Welcome to Cover Girl. Each month, we gather a team of WWAC contributors to analyze a new or recent and notable comic book cover featuring one or more women. This month, Andrea Ayres, Nola Pfau, and Wendy Browne discuss the cover of The Amazing Spider-Man #74.
INTERVIEW: Sloane Leong’s Haunting House Whispers Dark Tales in Graveneye
A red door greets you as you turn the first pages of Graveneye. “The first time we met, I bit her,” come the words, thick ink whispering darkly against bright red. As Mary timidly steps inside, nursing the wound on her hand, the house itself introduces us to Ilsa, tall and stern, waiting silently to…
INTERVIEW: Jardine Libaire’s The GoldTwinz
Cult photographer Neil Krug adds his eye for visual storytelling to acclaimed author Jardine Libaire’s new novella, The GoldTwinz, to create something truly stunning. In their first collaboration, Krug, known for his work on album covers for the likes of Tame Impala and Lana Del Ray, brings Libaire’s “sunshine noir” story to life. Here, Libaire…
INTERVIEW: Kendra Wells Is up to Some Silly, Sexy, and Queer Real Hero Shit
Calling on their love of stories like Dragon Age and Critical Role, cartoonist Kendra Wells says that “Real Hero Shit is the most self-indulgent comic I have ever created.” With works like Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas, contributions to The Nib, and character designs for Dimension 20’s The Unsleeping City already in their…
REVIEW: Dead Legends II Makes Me Want to Punch Things — But in a Good Way
Dead Legends makes me feel the same way I do when the Mortal Kombat theme starts playing.
By the Letters: Nate Piekos’ Word on The Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering
With over a decade in the comics industry, Blambot’s award-winning typographer, letterer, and graphic designer Nate Piekos has created more than 300 fonts. We see many of these fonts every day, though we may not realize it as we surf the internet, play video games, shop for products, skip through ads, and, of course, read…
INTERVIEW & PREVIEW: Helen Mullane, Kev Sherry, and Katia Vecchio’s Painted
Writer Helen Mullane is no stranger to stories about girlhood, tragedy, challenging the patriarchy, and a little bit of magic, as we learned with Nicnevin and the Bloody Queen. Here she paints a similar picture with its own unique twists in Painted, a graphic novel from Humanoids under their Life Drawn imprint. Mullane joins with…
Previously on Comics: The Evolution of Comics Distribution
It’s another Monday and here I am with some comics industry news.
Vault Pubwatch: September 2021
In case you missed it, last month’s Cover Girl featured some naughty but very nice covers from the Vault Undressed NSFW variant cover series, along with an interview with Editor-in-Chief, Adrian Wassell.
REVIEW: Van Helsing: Invisible Woman Is a Bit Too Translucent
Calling upon H. G. Wells, Van Helsing: Invisible Woman introduces the vampire hunter to a foe she’s met before, but won’t see coming this time…
INTERVIEW: Lizzy Stewart Joins Molly Naylor to Take Lights, Planets, People! From Stage to Graphic Novel
Writer Molly Naylor‘s Lights, Planets, People! began as a theatrical play “about space science, mental health, and communication – both interpersonal and intergalactic.” Written by Molly Naylor, the stage show starred Karen Hill as astronomer Maggie Hill who is giving a lecture about her career to inspire young women to find their place in science….
REVIEW: The Onslaught Revelation #1 – Id Must Be Tuesday
Mutantkind is never going to make it. Moira MacTaggert’s many lives told us this, and as a result, we’ve accepted this Krakoan utopia for as long as we can. But while we know that there will always be outside forces breathing down mutant necks, how do we fight the enemy within?