New York, 1884. Frederick Byrne has died, and his widow visits a medium in the hopes of contacting his spirit. But it is the couple’s daughter, a bullied fourteen-year-old named Daphne, who turns out to be a magnet for supernatural phenomena. She has nightmares of strange creatures, undergoes harrowing visions when awake, and is followed…
REVIEW: Wolverine #8 – Patching Up Old Wounds
Eight issues in, Wolverine reminds me of the most overlooked part of the action movies era of the 1980s—the questions asked by veterans, by survivors, of the wars they were lied to about, and the silence that continues in lieu of an answer.
REVIEW: EXCALIBUR #16 – The Search For Betsy
With X of Swords in the rear view, and with it Apocalypse, the Excalibur team is trying to enjoy some quiet down time in Excalibur #16. Enjoyment is hard to come by however, as one of their own is still missing. Betsies Braddock from across the multiverse helped to save the day in X of…
REVIEW: New Mutants #14 – What Up, Warlock?
New Mutants as a title and a team managed to leave X of Swords unscathed — while Cypher is now married to Bei the Blood Moon, he’s taken his bride back to Krakoa with him and appears none the worse for wear. In New Mutants #14, we find that the team members who weren’t off…
Previously On Comics: Starting The Presses Back Up
Good morning, and welcome back from the holidays! We’ve kept our content light the last couple of weeks, which has given me a nice little break from writing news posts, but alas, time marches on.
Crystal is the Worst Person in the Inhuman Royal Family, Change My Mind (You Can’t)
This is a story about a girl named Crystal.
Best Small Press, Indies, & Webcomics of 2020!
This 2020 was tough for me as an indie comics reader because, well, there were no cons for me to pick up wares! No zinefests or the pleasure of perusing the indie racks at my local comic shop. Luckily, there were virtual fests and cons for me to find some good books, and Webtoons are…
DC PUBWATCH – 2020 Year-End Edition
Happy New Year! In a tumultuous year, DC still managed to put out some fantastic books, including the December output. My favorite book of the year, surprising nobody, was Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen, but Wilson and Roble’s The Dreaming: Waking Hours made a strong case, including December’s #5.
WWAC’s Best Big Press Comics of 2020!
2020 was a turbulent year for the comics industry, with the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting publishing schedules and closing direct market shops (sometimes permanently). Despite this chaos, a slew of excellent comics were published this year, from fantastic first issues to well-earned (if heartbreaking) endings. Selected by our contributors and featuring heroes, humor, and horror, these…
WWAXing PoetiX: Looking Back on Dawn of X
The sun has now set on the Dawn of X, the ambitious relaunch of the Merry Mutants on their new entirely apolitical separatist nation of Krakoa, bereft of any socio-political commentary of any kind. It’s been a truly wild ride, coming off the immense highs of House of X and Powers of X, the tie-in…
Best of WWAC 2020
In spite of it all, WWAC contributors continued to do what we do best in 2020, and that’s write passionately about comics. So why not toot our own horn about some of our best writing — the pieces that really resonated with us and/or made us proud…
REVIEW: X-Force #15: A Whale Of A Time
When last we left off of X-Force, prior to studying the blade, Hank McCoy had arrested Piotr Rasputin on suspicion of espionage and treason. Hank being the worst, and Piotr being a very close second, this was a real, “worst guy you know just made a great point” situation.