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Batwoman’s Julia Pennyworth Casting is All Wrong

December 10, 2019

In episode seven of Batwoman, ‘Tell Me The Truth,’ viewers were introduced to Julia Pennyworth (Christina Wolfe), Kate Kane’s (Ruby Rose) mentor and Alfred Pennyworth’s daughter.

Comics, Interviews, Opinion

Four-Colour Faves: Jackie Brown presents Mister Sinister

December 6, 2019

Whether he’s messing around in the Summers gene pool, or messing around in, well, the entire mutant population’s gene pool, Mister Sinister — nee Nathaniel Essex — is one of the most enigmatic villains the X-Men have ever faced. He’s always got something up his ...

Comics, Essays, Opinion

The Performative Horniness of Dawn of X

December 4, 2019

Adjoining bedrooms. That was all it took for the X-Men’s most infamous love triangle to suddenly become a canon poly triad in the minds of fans everywhere. Elsewhere in the same issue, we bore witness to Corsair’s partner hitting on Rachel Summers, his granddaughter, another character generally ...

Con Diaries, Cosplay, Opinion

Con Diary: Thought Bubble 2019

December 3, 2019

This year was to be only my second time attending Thought Bubble, the first two years ago and, having missed 2018 as it was the weekend after my wedding. As much as I was tempted to bring my wedding dress and get a second wear of that puppy at the mid-con party, I opted for gorging myself on ...

Comics, News, Opinion, Pubwatch, Reviews

Marvel Comics Pubwatch: November

November 28, 2019

Welcome to the November Marvel Pubwatch, and my first review piece for WWAC! Real excited to get down to business with some news and reviews.

Indie & Small Press, Opinion, Webcomics

Homestuck Part Deux: Thoughts on the Sequel to a Spectacle

November 22, 2019

What is a Homestuck, exactly? On the most basic level, it’s a long-running webcomic about kids playing video games and forming friendships amidst the apocalypse. It’s a phenomenon that took the internet by storm, inspiring such depths of fandom that the size and enthusiasm of its followers ...

Comics, Opinion, Roundtables

X-Men Book Club: Justice for Madelyne Pryor

November 15, 2019

Madelyne Pryor first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #168 as a seemingly normal woman who bore an uncanny (ha) resemblance to the dead X-Man Jean Grey. Jean’s lover Cyclops rushed to marry Madelyne and had a child with her, but abandoned them both when Jean returned from the dead. Madelyne allied ...

Comics, Essays, Opinion

Adoption Papers for Rahne Sinclair

November 12, 2019

New Mutants #1, in addition to being a great issue in its own right, had a very important highlight: like other mutants, Rahne Sinclair is alive again. That brings us to an important point of discussion regarding her: She’s ours now. By ‘ours’, of course, I mean that she belongs to trans ...

Comics, Opinion, Reviews

Breaking In! With Daredevil #261

November 12, 2019

Daredevil #261 Ann Nocenti (writer), John Romita Jr. (penciler), Joe Rosen (letterer), Al Williamson (inker), and Greg Wright (colourist) Marvel Comics December 1988 Before I watched any of the Daredevil Netflix show, I knew two things about Matt Murdock from my comic friends. First, at one ...

Comics, Opinion, Roundtables

Open House: HoXPoX and a New Era for X-Men

November 8, 2019

It wouldn’t be misspeaking to say that we enjoyed House of X and Powers of X around here, as a bunch of die-hard X-Men fans. Now that the twin series are wrapped up, we sat down to have a chat about the moments that worked for us, the moments that didn’t, and what we hope to see ...

Opinion

Batwoman’s Julia Pennyworth Casting is All Wrong

Four-Colour Faves: Jackie Brown presents Mister Sinister

The Performative Horniness of Dawn of X

Con Diary: Thought Bubble 2019

Marvel Comics Pubwatch: November

Homestuck Part Deux: Thoughts on the Sequel to a Spectacle

X-Men Book Club: Justice for Madelyne Pryor

Adoption Papers for Rahne Sinclair

Breaking In! With Daredevil #261

Open House: HoXPoX and a New Era for X-Men

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