Well, the corpses of Christmas Trees are littering the sidewalk and all the champagne bottles have been popped, so as we usher in 2019 it seems the perfect time for quiet reflection. But not on New Year’s Resolutions, silly. On comic books! WWAC has rounded up its contributors to share their favorite big press comics…
Webcomics Roundup: Faces Old and New
For this month, we’re rounding up some familiar faces with webcomics that some of us are longtime fans of, while others are just discovering new faces or new comics altogether. Read on to find out what you should be catching up on online!
WWAC Reading Challenge
Are you looking for some new and interesting comic books to read. Are you trying to get through that stack of comics you kept meaning to read last year but didn’t find the time? Are you stuck for what to read next? Well, we’re here to help with our brand new WWAC READING CHALLENGE! Our team…
Bookmarked Reading Challenge
A new year is a great time to take a long hard look at your bookshelves, wish lists, and to-read pile, but it’s not always easy to decide what to read next. We’re here to help with the brand new BOOKMARKED READING CHALLENGE! Our team has put together a list of some fun, some serious…
Lela Gwenn Turns Disaster Into Profit With Bad Luck Chuck
For some people, good fortune seems to mark their every step. But the people who are on Lady Luck’s bad side don’t have to take their unfortunate events lying down. Charlotte “Chuck” Manchester has turned her bad luck curse into cold, hard cash, hiring out her special brand of disaster for a price. But bad…
The Fine Art of Geeky Adult Colouring Books
One of my fondest childhood memories is colouring with my mom. We had numerous colouring books and those big boxes of Crayola crayons—the ones that came with the built-in sharpener in the box—and we’d sit for hours and just colour. I always tried to emulate the way she’d trace darker lines along the inside edges of…
Three Stars and a Wish for the Pros of The Pros and (Comic) Cons
Hope Nicholson’s latest anthology, Pros and (Comic) Cons from Dark Horse Comics, features several industry professionals sharing stories and anecdotes about their convention experiences, which she talks about in an earlier interview with WWAC. Here we’re asking Nicholson and her contributors to share her “Three Stars and a Wish” about comic conventions. That is, read on…
Top Cow Pubwatch: January
Though the Christmas season was slow for Top Cow’s publications, the publisher and its creators have lots on the horizon for the new year. Here’s a rundown of what’s been going on.
7 Geeky Ways to Use Your Planner
2019 is almost here, but it doesn’t look like Kelly Sue DeConnick has managed to put together the “Bitch Plan It” planner many of us had hoped for. That means I’ll be sticking with my Passion Planner for another year, and have expanded my planner cult to include more and more people. I was never…
Previously…on Comics: Looking Forward to 2019
It’s the holidays, so I’d like to think that the comics industries could be pleasant for these brief moments of festivity and cheer. And mostly, judging by the headlines, it has been so, however, the Miami Herald did just discover Comicsgate and has run a piece detailing its history, its connections to Gamergate, and the…
The Freeze #1 is Filled with Psychological Chills
The Freeze #1 Phillip Sevy (illustrator and colourist), Troy Peteri (letterer), Dan Wickline (writer) Top Cow Comics December 5, 2018 After going through the sweet but mundane morning routine of his life and heading into the office to deal with the frustrations of co-workers and technology, Ray crawls out from under his desk to discover…
It’s Murder on the Christmas Planet in Dynamite’s Barbarella Holiday Special
Barbarella Holiday Special Jean-Marc Lofficier (writer), Jose Louis Ruiz Perez (artist, letterer), Brian Wetstein (colourist) Dynamite Entertainment December 5, 2018 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Jolly old St. Nick himself wanted to create a place where children could enjoy the wonders of Christmas, but…