Back in February, Diplo used an original GIF by illustrator Rebecca Mock as background art in promoting his music. Staff writer Jo Fu wrote about the incident and his misogynistic response to the fallout. Here, she speaks with Mock about how artists can protect themselves and their work.
A Modern Day Indiana Jane: Kristi Charish’s Owl and the Japanese Circus
Owl and the Japanese Circus is the start of a brand new urban fantasy adventure series by debut author Kristi Charish. It’s about a young woman named Alix Hiboux a.k.a Owl. Alix is a former student of archaeology who now “acquires” antiquities for private collectors for the right price. She’s tough, resourceful, a little hot…
The Visual Interference of the Gods: Interview with Christian Ward of Ody-C
One of the most innovative and beautiful comics of the past year has been Matt Fraction and Christian Ward’s Ody-C (Image Comics): a gender-swapped, psychedelic revisiting of the Odyssey in space — although, of course, it’s also much more than that. I talked to Christian Ward about reinterpreting myth, divine psychedelia, and the individuality of…
Secondhand Memories and Cell Phone Novels: An Interview with Takatsu
Technological advances, the invention of the internet, and the so-called “Digital Revolution” have undoubtedly impacted our daily lives. The ways in which we communicate with one another have drastically changed since my birth in the 1980s. The internet has especially helped to bring about the global “democratization of knowledge” and information, which has lead to…
Women Making Comics: An Interview with Emet Comics Founder Maytal Gilboa
Emet Comics is an upcoming imprint of comics by women for women. Founded by Maytal Gilboa late last year, Emet Comics currently has six comic books in production to be sold digitally through Comixology around June this year. The website launches in a few weeks, where you’ll be able to read previews of all their…
Comic Book & Toy Show: Get Your Fifty Cent Comics Here!
Walking into the small Ramada Hotel ballroom, you have to stop and stare in awe at the sheer amount of product the minds behind the Comic Book and Toy Show have packed tightly, yet completely organized, in. Boxes upon white boxes are lined all around the room, framing the walls, and marked with shiny clear…
Crushing on Romance Comics: An Interview with Historian Jacque Nodell
A few months ago, I stumbled across a lovely little gem at my local used bookstore, a collection of Marvel romance comics. Being a comic geek and recovering academic, this obviously began a spiral of research into romance comics. Along the way, I stumbled across Jacque Nodell’s blog Sequential Crush. Jacque is a romance comic historian,…
An Interview with LUMBERJANES Writer Grace Ellis and Artist Brooke A. Allen
Grace Ellis is a writer most well-known for co-creating Lumberjanes and her work on the site Autostraddle. She is a proud native of wondrous Ohio and when she’s not coming up with amazing mix-tapes, she’s most likely enjoying nature and the great outdoors. Brooke Allen is a cartoonist/illustrator spending most days in DC with her…
Interview: Jem’s Sophie Campbell Talks Diversity and Revamping Jem for the 21st Century
As the excitement builds for the upcoming comic reboot of Jem and the Holograms, I recently interviewed Sophie Campbell, the artist on the title. Readers may also be familiar with Campbell’s work on titles such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Glory, and more indie fare such as Shadoweyes and Wetmoon. We talked the new look for…
Windblade Returns in Transformers: Combiner Wars
In 2014, artist Sarah Stone and writer Mairghread Scott brought a brand new character to life in the Transformers comics, through the Transformers: Windblade miniseries. Its four issues saw Windblade, an idealistic and pacifistic woman, try to help the planet of Cybertron with the aid of her fellow robot from Caminus, Chromia. At the same…
Illustrating the new Thor: Interview with Marguerite Sauvage
By now you’ve likely heard the news. In the current run of Thor, his hammer has passed to a woman. We still don’t know her identity but it’s already time for her to make her first appearance in an Annual. And Marvel didn’t hold back when signing on the creative talent to produce this issue….
James Roberts on IDW’s Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye
James Roberts, writer and mastermind, talks robots, disguises, and the scope and humanity of IDW’s Cybertronian comics universe. Robot gender, robot psychology, and entry points for new readers — this sprawling conversation with WWAC staffer, Rachel Stevens, has it all. — Megan