Quarry’s War #1 Max Allan Collins (Writer), Szymon Kudranski (Artist), Guy Major (Colorist), Comicraft (Letterer), Charles Ardai (Consulting Editor) Hard Case Crime / Titan Comics 29 November 2017 If you’re like me, you may not be overly familiar with Quarry, the series of novels that inspired this comic, or the fact that it has also…
The Comic Book History of Comics #1: Fun, Detailed but Limited
The Comic Book History of Comics: Comics For All #1 Fred Van Lente (Writer and Letters), Ryan Dunlavey (Artist), Adam Guzowski (Colours) IDW December 20, 2017 We all know the term “graphic novel.” Most of us have graphic novels on our bookshelves. But where did this term originate? How did comic strips lead to comic…
Little Tails on the Farm is French Family Fun
Little Tails on the Farm Frédéric Brrémaud (writer), Federico Bertolucci (artist), Mike Kennedy (translator) Lion Forge Comics January 2018 Little Tails on the Farm is perfect for the parent who is tired of board books, but whose child isn’t ready for Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur just yet. Little Tails follows pals Squizzo and Chipper on a grand…
Sword of Ages Stars An Epic Heroine
Sword of Ages #1 Gabriel Rodriguez (Writer and Artist), Lovern Kindzierski (Colorist), Robbie Robbins (Letterer) IDW November 29, 2017 The first issue of Sword of Ages reminds of my childhood, partly because it combines, without contradiction or explanation, the mythic register of high fantasy with spacefaring technology, and partly because the protagonist, Avalon, is exactly…
Small Press Bites: Faves of 2017 Edition
Another year has come to a close, and in-between experiencing an existential despair heretofore unknown to me, I read a bunch of great comics. And so did our bevy of wonderful writers! And some of those comics happened to come from small presses, indie creators, self-publishing, and the internet. We’ve written up a collection of…
Adventure Time Vol. 13: Genuinely Mathematical
Adventure Time Vol. 13 Christopher Hastings (Writer), Ian McGinty (Artist), Maarta Laiho (Colors), Mike Fiorentino (Letters) BOOM! Studios December 26, 2017 Adventure Time Volume 13 is an epic story involving dungeons, space-time paradoxes, personal sacrifice for the greater good, and a look into the past. It starts with a visit to Finn’s childhood dungeon that his adopted dog-father…
Wolfenstein: Who Knew Killing Nazis Could Be This Boring?
Wolfenstein, Vol. 1 Dan Watters (Writer), Piotr Kowalski & Ronilson Freire (Artists), Brad Simpson, Greg Menzie & Thiago Ribeiro (Colorists), Jonathan Stevenson (Letterer) Titan Comics December 19, 2017
Clandestino: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Clandestino Amancay Nahuelpan (Writer and Artist) Black Mask Studios, LLC January 10, 2018 In 1973, Tairona was destabilized by a military coup, and 20 years later, fighting between rebel forces and the government regime established by the general who led the coup continues. People are tired of fear, tired of loss, and want their country…
Sleepless #1: a Fairytale
Sleepless #1 Sarah Vaughn (Writer), Leila del Duca (Artist), Alissa Sallah (Colorist), Deron Bennett (Letterer) Image Comics December 6, 2017 The living daughter of a dead king. The knight who seems to be neither living nor dead. The plot to send them all to the sarcophagi housed below. Sleepless #1 follows Pyppenia, the princess, and Cyrenic,…
WWAC’s Favorite Big Press Comics of 2017
With 2018 and a whole slate of new comics on the horizon, the writers of WWAC looked back to reflect on their favorite big press comics of the year. Featuring superheroes, techno-barbarians, creepy towns, and much more, there’s something for everybody here. Here’s to a year of awesome comics!
“Bug! The Adventures of Forager” Concludes with a Meaningful Reveal
Bug! The Adventures of Forager #6 Lee Allred and Michael Allred (Storytellers), Laura Allred (Colorist), Nate Piekos of Blambot (Letterer) DC Comics December 13, 2017 Spoiler Warning: Discussion of important plot points follows Bug! The Adventures of Forager #6 is a beautiful mess that closes the miniseries with a string of unexpectedly profound musings about…
Comparing the Heart of Assassin’s Creed: Reflections With Its Ancestors
Assassin’s Creed: Reflections Ian Edginton (Writer),Valeria Favoccia (Artist), Giorgia Sposito (Inker), Carlos Lopez (Colorist) Titan Comics September 23, 2017 This articles contains spoilers for the Assassin’s Creed II game and Assassin’s Creed: Reflections. For those who may not be familiar with the Assassin’s Creed game series from Ubisoft, it is a tale of the Templars and the Assassins,…