Welcome to Cover Girls. Each month, we gather a team of WWAC contributors to analyze a new and notable comic book cover featuring one or more women. This month, Kate Tanski, Louis Skye, Kat Overland, Anna Peppard, Wendy Browne, and Kayleigh Hearn shake it up a little and share their thoughts on a Cover Guy:…
Sequential Sartorial: Hellfire Gala 2022 Reveals, Russell Dauterman Edition
Marvel has officially announced the framing of the 2022 Hellfire Gala, confirming earlier promises it would become a regular event. It is, however, significantly scaled back on a publishing front this year. Instead of a multi-issue crossover event, as we got last year, this year’s Gala is a single one-shot. That certainly hasn’t stopped Marvel…
REVIEW: Giant-Size X-Men: Thunderbird #1 – Finally!
In a recent Indigenous speaker series I attended, Dr. Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair spoke about Indigenous literature and I was excited to see John Proudstar, aka Thunderbird, included in his slides. Unfortunately, the X-Man was included as an example of how Indigenous people have been poorly depicted over the years, largely because it is not Indigenous…
INTERVIEW: Into the Immortal Storyverse with Rylend Grant on Fa Sheng: Origins
It’s the 19th century and China’s Boxer Uprising forces a young man named Fa Sheng to reevaluate his purpose. Turning attention to those in need and working to empower them to help themselves, he must face the corruption, cowardice, and ruthlessness of many adversaries. Written by Rylend Grant, with art by Dexter Wee, colors by…
INTERVIEW: Steve Orlando’s Cosmic Mythical YA Adventure: Starward
For Stephanie Cohen, a young woman just tipping into her 20s, life is going exactly as planned — according to her parents. She’s breezing through on her way to earning a medical degree which is what her parents have wanted for her since birth, but had she been consulted on what she wanted, Stephanie would…
PREVIEW: Ibrahim Moustafa’s Retroactive
Following up on the critically acclaimed Count, which reimagines the story of The Count of Monte Cristo, Eisner-nominated writer and artist Ibrahim Moustafa returns to Humanoids with a science fiction tale. Retroactive features Tarik Abdelnasser, an agent of the U.S. Bureau of Temporal Affairs investigates the source of several temporal anomalies, only to become trapped…
Vault Pubwatch: April 2022
Everybody wants in on those precious comics IPs! The big news for Vault Comics since my last pubwatch is Forbes’ report about the publisher securing a new investment deal with activist investor Jeff Ubben, global talent agency UTA, healthcare entrepreneur Rick Matros; and Black Squirrel Partners. Although the terms of the deal have not been…
INTERVIEW: Lela Lee Is Back With Angry Little Asian Girl: Moments with My Mother
After 12 years, writer and illustrator Lela Lee returns with a new collection of Angry Little Asian Girl comics. Adding to the six previous books, along with an animated series, Angry Little Asian Girl: Moments with My Mother lets us in on the frustrations, misinterpretations, and expectations that come with navigating life as a grade-school…
INTERVIEW: BHP Comics’ Gary Chudleigh and Sha Nazir on Their Bold New Universe
Glasgow, Scotland-based indie publishing house BHP Comics is boldly stepping into a new universe of exciting new one-shot comics, crowdfunding now on Kickstarter. With each book promising its own jam-packed adventures with exciting and unique characters — including Britain’s first south-Asian superhero — the Bold Universe Collection then combines to tell a bigger story within a…
INTERVIEW: Adam P. Knave Breathes Deep with The Airless Year
Middle school is hard. In The Airless Year, we meet Kacee, a young Black queer girl who is struggling to find her path as a teenager. Her grades are failing and her parents are constantly on her case about doing better. Her crush doesn’t know she’s her crush, and her two best friends are their…
INTERVIEW: Alek Shrader and the The Arizona Opera Bring Carmen to a New Stage
Carmen is an auspicious name. Not just because it’s my mother’s name, but because it’s the title of one of the greatest operas of all time. Filled with drama and passion, it is the story of the downfall of Don José. He is a naïve young soldier in the 1830s who abandons his childhood sweetheart…
Sequential Sartorial: Hellfire Gala 2022 Reveals, Mutants Edition
Marvel has officially announced the framing of this year’s Hellfire Gala, confirming earlier promises that it would become a regular event. It is, however, significantly scaled back on a publishing front this year. Instead of a multi-issue crossover event, as we got last year, this year’s Gala is a single one-shot. However, that certainly hasn’t…