One of my favorite things about SDCC was going to the Her Universe Fashion Show. The two hour show was always at capacity and well-worth the wait since attendees were treated to swag bags and surprise appearances by celebrities as judges and even audience members. But it, like all of ComicCon’s panels, was never accessible…
Step Into Yaya Han’s World of Cosplay
2020 has halted the convention season, which is a big problem for cosplayers like Yaya Han who rely on those moments of fan engagement for their livelihood. Han hasn’t been able to strut her creative stuff on the convention floor, however, she did get to take her cosplay work in a different direction with the…
Cover Girl: Archie and Katy Keene #1
Welcome to Cover Girl. Each month, we gather a team of WWAC contributors to analyze a new and notable comic book cover featuring one or more women. This month, Kate and Claire discuss the Bill Tucci cover of Archie and Katy Keene #1 from Archie Comics.
My First Comic: Katy Keene Comics Digest Magazine
For the longest time when people asked me when I got into comics I gave one of three answers: 1. Neil Gaiman’s Sandman 2. Geoff Johns & Mike McKone on Teen Titans 3. Late ’90s/Early ’00s manga
The Art of Birds of Prey
If you have read my work on WWAC, you will know that visual culture is my ‘thing’. By that I mean, I’m all about the art, especially how pop culture riffs on famous artists and plays with their iconic images. Late last year, DC released original character art for Birds of Prey. I was already…
Four-Color to Forearms: WWACers and Comic Book Tattoos
Tattoos are a way to permanently declare your allegiance, your identification, your love. It should be no surprise, then, that a lot of WWAC contributors have fabulous comics tattoos. If you’re considering a comics tattoo yourself (I am!), let this photo gallery serve as inspiration.
When You Wish Upon a WWAC: A Holiday Gift Guide
Shopping for the holidays can be a struggle, but we here at WWAC are happy to help. We have compiled a range of suggestions of gifts for the geeks in your life with extremely good taste. Existing over a wide spectrum of fandoms and sundry geekeries, our highest priced suggestion is $575, our most affordable…
Is She Warm Enough?
Here in the Northern Hemisphere, we have reached that time of year when the November chill seeps into our very perceptions and every image of a person makes us debate the most pressing question of our time: is she warm enough? With comics characters, who have a variety of special genes and circumstances affecting their…
Sequential Sartorial: Rogue’s Best Looks
You can’t talk about the X-Men’s Rogue without talking about her outfits, so here are my favourite Rogue looks… from within the period of publication I consider “one whole story.”
Sequential Sartorial: My Hopes and Dreams for a Fashionable Emma Frost
Jonathan Hickman has done the unimaginable: he has made me want to care about the X-Men again. I’m walking into House of X with a healthy dose of cynicism, but this feeling of burgeoning hope is something I have not felt in a long time. I worried that I’d continue on a path of clinging to…
Couturier to Champions: An Appreciation of Edna Mode
It may sound bizarre to some of you, but whenever I visit an exhibition celebrating movie costumes, I always expect to see something by Edna Mode. Yes, I understand that she is a figment of Brad Bird’s imagination, I know she has been rendered on a computer, and I realize that we have only seen…