Cliff Chiang is best known to the comics community as an artist–and a damn good one at that. He’s worked with some of the biggest names in comics over the years, including Brian K. Vaughn, Brian Azarello, and Judd Winick. You look at the credits to his name and can’t help but be impressed by…
Vault Pubwatch – October 2021
Catching up on all things Vault since my last pubwatch, we’ve got a few things in the news, including this i09 interview with Si Spurrier discussing The Rush, his new horror comic set during the Yukon gold rush.
INTERVIEW: Clio Isadora Returns to Her Final Year of Art School With Sour Pickles
London-based comic book creator and illustrator Clio Isadora has been self-publishing risograph comics since graduating from Central Saint Martins art school. Her work has been exhibited in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Now, for the first time, she gets to hold her first published graphic novel in her hands with Sour Pickles,…
REVIEW: The Bloody Beauty of Dracula: Son of the Dragon
Collecting the original digital series, Dracula: Son of the Dragon is a sprawling horror fantasy graphic novel. It follows the mythical rise of Vlad Tepes, better known as Vlad the Impaler, and his transformation into the vampire Vlad Dracula. Artist Salgood Sam and writer Mark Sable present a moody epic that explores the life of…
INTERVIEW: Danielle Paige Flips the Script with Her YA Superhero #ZoeMG
As a young adult writer who’s brought us stories like Dorothy Must Die, Mera: Tidebreaker, and more, Danielle Paige is well aware of the influence of social media on teenaged girls. In #ZoeMG from InterPop Comics, Paige flips the script, she tells WWAC, in order to “really explore “what if” a teen could literally influence…
INTERVIEW: Lawrence Goodman Dives into the City’s Dark, Supernatural Underbelly in Gray Cells
Something monstrous is stealing the children…
Titan Comics PUBWATCH: October 2021
Trick or Treat! It’s the spooky season, and there’s plenty of treats and no tricks from Titan Comics. This month, we decide to give Gun Honey another chance with issue #2, and take a look at the beginning of the end for Max and Chloe with Life is Strange: Settling Dust #1.
REVIEW: Titans United #2 Advances the Tension Between Superboy and Red Hood
Titans United #2 continues to deliver the Superboy content we need.
REVIEW: It’s Kaiju Time in Trial of Magneto #3
The determined detectives of X-Factor have been investigating Magneto, who’s suspected in the death of the Scarlet Witch. The Avengers, among them her former husband the Vision, have come to Krakoa to take home her body, but Magneto wants her corpse to stay. Whoops — she’s alive! Whaaaaat?
Previously on Comics: Why the TokyoPop and Cracker Barrel Partnership Makes Sense
Hello again! It’s been a bit of a quiet week in comics after we all found out Jonathan Kent is gay. And thank goodness for that.
Cover Girl: The Amazing Spider-Man #74
Welcome to Cover Girl. Each month, 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, Andrea Ayres, Nola Pfau, and Wendy Browne discuss the cover of The Amazing Spider-Man #74.
REVIEW: Gazing into the Shadows from The Crossroads at Midnight
The Crossroads at Midnight collects five short stories by Abby Howard, whose previous publications were educational science comics and the young adult dark fantasy adventure The Last Halloween. None of the stories in Howard’s newest collection is suitable for children, and the gory tone is reminiscent of twentieth-century pulp horror comic magazines. Each piece is…
