If you follow me on any social media, you know that I consider myself to be a connoisseur of Scooby-Doo. In anticipation for the Scoob! movie, I felt the need to bust out my Scooby-Doo DVD collection and rewatch all of them. In doing so, I realized most of the villains in Scooby-Doo share a…
DC PUBWATCH May 2020
Welcome to the May 2020 DC PUBWATCH. The biggest news of the month is surely that comics have returned to retail shelves, and that a hint of normalcy may be creeping back in. Stay safe, and get your comics however you can. Other news is the announced ends of two runs. Harley Quinn is ending…
Marauders #10: A Queen’s Wrath
It’s been a while since we’ve been here, so a quick recap of Marauders #9 is in order: the X-Men discovered a stowaway riding aboard (inside) of Pyro and dispatched him and a strongly worded warning back to Homines Verendi. Now, Emma Frost, tamping down her pain over Kate’s unsolved murder and continued failed resurrection…
Titan Comics Pubwatch: May 2020
For most of us, life is still life on lockdown, with more questions and anxieties than certainties and answers as the hours and days pass. But thank goodness for comics that can provide us with moments of escape and distraction from a 24 hour news cycle that rivals even the most dystopian of dystopias. I…
Constantly Crafts a Powerful Message through Simplicity
In the under fifty pages that make up the graphic novel Constantly, the author (who goes by the pseudonym gg) creates a loop all too familiar for those who experience depression. gg’s construction of this loop is impressive when considering the simplicity of this short yet impactful comic. She uses no dialogue and small amounts…
Previously on Comics: Not Much Happened TBH
Hello again! Kate here on this Memorial Day in the USA…for everyone else it’s just “Monday” and so that’s why we’re just gonna keep going. But maybe we can blame Memorial Day for why this week was so slow, in terms of news. And I don’t just mean good news. I mean any news. So,…
Cover Girl: Shadow Service #1
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 Claire, Nola, Wendy, Louis, Kate, and Elvie look at the cover of Shadow Service #1 by Corin M. Howell, with colours by Triona Farrell.
Vault Pubwatch: May 2020
We’re closing in on a return to comics distribution, so, while there hasn’t been much new stuff to read of late, there are still lots of cool things on the horizon to look forward to, as well as a few bonus items to pick up along the way. Last month, Vault introduced the VaultColorUp Coloring…
New Colors for Bug Boys and Witchlight Enrich their Stories
I’m a big fan of Czap Books, especially two of their earlier publications – Laura Knetzger’s sweet, slice-of-life series Bug Boys, and Jessi Zabarsky’s emotional, warm fantasy Witchlight. I’ve written about both comics before, but since those initial pieces both books were picked up by Random House Graphic and released to a wider audience. I…
WWACommendations: My Boo, Ruby Quartz Panic Room, Eavesdropper, and More
What comics are you reading lately? Every month, WWAC contributors share some of the comics we’re enjoying most lately. Let us know on Twitter what comics you’re reading!
AfterShock Pubwatch May 2020
Welcome back to Women Write About Comics’s AfterShock Comics Pubwatch! Times are uncertain and have been changing quickly the past few months, and this column has shifted to accommodate the changing norms of life during Coronavirus. AfterShock hasn’t released any new comics this month, following Diamond Distributors’ shipping embargo on print comics, but that doesn’t…
The CW’s Stargirl Has A Slow Start But Shines Bright
Centered on a high school gymnast with potentially star-powered lineage, Stargirl is the latest DC Comics show to hit The CW. Younger and more cinematic than its Arrowverse counterparts — and happening on a parallel Earth to boot — Stargirl feels more in line with the Shazam film than Batwoman or The Flash. While the pilot episode…
