Merry Christmas, comics fans! I hope the gift that you were hoping to see under your Christmas tree was…reviews of Lion Forge comics! Because my December Pubwatch happens to fall on Christmas! In fact, if you felt like you hadn’t heard any Lion Forge news from us in a while, you’re right! We moved the…
Previously On Comics: You’re As Cold As Ice
Here at WWAC, it seems like we started our awards polls a little early–specifically, the Worst Editorial Decision category, as Marvel decided it was going to throw a last minute wringer in the works, by forcing Teen Iceman of the time-displaced original five X-Men back into the closet before sending him home. Occurring in the…
Book Beat: The End of Tin House, The More Canada Report, and #ReadTheOnePercent
Hello Bookmarked readers! It’s Emily again, here to share some quick book news between getting all my work and shopping done for the Christmas holiday. I hope everyone in similar positions this holiday season is getting things done on time, so you can enjoy some downtime if you have it. As Paige said last week, it’s…
Previously, in Comics: Help Me, Comics is Dyyyyyyyiiiiiiing!
Although this week could not escape a touch of ignominy, positive news abounded in the comicsphere. It traveled around the globe before crash-landing in Arizona, leaving a host of announcements in its wake. (Content warning: There are links to and discussion of sexual assault, emotional abuse, and mental abuse in this week’s news under the…
Book Beat: More Poetic Plagiarism, U.K. Publishing’s Code of Conduct, and A Phone Call Dispute
Hello lovely readers! This is your Bookmarked editor Paige, here to share all the latest publishing news in this week’s Book Beat. Admittedly, it was a little difficult finding news that wasn’t a Top Books of 2018 list. The holiday season is upon us, so the news cycle has started to slow down. Between that…
Book Beat: Adeyemi’s Title Trouble, Pushcart Plagiarism, and MWA Honour Withdrawal
Hello everyone and happy December! A big congratulations to those of you who completed or participated in NaNoWriMo. I hope you’re giving yourselves a bit of a break now (maybe by… reading a book). I also hope everyone celebrating holidays this month are enjoying the season. As we’re all well aware at this point, the…
Previously on Comics: Layoffs at Lion Forge, Creators Supporting Creators, and the Bests of 2018
Despite the MCU, well, existing, I still get a little tingly about the fact that comics continue to hit the mainstream media nowadays, like G. Willow Wilson’s new Wonder Woman making headlines over at Vogue. It’s not always a good tingly feeling, especially in those moments when the comics industry likes to prove how trash…
Oni Press MEGAPUBWATCH part DEUX: October and November
Welcome back to WWAC’s official Oni Press Pubwatchm brought to you by me, Jazmine. If you are new to WWAC’s Pubwatches, they are a summation of what a comics publisher has been up to in the past month. Life got a bit wonky last month, and due to health reasons this will be my last…
Book Beat: An Awful Book Won’t Be Sitting in the Library Anytime Soon
Hello lovely readers! Welcome to another weekly installment of Book Beat, brought to you by your Bookmarked Editor Paige. Considering Thanksgiving lulled the U.S. into a massive food-induced coma last week, you’d think the book world would be super chill and not up to any mischief. Truly, I thought I’d had a calm week of…
Previously on Comics: Just Subscribe To Shortbox, Thanks
News this week started off big when the story of Dave McKean and Jack Gantos’ book, A Suicide Bomber Sits In The Library, went viral. Gantos and McKean, two white men, created a book purportedly about a child bomber, who is moved to nonviolence by the act of…reading Western literature. It’s a blatantly racist and…
Previously in Comics: Excelsior!
The comics world honored the lives of three men this week, each lost at very different points in their lives. One gone far too soon, lost in his twenties; another in middle age, having spent some 30 years bringing comics into the public eye; and the last, among of the first to have a hand…
Book Beat: PW Industry Salary Survey, B&N/WHSmith, and J.K. Rowling’s Lawsuit
Hello lovely readers! Welcome to another week of Book Beat, brought to you by your Bookmarked editor, Paige. As we near the end of the year, it’s about time for some self-reflection. You take a good hard look at your year and see all the things that have gone right, what’s maybe gotten a little…