I’ve said before that I love when we’re all surprisingly in sync with our monthly reads, and wow is everyone in sync this month – except for me! Below is mostly one comic that seems to have taken WWAC’s casual reading by storm, plus two very conceptually and aesthetically different recommendations. I think it’s a…
Cover Girl: Snotgirl #16!
Welcome to Cover Girl! For this feature, 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, Masha Zhdanova, Kayleigh Hearn, Kat Overland, Jenna Ledford, and Emily Lauer talk about the cover of Snotgirl #16 by series co-creator Leslie Hung!
INTERVIEW: Goldie Chan Has a Duckie Time Talking Bird Puns in Betty and Veronica: Fairy Tales
In the following interview, WWAC talks bird puns and being an outsider in the newest Archie-verse tale – Betty and Veronica: Fairy Tales #1 by Goldie Chan.
Archie Comics Pubwatch: December 2024
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for December! I’m Lisa, reporting from a corner booth at Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe with this month’s news. In December’s Pubwatch, Archie announces a facsimilie issue Kickstarter! Plus, plenty of new variant covers, and much more!
WWACommendations: God Bless the Mistaken, Ditching Saskia, Breadcrumbs and More
This month’s WWACommendations is a riot of emotions. Kathryn’s reading about the discomfort of grief, Emily’s got a memoir that involves funneling emotion into activism, Christa’s got a familiar recommendation that processes feelings of isolation, Kayleigh brings us a horror anthology which of course serves up a great deal of fear, and I’ve got a…
INTERVIEW: Emma Rios Talks Sea Monsters, Isolation, & Trauma in Anzuelo
“In Anzuelo, the Sea, secretly more complex than anyone imagined, rises one day. The horizon folds as the Sea absorbs the world and transforms everything that’s been pulled inside it. Three kids find themselves unmoored and lost, but brought together by the physical and mental changes wrought by the tides and a desire to avoid…
REVIEW: Marvel Zombies: Dawn of Decay is a Real Rotter
Marvel Zombies: Dawn of Decay is a surprisingly sad yet electrifying trip through a New York City that’s once again been taken over by zombified superheroes. Who will survive, what will be left of them, and will Groot be too traumatized to deal with the havoc to come?
Archie Pubwatch: November 2024
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for November! I’m Lisa, reporting from a corner booth at Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe with this month’s news. In November’s Pubwatch, Archie announces their Free Comic Book Day offering and explains how facsimile issues work. Plus, plenty of new variant covers, and much more!
Exclusive Preview: Archie Is… Mr. Justice #2
Archie’s become a supersonic man, but will Veronica be a friend or a foe? Find out in our exclusive preview of Archie is…Mr. Justice #2.
Previously On: Spotlighting Trans Stories & a Holiday Gift Idea for the Bookstore Lover
I’ve got a few things in the Previously queue for you today, including Big Name Publishers publishing trans stories (yay!), but unfortunately Even Bigger Names…not (srsly?!). Also, a little holiday gift suggestion for you.
WWACommendations: Morgana and Oz, Paper Cuts, Squire, and More
This month’s WWACommendations could be subtitled: “Damn, Comics Really are Everywhere.” We’re still reading titles published by the big two, but we’re also reading on Webtoons or picking up print collections that started on the app. We’re reading kickstarted collections from well known publishers, books available in bookstores and libraries, volumes self-published by the creators,…
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: Metal Hurlant Returns with “Peppermint Wendy”
50 years after the debut of Metal Hurlant in France, the iconic and genre defining publication is returning to English, with a bigger and bolder iteration than ever before: as a quarterly anthology published by Humanoids. WWAC is thrilled to present an exclusive preview from “Peppermint Wendy,” an upcoming story in this exciting new series by writer/artist…