, one that builds a sumptuous world that wears…
License, Please: Jurassic Park Is a Really Bad Comic
What if I were to tell you that Walt Simonson, Gil Kane, and George Perez–three of the most beloved names in comics–made a book together? “It’s almost too good to be true,” I hear you cry aloud! Yes. Walt and these two great G-monikered men working on a book you’ve probably yet to read. What…
Death Wish, Death Note and the Dangerous Myth of the Heroic White Vigilante
There are many things wrong with the current cultural phenomenon of constant reboots, remakes, and reimaginings, with a lot written about almost all of the facets of that wrongness. But with the release of the (abhorrent) new trailer for Eli Roth’s Death Wish remake coinciding with Netflix’s awful Death Note remake, I was inspired to…
Taproot is a Sublime, Succulent, Surprise of a Comic
Taproot: A Story About a Gardener and a Ghost Keezy Young (Writer and Artist), AW’s Tom Napolitano (Letterer) Lion Forge Comics September 13, 2017 Taproot is an astoundingly beautiful book, I just have to start by saying that. It may sound hyperbolic but it’s the truth. With Taproot, Keezy Young has created something sweet, sombre, and…
Two Takes on Legend of Korra: Turf Wars
The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars Vol. 1 Michael Dante DiMartino (Writer), Irene Koh (Artist), Vivian Ng (Colorist), Nate Piekos of Blambot (Letterer) Dark Horse Comics August 8, 2017
Variant Covers 101
Variant covers! Those exciting, colourful often “rare” comic book covers that we all love (to hate). But what are variant covers? Why do they exist? Why does your local comic shop not have the one by your absolute favourite artist? And what does their existence mean in the greater comic book landscape? Here’s my primer…
Thanks To Bill & Ted Save The Universe, Comics Are Fun Again
Claire & Rosie’s Excellent Experience Bill & Ted Save the Universe #3 Boom! Studios Brian Joines (Writer), Bachan (Artist), Alex Guimaraes (Colorist), Jim Campbell (Letterer) August 16, 2017 Rosie Comics can be fucking depressing. Whether it’s the fact that the same six men each have 30 books in Previews every month and yet you can’t…
Rosie’s Dynamite Roundup: September 2017
Hello again, comic book adventurers. It’s me Rosie, back once more with your regular Dynamite comics roundup. We here at Women Write About Comics are dedicated to unpacking the complex parts of the industry and unwrapping the underwhelming gift that is comics so we can all enjoy/despair about it together! So here we are, with…