This weekend I was thrilled to see an email sitting in my inbox, Boston Comic Con 2015–Tickets Now On Sale! I had so much fun at last year’s show, my mind was already imagining the con floor and jumping ahead to potential cosplay options. I clicked to read more and my excitement quickly evaporated. Ogling…
WANTED: Your Opinions. Write For Us!
Right. Listen up. You got an opinion or six? You like to write? I need you. As a Comics Feature or Opinion Writer at WWAC, you’ll write down your strongly-held convictions — or the questions that are bugging you, or the things you noticed when you were reading that one manga, or the analysis that bubbles…
We Can and We Will: What Gina Rodriguez’s Win Means for the Latinx Community
Gina Rodriguez took home the award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical at the Golden Globes this year. She gave a moving speech about the importance of Latinx people seeing themselves as heroes in our media. With tears in her eyes, she ended her speech by thanking her father and repeating his words…
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Firm Feelings on the Batfamily: Jason Todd is the Key to Everything
Over the last few years, I’ve been thinking a lot about A Death in the Family, Jason Todd, and their role in Batcanon. It’s generally agreed that Jason was a so-so Robin and that he’s much improved as Red Hood. However, I’m going to take that general agreement a step further and state that not…
#RemakeWithWomen: Listen up, Hollywood!
How did the #remakewithwomen hashtag come about? I was, like all the other nerds and geeks on the internet, paying attention to the announcement that a remake of Ghostbusters with an all women cast was a go. I was, like many other nerds and geeks on the internet, by turns amused and dismayed at the…
[NSFW] Fucking Trans Women: “A sexual cookbook.”
Fucking Trans Women #0 Mira Bellwether Released: October 2010 80 pages, zine Fucking Trans Women is an 80-page zine by Mira Bellwether about sex, gender, and trans women representation. It includes personal and political essays, diagrams, 101 info, and sex tips. The zine is available in hardcopy or as a PDF. The following conversation between…
Hollywood’s Hypocrisy: The Award Season Debacle
One of the biggest debates that’s been circling the media circuit recently has been centered on the near all white Oscar nominations that were released soon after the airing of the Golden Globes. There’s a startling gap between the Oscars and the Golden Globes that opens up a deeper debate on the subject of Hollywood’s…
Character Appreciation: Squirrel Girl
Squirrel Girl was originally created in 1991 by writer Will Murray and artist Steve Ditko, based on Murray’s ex-girlfriend who read comics, loved wild animals, and was a big fan of Ditko. Explains Murray in an interview: “I think I got the idea because I had a bunch of squirrels running around my roof and…
Dear Hollywood: Please Give Us the Storm We Have Been Waiting For
Maybe I’m just being greedy. Last year, I lamented the glaring lack of a Storm solo series, along with my friend Tiara and Princeless author Jeremy Whitley. A few months later, Marvel granted our wish, and I had tears in my eyes when writer Greg Pak encouraged Storm fans to share their Storm love on…
In Defence of Waiting: SimCity BuildIt and Two Dots Can Last Forever
SimCity is the only game franchise that’s posed a credible threat to my life. (Not really, but work with me, people.) I was thirteen, I had cheat codes, paper route savings to provide me with candy, and far too much time on my hands. Thirteen–also the number of hours I played it, each day, until…
Character Appreciation: Aquaman
When I wandered on to the WWAC Twitter account on Friday night, wine in hand, I had no idea what to expect, mainly because I had nothing planned. I put my faith in our followers, hoping that they could find something interesting to chat about. They most certainly did: Aquaman. And so began an hour…
Let’s Do the Joseon Warp Again: A KDrama Time-Travel Introspective
It was a chance encounter…a strange meeting that began by chance at a gap in time. – Queen In Hyun’s Man There is an undeniable fascination with the Joseon era in dramas, and as it was the last dynasty in Korea, it’s not surprising. Twenty-seven kings reigned during this period, with lots of court intrigue…
