Hello from your Friendly Neighbourhood Previously editor! It’s a short round-up this week because December is busy, busy, busy.
A Year of Diana Wynne Jones: The Mid Eighties!
In my quest to read all of Diana Wynne Jones’s books in one year, this month I read Archer’s Goon, The Skiver’s Guide, and Fire and Hemlock! I was especially excited to read The Skiver’s Guide, which I had never read before! And (so far) Archer’s Goon remains my favorite standalone of her work. It’s…
INTERVIEW: Emma Rios Talks Sea Monsters, Isolation, & Trauma in Anzuelo
“In Anzuelo, the Sea, secretly more complex than anyone imagined, rises one day. The horizon folds as the Sea absorbs the world and transforms everything that’s been pulled inside it. Three kids find themselves unmoored and lost, but brought together by the physical and mental changes wrought by the tides and a desire to avoid…
REVIEW: Marvel Zombies: Dawn of Decay is a Real Rotter
Marvel Zombies: Dawn of Decay is a surprisingly sad yet electrifying trip through a New York City that’s once again been taken over by zombified superheroes. Who will survive, what will be left of them, and will Groot be too traumatized to deal with the havoc to come?
VIZ Pubwatch November 2024
The unceasing march of time continues, and VIZ media continues to release cool new comics! This month we’re catching up on previously-reviewed series Hirayasumi and Trillion Game and introducing the buzzy new shojo manga Colette Decides to Die. But first, the news.
REVIEW: Joker: Folie à Deux: Arthur and Lee’s Bad Romance
In Joker: Folie à Deux, the long-awaited sequel to Todd Phillips’s Oscar-winning 2019 film Joker, failed comedian turned spree killer, Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), strikes up a romance with fellow Arkham Asylum inmate, Lee Quinzel (Lady Gaga). Their relationship unfolds over the course of Arthur’s legal trial where the defense attempts to answer the question:…
Archie Pubwatch: November 2024
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for November! I’m Lisa, reporting from a corner booth at Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe with this month’s news. In November’s Pubwatch, Archie announces their Free Comic Book Day offering and explains how facsimile issues work. Plus, plenty of new variant covers, and much more!
A Year of Diana Wynne Jones: The Early 1980s!
In my quest to read all of Diana Wynne Jones’s books in one year, this month I read The Magicians of Caprona, The Time of the Ghost, The Homeward Bounders, and Witch Week! This month’s reading was a roller coaster, as it included the book I consider the scariest of Diana Wynne Jones’s work, and…
Exclusive Preview: Archie Is… Mr. Justice #2
Archie’s become a supersonic man, but will Veronica be a friend or a foe? Find out in our exclusive preview of Archie is…Mr. Justice #2.
Previously On: Spotlighting Trans Stories & a Holiday Gift Idea for the Bookstore Lover
I’ve got a few things in the Previously queue for you today, including Big Name Publishers publishing trans stories (yay!), but unfortunately Even Bigger Names…not (srsly?!). Also, a little holiday gift suggestion for you.
WWACommendations: Morgana and Oz, Paper Cuts, Squire, and More
This month’s WWACommendations could be subtitled: “Damn, Comics Really are Everywhere.” We’re still reading titles published by the big two, but we’re also reading on Webtoons or picking up print collections that started on the app. We’re reading kickstarted collections from well known publishers, books available in bookstores and libraries, volumes self-published by the creators,…
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: Metal Hurlant Returns with “Peppermint Wendy”
50 years after the debut of Metal Hurlant in France, the iconic and genre defining publication is returning to English, with a bigger and bolder iteration than ever before: as a quarterly anthology published by Humanoids. WWAC is thrilled to present an exclusive preview from “Peppermint Wendy,” an upcoming story in this exciting new series by writer/artist…
