Welcome to the first WWACommendations of 2024! We’ve had a bit of new year magic crop up because almost everyone is on a theme this round. We’re all reading about mythical water creatures, except for Masha, the odd girl out. (That’s a pun, it will make sense in a moment.) We’ve also all picked comics…
Archie Comics Pubwatch: December 2023
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for December! I’m Lisa, reporting from a corner booth at Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe, and here’s this month’s news! In December’s Pubwatch, Pop’s Chocklit Shop of Horrors is back in business! Also, there are plenty of new variant covers and much more!
INTERVIEW: Writing Comics Scripts with Jamila Rowser: Part Three
We’ve final reached the third and final part of our interview with Jamila Rowser about writing good comics scripts! In parts one and two we focused on all the work necessary for working with a single artist, but in part three we tackle the possibility of a large creative team, mainly editors and sensitivity readers….
WWACommendations: Koreangry, The Infinity Particle, Rigsby WI and more
We’ve got zines, zines, ZINES baby! My dream for WWACommendations — fill it with zines! November is a bit of sequel to October, because Paulina got y’all ready for some Koreangry content so that I could jump in talk all about her work. Continuing along the theme of WWAC folks supporting each other, Kat sent…
INTERVIEW: Writing Comic Scripts with Jamila Rowser: Part Two
Welcome back to our interview series with Jamila Rowser, founder of Black Josei Press, about writing comics scripts! Part One addressed the nitty gritty of writing scripts — how many visuals to include, maintaining good communication with your artist through the drawing and editing process, and when to include fields of horses and complicated machinery.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Timmy Heague, Danielle Paige and Michael Northrop of Fear the Funhouse: Toybox of Terror
If you’re not ready to give up spooky season, then maybe Fear the Funhouse: Toybox of Terror is the Archie title for you! If you love a haunted doll, keep reading to see our exclusive interview!
Archie Comics Pubwatch: November 2023
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for November! I’m Lisa, reporting from a corner booth at Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe, and here’s this month’s news! In November’s Pubwatch, Archie’s Free Comic Book Day title is announced, some new characters are introduced for Christmas, and Netflix’s version of The Archies releases a trailer. Also, there are plenty…
Titan Comics PUBWATCH: Fall 2023
Since this is dropping on the last day of the spooky season, Happy Halloween! It’s all treats and no tricks in this PUBWATCH. This month, we have a double dose of Scarlett Couture: The Munich File and the latest Conan the Barbarian adventures.
ROUNDTABLE: The Hellfire Gala 2023 Afterparty Autopsy!
Welcome to WWAC’s Hellfire Gala 2023 roundup! The third annual Hellfire Gala was a party to die for, and one of the most shocking comic books of 2023. The House of X fell harder than Jason Derulo falling down the stairs at the Met Gala, but with the new X-Men status quo now well underway,…
WWACommendations: Gender Queer, Surviving Romance, Watership Down and More
Well, I feel like we are simultaneously hurtling toward 2024 and like there is way too much left to do in 2023, but the truth is that time moves at time’s pace, which means it’s simply time for October’s WWACommendations. Nothing more worrying than that! It is spooky season, but our reads this month are…
EXCLUSIVE: Dark Horse Gets LOUD with English Translation of ‘Fai Rumore’
WWAC does not, for the most part, get offered a lot of exclusives, but when Dark Horse let me know that they were announcing an English translation of the Boscarato award-winning anthology Fai Rumore: Nove storie per osare, I was truly honored. The MOLESTE collective for gender equality in comics is a group of individuals…
ESSAY: Laura Gao’s Navigation Through Asian American Identity in Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American
Written and illustrated by Laura Gao, Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American is a Harvey-nominated coming-of-age story about the hardship of identity and the beautiful but messy journey to find it. After spending her early years in Wuhan, China, Laura immigrates to Texas with her family, where she finds herself constantly having…