Bubble, the graphic novel adaptation of the Maximum Fun podcast, feels a lot like fanfiction. I don’t mean that to denigrate fanfiction, nor necessarily even Bubble. If you’re the audience for it, you’re the audience for it, and as it turns out, I am most definitely not the audience.
REVIEW: Himawari House Finds a Home in Cross-Cultural Friendship
Himawari House by Harmony Becker (They Called Us Enemy) is slice-of-life diaspora fiction that revolves around the sense of home, belonging, and otherness experienced by three young women living in Japan. Having decided to take a gap year between high school and college, 18-year-old Nao moves into the Himawari share house in Tokyo, where she…
Previously on Comics: The Queen Is Dead
This week we are once again sad to report another loss to our community, underground cartoonist Diane Noomin. Best known for her character DiDi Glitz and editing the Twisted Sisters anthology of women cartoonists, Noomin was a pioneer with a career spanning 6 decades. We also said goodbye to Eric Jones, who passed unexpectedly in…
[PREVIEW] ПЕРЕМОГА: Victory for Ukraine
There’s a lot going on in the world right now, and one of those things is still the Russian attack on Ukraine. ПЕРЕМОГА: Victory for Ukraine is a full-color graphic novel by Ukrainian writers and illustrators who have come together to raise their voice. With the digital version released on August 24 — Ukraine’s Indepence…
INTERVIEW: A History Lesson on The Comic Convention With Mathew Klickstein
Dragon Con. NY Comic-Con. Flame Con. SDCC. The comic convention as juggernaut may seem like a recent occurrence, but the journey to get there stretches back five decades. To understand the present (and what the future may hold), we must look to the past. Pop culture historian Mathew Klickstein’s new book, See You At San…
INTERVIEW: Editor Alberto Rayo Helps Spin a Tale in The Lizard Prince
The Lizard Prince and Other South American Stories is the sixth in Iron Circus’ crowd-funded volumes of Cautionary Fables and Fairytales, and is also the last of the series, which began in 2017. Each volume focuses on a different region of the world, bringing together cartoonists, artist, and writers to showcase their takes on regional…
Previously on Comics: A Win for Gender Queer but the Fight Continues
Hello dearest WWAC readers. It’s time for another week (and one day) comics news roundup. If this were a television series, it’d be like Last Week Tonight, but you know, for comics. The big news from the past week is the Virginia Beach Circuit Court dismissing the case against the graphic novel Gender Queer: A…
REVIEW: I Am Totally Weak For Wayne Family Adventures
I am a simple woman who enjoys found family dynamics. Batman: Wayne Family Adventures, DC’s popular digital comic series which has found a home on Webtoon, has this in spades. Taking all of Bruce’s children and plopping them into a world where every single member of the family is currently alive and actively battling the…
[Patreon Exclusive] 2022 Hugo Award Nominees for Best Graphic Story, Part Two
Our Patron-exclusive essay series continues. You can read all of these incredible analyses for as little as a dollar a month on our Patreon.
REVIEW: End After End Invites Readers Into the Mystery
End After End introduces readers to Walter Willem, a man who doesn’t have long to live—seconds, in fact. Those crucial seconds are actually the start of his adventure, as he slips off the edge of a subway platform and into a world of winged faerie warriors fighting an unending battle against implacable darkness.
REVIEW: Gambit #1 Takes Remy Back to Basics
Gambit #1 combines our hero’s natural, smooth charm with an odd tale of mentorship. There are some wonderful choices mixed in with some truly unexpected ones, creating a narrative mixed bag.
DC PUBWATCH: Late August 2022 Edition
I goofed a couple of times in last month’s Pubwatch… First, it wasn’t August yet, whoops. So that makes this the Late August edition. My bad. Second, apparently, the solicits did come out in the middle of Comic Con, and I just missed them. That said, I was correct in my assumption that New Champion of…
