Marvels Snapshots #1 is the first issue in a new anthology series curated by Kurt Busiek in the style of the 1994 hit series Marvels, featuring tales from the Marvel universe told through the eyes of ordinary people. In the case of its first Fantastic Four issue — and second issue total — that story…
Previously on Comics: Some Good News Edition
Hello everyone, and welcome to a special Some Good News edition of Previously on Comics. Inspired by John Krasinski’s YouTube show by the same name, my goal today is to highlight some of the ways that people are helping other people, whether that be through offering grants and money, to creating art that makes people…
Four-Colour Faves: The Marvelous Ms. Resha Talks Ms. Marvel
Kamala Khan was brought to life in 2014 by editors Sana Amanat and Stephen Wacker, writer G. Willow Wilson, and artists Adrian Alphona and Jamie McKelvie and has claimed many titles since, including a Hugo Award for best graphic story for Ms. Marvel: No Normal. Sales of the first volume of the series topped the…
Titan Comics Pubwatch: April 2020
It seems like a decade since our last Pubwatch. I hope all who read this are safe, healthy, and most importantly: at home. However you’ve been affected by COVID-19, my deepest prayers are with you, especially if you are one of our healthcare workers or first responders. You are the heroes who do not wear…
Wicked Things #1: Something Wicked (Cool) This Way Comes
Sleuths, snobbery, and suspense sum up this singular start to Wicked Things #1. The new series from the creative team behind Giant Days starts off sinister and sets up a strange and scintillating mystery. One where the star is both suspect and sleuth.
John Constantine: Hellblazer #5 Perfectly Ends an Arc Without Solving Anything
I appreciate that this series never does exactly what I expect of it, and John Constantine: Hellblazer #5 is no different.
[Exclusive] The Brontës: Infernal Angria from Headless Shakespeare Press
In advance of Charlotte Brontë’s birthday on April 21, WWAC brings you a peek at Headless Shakespeare Press’s The Brontës: Infernal Angria.
What Fence! Didn’t Learn from Sports Manga
So, Fence!. This limited series about high school fencing, written by CS Pacat, drawn by Johanna the Mad, and published by Boom! Studios is getting a prose novel tie-in by Sarah Rees Brennan in September 2020, bringing new life to a series that ended in November 2018. But why aren’t more critics talking about it?…
Wolverine #2: Won’t You Be My Weapon?
Wolverine #2 is a confusing book. Like the first issue in the famous canuck’s new solo series, it feels like it’s split into two, with an opening that excites and an issue that doesn’t.
[Exclusive] Little Josephine: A Memory in Pieces from Humanoids
Humanoid’s Life Drawn imprint introduces Little Josephine: A Memory in Pieces by writer Valérie Villieu and artist Raphaël Sarfati. This is a moving, visually stunning chronicle of the relationship between a caregiver and her patient, Josephine, who is living with Alzheimer’s, a disease that has stolen away too many loved ones before their time.
X-Men/Fantastic Four #3: You Gotta Love Doom
Once again, Kate and Rachel team up to review the X-Men/Fantastic Four miniseries, otherwise known as The Continuing Saga of Why Isn’t There More Johnny Storm, Chip?
Previously On Comics: Keep on Tickin’
How are you doing? Are you looking after yourself? Baking some bread? Considering a DIY cut and dye job, perhaps? Good. Stuff’s hard and you deserve a distraction. Like this weeks news! You’re welcome. While you would like to think that even in times like these the comics machine would keep on keeping on it…
