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That Dr. Strange Trailer Sure Is Awful

April 13, 2016

The Dr. Strange trailer. So… it’s here. We hated it. Here’s why: Megan Purdy: This seems like a trailer for four movies in one: The Matrix, Inception, Eat Pray Love and a watery wuxia ripoff for white America. It’s visually confused and so derivative that it makes no argument for its own ...

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Good Girls Like Gambit

April 13, 2016

First, Fox delayed the planned Channing Tatum Gambit movie; now it looks like it won’t be made at all. Fox seems so impressed by Deadpool‘s monster box office that its interests have shifted: a Deadpool franchise looks like a sure winner, a Channing Tatum-led Gambit solo film like ...

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Why I Love Erotic Fanfic and What I Learned From It

April 12, 2016

Fanfiction has a historical relationship to erotica and porn Slash: the subset of fanfiction that now encompasses all sorts of queer relationships that originally denoted a sexual relationship between Kirk and Spock through punctuation (K/S) as opposed to other punctuation markers which denoted ...

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Porn vs. Erotica: What Gets Me Off

April 5, 2016

What is the difference between porn and erotica? If there is a distinction, is it generic or moral? Five WWAC staffers explore the question, their own preferences in sex and sexual media.

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Avengers Academy: Everyone’s Playing It

April 1, 2016

Recently, TinyCo released MARVEL Avengers Academy, and it’s been all many phone gamers can talk about. Tea Fougner reviewed the game for us when it first came out, but after hours of gameplay our writers still had more to say. So, why is this game so addictive? Kate: So, I play my games ...

Comics, Opinion, Profiles & Primers, Roundtables, Zines

DC Devotees and Making Mine Marvel: What Does Brand Loyalty Mean In Comics?

March 28, 2016

Are you “a Marvel fan?” Dedicated to DC? Do you have a loyalty to a different publisher or publishing brand? Does this whole idea perplex or enrage you? Where do you stand in terms of publisher loyalty? We’re thinking about it.

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Appropriate for Kids? A Genre Roundtable

March 22, 2016

Movies are too violent today! TV is full of too much sex! Even kids shows, once innocent and sweet, are full of violent imagery and bad language! Society is crumbling into the sea! Or is it? It’s hard to make decisions about what is and isn’t appropriate for kids. Protective ...

Comics, Opinion, Roundtables, Webcomics

MAN PLUS Take Two (and Three): Araujo’s Midsection

March 9, 2016

Man Plus is currently being published by Titan Comics as a four issue mini; it’s also being serialised for free online through page by page release. Claire and J.A. discuss the second and third issues of Araújo’s Shirowpunk passion project, as they did for part one previously.

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Gaming Group Talks About Gaming Groups

February 29, 2016

It’s hard not to form friendships after hours spent slaying orcs, grinding rep runs, or collecting gil. The friendships we forge in the storytelling and dungeon-crawling fires of gaming can be just as profound—if not more—as those from other sources, and some of the WWAC writers have come to ...

Comics, Roundtables

Review: Zodiac Starforce #4, The Final Issue – We Has Sads

February 25, 2016

Zodiac Starforce #4 Kevin Panetta (script), Paulina Ganucheau (art) Dark Horse February 10, 2015 After a three month delay, the final issue of Zodiac Starforce is out and ready for Angel’s, Desiree’s, and Ginnis’ final thoughts! Disclaimer: This review is based on an advance review from Dark ...

Roundtables

That Dr. Strange Trailer Sure Is Awful

Good Girls Like Gambit

Why I Love Erotic Fanfic and What I Learned From It

Porn vs. Erotica: What Gets Me Off

Avengers Academy: Everyone’s Playing It

DC Devotees and Making Mine Marvel: What Does Brand Loyalty Mean In Comics?

Appropriate for Kids? A Genre Roundtable

MAN PLUS Take Two (and Three): Araujo’s Midsection

Gaming Group Talks About Gaming Groups

Review: Zodiac Starforce #4, The Final Issue – We Has Sads

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