DC FanDome kicked off with a major DCEU panel: Wonder Woman 1984. Director Patty Jenkins was joined by lead actor Gal Gadot, along with Chris Pine (who returns as Steve Trevor), Kristen Wiig (who joins as Barbara Minerva/ Cheetah), and Pedro Pascal (who will be portraying Maxwell Lord).
Marauders #11 Buries Kate Pryde’s Jewish Legacy
Kitty Pryde has been a favorite character for Jewish superhero fans since her inception, but Marauders #11 insults everything about her identity. Created by John Byrne and Chris Claremont in 1980, Kitty is notably one of the few Marvel characters who has been depicted as Jewish since her creation. By comparison, Ben Grimm, who was…
Race in DC’s Middle Grade and Young Adult Comics
Over the last two years, DC Comics has released more than a dozen titles geared towards children and teenagers, many of which are written by women and feature, as leading characters, girls. However, although a number of these books have people of color on their creative teams, whether as writers or artists, most feature white…
Last Week’s Episode: The One Where We Get More Unnecessary Reboots
It’s time for buying school supplies whether you need them or not. I mean everyone could use another empty notebook to add to their collection, right? No? Just me? Well if I’ve learned anything from 2020, it’s that buying things stupid cheap things like pens and notebooks can make me forget briefly about the hellscape…
REVIEW: John Constantine: Hellblazer #8 Proves Subtext is for Cowards
John Constantine: Hellblazer #8, like the rest of the series, seems to take its cue from a famous clip of Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace: “I know writers who use subtext and they’re all cowards.”
Vault Comics Pubwatch: August 2020
This month at Vault Comics sees the introduction of Shadow Service #1, featuring a series of gorgeous covers that highlight the gothic horror/spy thriller vibe of the series. We chatted about the main cover a few months back in our Cover Girl series and came to the conclusion that we were intrigued by what this…
REVIEW: Empyre: X-Men #3: Is There Life on Genosha?
Genosha, once the graveyard for 16 million mutants, is now crawling with life! Well, alien and zombie life (half-life?), that is. Suddenly swarmed, the X-Men have called in a small army of psychics to stave both invasions. Can they succeed? Read on with Dani Kinney and Kayleigh Hearn to find out!
REVIEW: Power Rangers: Ranger Slayer #1 Gives Us Zombies and Betrayals
In Power Rangers: Ranger Slayer #1, Kimberly Hart, aka the Pink Ranger, aka Ranger Slayer, returns home to find that things have changed… and not for the better. With all the history and baggage she has on her world, how is she ever going to be able to save it?
REVIEW: Little Witches: Magic in Concord Casts a Spell on Alcott’s Classic Novel
In Leigh Dragoon’s inventive take on Little Women, the March girls are all witches — and the Laurences, freshly moved in next door, are witchfinders.
REVIEW: Cable #3 Misses Its Target
I was along for the ride in the first couple of issues, but I have to say that Cable #3 has a little too much of some things I am absolutely not fond of. Chief among them? Well, it starts with Dead and ends with Pool.
REVIEW: Winter’s Teeth #1 Enters Vampire the Masquerade’s World of Darkness
Vampire stories are a genre unto themselves. Bram Stoker’s vampires operate by different rules than Anne Rice’s vampires or Stephanie Meyer’s vampires. But for those of us who play Vampire: The Masquerade obsessively, the World of Darkness vampires are the end all, be all of the species. Not only do they behave by different rules,…
WWACommendations: Gender Queer, Skate!!! Fire 100, HoverGirls, Lynda Barry, and More
What comics have you been reading lately? Every month, WWAC contributors share some of the comics we’ve especially enjoyed recently. Is there a comic you just can’t get enough of? Tell us about it on Twitter!
