For the past five years, Comics and Cola has been a reliable source of information, connection and reflection upon… comics. Very little Cola content. But Zainab Akhtar has had enough of the Islamophobia that’s permeated comics so blazing since #jesuisCharlie, and before and after that, and all through everything. She doesn’t want to be a…
Getting Our Hands Dirty in Gardening Games
Games allow us to do a great many things: fly, fight ghosts, garden out of season. While gardening may not be the most magical of skills, nor the most common topic for gaming, it can be almost as rewarding as the real thing when it’s done right with few of the downsides.
Searching for Glendower: Reflecting on The Raven Cycle
In 2012 Scholastic took the Young Adult book world by storm when they published The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater, the first book in the new Raven Cycle series. It stared a young girl named Blue Sargent, who lives with her aunts, all of whom are clairvoyant, in a small town. Blue’s life may be unconventional…
Hook Rules! Disney’s NEW Live Action Peter Pan Can Only Drool
The humdrum Cinderella and half-assed Jungle Book weren’t enough — Disney is continuing with its program of turning old cartoons into new live action CGI films with a live action adaptation of Peter Pan. Wait, didn’t we just do this? No, that was Pan, the awkward and unpopular movie with Hugh Jackman as Captain Hook and…
Back to Stars Hollow: A Gilmore Girls Revival Roundtable
After much speculation and back and forth, the Gilmore Girls (GG) revival is finally underway and currently filming. Several of the WWAC GG fangurls, Draven Katayama, Ginnis Tonik, Al Rosenberg, and Kate Tanski sat down, figuratively, to discuss our hopes and dreams for the revival and even share a little flash GG fanfiction!
Returning to the Four Lands: A Shannara Chronicles Roundtable
Season one of The Shannara Chronicles came to a dramatic close, then spiraled into a cliffhanger that promised more adventures in the post-apocalyptic fantasy world. Based The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks, the show takes us on the journey of half-elf Wil Ohmsford (Austin Butler), human rogue, Eretria (Ivana Basquero), and the elf princess,…
Sex Pixels: A Roundtable Discussion About Sex in Games
It’s sex month here at WWAC, and video games are one of the sexiest mediums around. Also the least sexy. So, the Games section sat down to chat pixels and porn. What sexy video games do you play, reader?
April Sex Month Roundtable: Let’s Talk Sex Toys!
What month-long focus on sex would be complete without a roundtable on sex toys? Other WWACers and I dished about what works for us, what doesn’t, along with some helpful tips thrown into the mix.
Surviving #BatmanVSuperman: A Food and Drink Guide
You’ve read the bad reviews. You’ve heard all your friends moaning and groaning. You know it and you accept it. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is a bad movie. But you’re gonna see it anyway. Don’t worry friends, we’ve got your back. Here’s how you’re going to make it through the worst superhero film…
Orphan Black: Back to the Beginning – 3 Takes on the Season 4 Premiere
Orphan Black returns for season four by taking viewers to a place we did not expect: the past. The episode opened by throwing us right into the mystery that started it all, but from a whole new angle and through the eyes of a brand new clone, and the clone who started us down this rabbit…
That Dr. Strange Trailer Sure Is Awful
The Dr. Strange trailer. So… it’s here. We hated it. Here’s why: Megan Purdy: This seems like a trailer for four movies in one: The Matrix, Inception, Eat Pray Love and a watery wuxia ripoff for white America. It’s visually confused and so derivative that it makes no argument for its own existence. It relies…