Roundtable Review: Fresh Romance, Vol. 1
Fresh Romance, Vol. 1 Various Rosy Press via Oni Press 2016
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The Midnighter Roundtables: The Authority by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch
In a historical move, DC Comics has slated to publish the first direct market comic book industry title led by a queer couple, Midnighter & Apollo #1, on October 5th. Midnighter and Apollo certainly aren’t the newest kids on the block, however. The two first appeared in 1998’s Stormwatch ...
Comics, Comics Academe, Roundtables
Comics Academe Roundtable: Teaching Bitch Planet
Since the publication of the first issue of Bitch Planet by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro in December of 2014, many people, inside and outside of academia, have pointed to the comic, the related backmatter and essays, and even the community that has formed around it–as ...
You Want Our Ideas But Not Us: Hollywood’s Whitewashing of Asians Roundtable
Recently, many movie and TV show fans have raised concerns about upcoming releases that involve Asian settings or themes, but center white actors or sideline Asian voices. Doctor Strange, Ghost in the Shell, Netflix’s Iron Fist, Death Note, and The Great Wall perpetuate decades of ...
Snotgirl: Visual Women Roundtable
Snotgirl, by Bryan Lee O’Malley, Leslie Hung, and Mickey Quinn, debuted in July from Image Comics. Industry politics aside, “Image” is a satisfying venue for a comic of this nature. The protagonist, our “snotgirl” Lottie Person, lives for image. She’s a ...
WWAC Talks Friendship & Friendship Break-Ups, Pt. 2: Advice & Media
Earlier this week, we talked about friendships ending: Signs for toxic friendships that need to end, potential reasons for why some friendships end, and how patriarchy can negatively impact our friendships. In Part 2, we continue this conversation by sharing our advice, based on our own ...
Like a Huge Sleepover: The Cursed Child Midnight Release Party
On Saturday, July 30, Harry Potter fans gathered around the world to celebrate the midnight release of The Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany. As there are a number of Harry Potter fans here at Women Write About Comics we decided to check in and see what their release ...
WWAC Talks Friendship & Friendship Break-Ups, Pt. 1: Signs & Reasons
This past February, lifestyle talked friendships for the month of love, because friendships are love relationships, too, of course! And while there’s some good media out there about the nature and cycles of friendship, it’s a hell of a lot harder to find them than media about ...
The Killing Joke Is a Bad Joke that Just Won’t R.I.P
The animated adaptation of the comic The Killing Joke was officially released on July 25th. So far, only a few WWAC contributors have seen it and all declined to review it. Instead we got together to discuss adaptation’s controversial addition of a sexual relationship between Barbara ...
Books That Made Us Cry Laughing in Public
Claire: In the summer of 2001 my family visited North America. We saw relatives in Connecticut (which tickled me; I kept an eye out for signage toward Stonybrooke), went to Boston (Heinz’ beans are better), New York (very tall), Martha’s Vineyard (horseshoe crabs? AWFUL), and up on some kind of ...
