So, I’ve been behind on getting you guys Rebirth Roundups, and I apologize on that front. I’ll be coming back soon, with a slightly revised format, but for now I want to talk about all the big changes coming in June from DC Comics. Lots of titles are changing hands, and most for the better….
Prepare For Shattered Grid: Previously, On Go Go Power Rangers
The upcoming Shattered Grid event is about to overlap two BOOM! Studios Power Ranger titles—if you haven’t caught up yet, never fear. In this article I get you up to speed on what is going on in the Power Rangers comic verse’s younger, more emotional cousin, Go Go Power Rangers. [For more help, check out…
Trans Voices: A Sit Down with Transformers Lost Light’s Rachel Stevens
It was a warm summer morning, and I had woken up with a burst of excitement when I remembered that issue #8 of James Robert’s Lost Light was at long last released. When I had read the cover, I saw a name I didn’t recognize credited as a story consultant: Rachel Stevens. I found that…
A Brief History of the Romantic Entanglements of Kitty Pryde and Piotr Rasputin
With some minor editorialising. 1975: The Russian mutant Colossus, Piotr Rasputin, joins the X-Men in America. 1978: Colossus enjoys some sex with two women of the Savage Land.
Treasures in the Vault: the Women In Front Covers Initiative
If you don’t know about it already, Vault Comics is an up and coming indie comics publisher that Women Write About Comics has covered several times. Vault Comics, or Vault, is a privately owned independent comics publisher founded in 2016 by two ambitious and enthusiastic brothers, Damian and Adrian Wassel. They partnered with Art Director Nathan…
Monthly Marvel Muster: Going Weekly
Welcome to Monthly Marvel Muster, as we look back on January. This column we have two character resurrections, the start of the much-hyped weekly Avengers: No Surrender, and a whole lot of miniseries and one-shots. Marvel had no new ongoing comics in January, but made up for it with five new miniseries and five one-shots….
Exploring CORPUS: A Comic Anthology of Bodily Ailments
Illness is something that all of us experience at some time in our life. Sometimes it’s temporary, or sometimes it ends up defining the way we live our lives. But for such a universal experience, it’s one that’s often explored in arts and culture by people who have a reductive view of what it means…
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Judge Anderson’s Emma Beeby Takes on Mata Hari in a New Dark Horse Series
Exotic dancer. Courtesan. Spy. Double agent. Traitor. The history of Margaretha Geertruida “Margreet” MacLeod, better known as Mata Hari, is fraught with controversy, but, according to an eye witness at her 1917 execution in Paris, one thing is true: Mata Hari was defiant to the end. The third offering from Karen Berger’s new Dark Horse…
Cyberforce: Silvestri’s Tin Men Evolution
I was raised on X-Men, but when I hit my late teens/young adulthood, I needed something more. Marc Silvestri’s Uncanny X-Men introduced me to hints of X-lives that titillated during my exploration of my own sexuality, but it wasn’t until the bad boys picked up and moved on over to Image Comics that I truly…
Superheroes in the Middle East: A Profile of Wayl Comics
Unrest in the Middle East has become a kind of punchline when delivering news. It seems almost impossible for any media to portray the region in an equitable light. From within the region, efforts are being made by individuals to share a more balanced view. One of these individuals is Zaid Adham, creator of the…
Women Making Comics: Katie Green on the Power of Autobiographical Comics
This article contains references to eating disorders and sexual abuse. Katie Green is an artist based in the south west of the UK. She creates comics and zines, as well as designing craft projects and knitting patterns. With her latest book, Lighter Than My Shadow, she chronicles her struggle with—and recovery from—eating disorders and sexual…
He Yams What He Yam: Discovering Popeye Through Popeye Otaku
There is nothing more convincing than conviction. Who has it? Fans have it. I want to introduce you to a fan I know—a fan whose pure enthusiasm’s already had me buying three separate, rather large books. His name is Troy, but he goes by Popeye Otaku. He loves Popeye. On twitter he lives Popeye, using…