Haley Mori wants to be famous. Actually, she wants to be Insta famous. An alternative model riddled with debt (she can barely afford to scrape together the few dollars for a cup of coffee), Hailey adopts the hashtag #snapflashhustle after noticing the hits it generates on Instagram. And it does—a single photo lands her the well-paid…
Orphan Black: The Next Chapter Brings Back Our Clone Club Faves
A thrilling, if not entirely fulfilling, addition to the canon of the show, Orphan Black: The Next Chapter succeeds on an emotional level while adding a lot of — perhaps too many? — layers to the scientific conspiracies that led us here.
Fallen Angels #3: Have We Hit Rock Bottom Yet?
Only two short weeks after the last issue of Fallen Angels, and it’s time for another helping of this extremely dysfunctional and badly characterized X-team. So is Fallen Angels #3 better than the previous issues? No, not really. This book is a complete garbage fire, and with the announcement of Hellions it sure seems like…
New Mutants #3: Newer than New Mutants
Writer Ed Brisson takes the wheel from Jonathan Hickman in New Mutants #3, kicking off the first earthbound arc of the book with Flaviano, Carlos Lopez, Travis Lanham, and Tom Muller. While Sunspot and the original New Mutants stumble into intergalactic political intrigue off-world, Armor assembles a Krakoan team drawing from multiple generations of newer…
Titan Comics PUBWATCH: December 2019
Light your menorah, pour a glass of eggnog, fire up the carols, and let’s see how Titan Comics is ringing in the holiday season.
Far Sector #2: It’s Not Easy Being Green
Far Sector #2 Deron Bennett (letterer), Jamal Campbell (artist), Maggie Howell (assistant editor), N. K. Jemisin (writer), Andy Khouri (editor) DC’s Young Animal December 11, 2019 The cover of Far Sector #2 implies that there’s some downtime. when we open to the first page, Sojourner “Jo” Mullein, dressed in a green suit and clip-clopping heels,…
Days of Sugar and Spice: A Saccharine Tale That Lacks Zing
Days of Sugar and Spice Loïc Clément (writer), Cromatik Ltd (letters), Montana Kane (translation), Anne Montel (artist and colours) Europe Comics November 20, 2019 Disclaimer: Izneo has provided WWAC with a VIP Access Pass. Graphic designer Rose isn’t exactly enjoying her job, or her life. But when her father dies, leaving his beloved bakery Brav Eo to…
Kitten Construction Company is a Sure Hit for Reluctant Readers
Kitten Construction Company: A Bridge Too Fur John Patrick Green First Second October 1, 2019 Welcome back to another edition of Melissa and Alenka Review a Comic about Cats! In past installations we talked about cats and identity in Finding Molly from Emet Comics and the delightful strangeness of Benji Nate’s Catboy. This time we leaned…
The Exquisitely Beautiful Darkness of Snow, Glass, Apples
Snow, Glass, Apples Colleen Doran (artist), Neil Gaiman (writer), Val Trullinger (flatter) Dark Horse Comics August 2019 Disney has mastered the art of reimagining fairy tales to the point where many believe their versions to be true to the originals, but it’s always a delight to find reimaginings that twist the story in entirely new…
Excalibur #3 Takes Flight on the Back of a Dragon
Excalibur #3 Erick Arciniega (Colorist), Tini Howard (Writer), Tom Muller (Designer), Cory Petit (Letterer), Marcus To (Artist) December 4, 2019 This review contains spoilers for Excalibur #3, and contains discussion of past depictions of suicide within the X-Men franchise. So far, the Dawn of X has had everything anyone could want. Mutant culture, intergalactic politics,…
Marauders #3: Black King to e7
Marauders #3 Federico Blee (colorist), Russel Dauterman (cover artist), Gerry Duggan (writer), Matteo Lolli (artist), Tom Muller (design), VC’s Cory Petit (letterer) Marvel Comics December 4, 2019 The X-Men are very familiar with working with their enemies on various teams for the greater good, but Dawn of X’s new status quo means that everyone is…
X-Men #3: OK Bloomer
X-Men #3 Gerry Alanguilan (inker), Rain Beredo (colorist), VC’s Clayton Cowles (letterer), Sonny Gho (colorist), Jonathan Hickman (writer), Tom Muller (design), Leinil Francis Yu (artist & inker) Marvel Comics December 4, 2019 A Krakoan gate is jeopardized, and the X-Men travel to the Savage Land to investigate an unexpected threat. Just the mention of the…
