I know what you’re wondering. “Hm… what has Lion Forge been up to this month?” Well, reader, you’re in the right place, because this is the Lion Forge Pubwatch! First up: get ready to want to read some comics, because here are the reviews!
Book Beat: Fundraisers, Green’s Slang Dictionary, and the World Fantasy Awards
Hello again! It’s Emily, back to tell you about the latest Book Beat buzz. We’re officially a week into November and NaNoWriMo. Shout out to all who are participating! This week, I have some literary fundraisers, a dictionary update, and a few award-winning fantasy to share. So, let’s get right into it.
Previously On Comics: Asking For The Check
Good morning! It was a relatively quiet one, as things go. Here’s some comics news. Jillian Tamaki has won the Governor General’s Literary Award for her book They Say Blue. Because she’s fantastic, she’s donating $10,000 of her prize money to organizations promoting adult literacy and housing justice. Our hearts go out to Duane Swierczynski,…
Book Beat: Diversity in U.S. Publishing Languishes and Arisia (Finally) Fires President
Hello lovely readers! Welcome to another weekly installment of Book Beat, brought to you by your Bookmarked editor Paige. It might be a bit unnecessary to say, but the publishing industry is a unique, concentrated microcosm of our society. When the industry and the books it releases into the world succeed in embodying the diversity, complexities,…
Previously in Comics: An Ever-Expanding Universe
Good morning. After a mostly quiet early week, the comics world punched things into overdrive over the weekend.
DC PUBWATCH – October Edition
The biggest news this month came out of New York Comic Con, where Brian Michael Bendis announced his new imprint “Wonder Comics.” The imprint is focused on the teenage heroes of the DC Universe, and headlining that announcement was the returns of Bart Allen, Tim Drake, Cassie Sandsmark, and Conner Kent as an updated Young…
Book Beat: Publisher Merger, Passing of Little Free Libraries Creator, and An Incident at Vancouver Writers Fest
Hello all! It’s Emily here again. I hope you’ve all been having a wonderful week and are keeping warm amid the cooling temperatures. I’ve already spotted some flurries in the air this October, if you can believe it. But the cool weather just gives me an excuse to read some books and write from the…
Found in Translation: Anthea Bell
My brother is eleven years older than I am. When I was born, he took it upon himself to raise me, from diaper changes, to teaching me the names of important dinosaurs. He fostered in me the greatest gift a sibling could give: the love of reading. While his X-Men collection is why I’m the…
Previously On Comics: Bell’s Farewell
Good morning. Let’s talk news. We bid farewell to Anthea Bell, translator of Asterix and Kafka. Bell’s localization work is directly responsible for many kids’, including a few of our own contributors, early love of comics. She was a treasure, and she’ll be missed. Vin Diesel’s take on Valiant Comics’ Bloodshot has a proper synopsis….
Book Beat: Forest of Reading Nominees, Frankfurt Book Fair Recap, and “There’s a Poem For That!”
Hello all, Emily here! I’ve recently returned from a trip where I had limited internet, so I’ve been scrolling Twitter and checking all my favourite book and bookish sites, including this one, to get caught up on everything I missed. Luckily for me, Paige and Christa held down the Book Beat fort, and now it’s…
Oni Press PUBWATCH: September, Baby!
Welcome back to WWAC’s official Oni Press Pubwatch, brought to you by me, Jazmine. If you are new to WWAC’s Pubwatches, they are summations of what a comics publisher has been up to in the past month. This one is Oni Press’s September goings-on. This Pubwatch will be different from my last; it will not…
Previously On Comics: Sender of Dick Pics Wishes They’d Never Sent Them
Friends, it has been A Week. A strange, exasperating, exhausting week.
