Natalia Lopes has always wanted to make comics for a living. As of 2019, she has finally begun to live her dream, starting with a successful Kickstarter that that brought the horror anthology Paroxysm to life under Lopes’ MystoPress: “From tales of modern vampires, to the horrifying implications of current events, to the feeling of…
REVIEW: ThirteeN Is A Lucky Find
If there’s one thing I can really appreciate during a pandemic, it’s the idea of employing a full demon summoning circle in order to spend a little quality time with someone.
A Fistful of Comics: Crowdfunding Roundup, February ’21
It’s 2021 and WWAC’s own comics crowdfunding roundup is back, after an admittedly lengthy nap. Lockdown has gone on long enough that my interests are taking a decided turn for the introspective (we all have our escapisms), and Kickstarter this month was happy to provide.
Hourly Comics Day 2021: Obligation and Opportunity
It’s hourly comics day! As I write this, day-of on February 1, 2021, there’s an absolute blizzard on in Brooklyn and I’m watching a superintendent across the street blast a parked car with snow from a snowblower (it’s probably fine). Hourly comics day falls on a Monday this year, during our, uh, 11th month of…
REVIEW: Cream Maid Is a Curious Cat
Cream Maid is the story of a loving couple, Honey and Darling, and their adventures raising a cat known as Cream Maid. Each chapter (thus far) plays out in a formulaic manner — Cream Maid gets in trouble and is lectured, Cream Maid gets upset, and then there’s a touching resolution between the cat and…
Find Modern Peace with Pipette and Dudley Charming Dog Adventure Comics
A comic I return to again and again is Baby Bun, by Yoyo, a mini-mini mini comic I picked up — for 50p — in passing on my way out of OK True Believers in its first or second year. It’s a panel per page sequence of what appears to be a large ice cube…
REVIEW: Breathing In With The Graphic Novel Juliet Takes A Breath
Originally published in January 2016, Gabby Rivera’s debut novel Juliet Takes a Breath was a comforting read that I read as a recently out queer Black person in 2016. Now, the novel has been adapted into a graphic novel by writer Gabby Rivera, illustrator Celia Moscote, colorist James Fenner, and letterer DC Hopkins. Published by…
Miss Zine Festivals? Shop at These Distros!
I’m not a social person, but I love zine festivals. In a typical year, I would have scrounged up some energy, tamped down my social anxiety and dragged my nervous self to at least a couple events. Despite myself, I always have a good time, and I spend a ridiculous amount of money on zines….
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…
REVIEW: The Naughty List is One Weird Sleigh Ride
The Naughty List provided the most bizarre reading experience I’ve ever had in my life. Filled with mixed messages — anti-capitalist statements that clash with frantic pro-Santa propaganda along with anti-video game statements — and extremely bizarre plot choices, it often plays like an Ed Wood fever dream. I don’t recommend reading it, and yet…
REVIEW: Superman/Batman Fan Book Soft Lead is The World’s Sweetest
Batman and Superman have a long and storied history but in a recent fan comic shared on Twitter, artist Chan Chau encompassed a sweet, soft, and caring side of the heroes that we rarely see. The 17 page comic is one of the loveliest things that I’ve read in a while, and both moved and…
A Platform for Philippine Komiks: An Interview With Penlab
Filipino komiks (“comics”) have long had a commercial industry that goes far back as the 1920s, but it has been only until recently that interest in these works has grown outside of the Philippines. With social isolation restrictions still in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many artists have been turning to ways to expand…
