Bad Luck Chuck #1 Matthew Dow Smith (artist), Kelly Fitzpatrick (colourist), Lela Gwenn (writer) Dark Horse Comics March 27, 2019 DISCLAIMER: A copy of this issue was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Lela Gwenn is a former contributor of WWAC. Chuck was born with a very special ability: bad luck. Instead…
Reflecting on 80 Years of Batman with Detective Comics #1000
Detective Comics #1000 Neal Adams (artist), Brad Anderson (colors), Andworld Design (letters), David Baron (colors), Jordie Bellaire (colors), Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Simon Bowland (letters), Elizabeth Breitweiser (colors), Greg Capullo (pencils), Sal Cipriano (letters), Becky Cloonan (art), Amanda Conner (pencils), Clayton Cowles (letters), Tony S. Daniel (art), Paul Dini (writer), Warren Ellis (writer), Steve Epting (art),…
The Future of Entertainment is Female at WonderCon
In her role as Creative Executive for BOOM! Studios’ film division, Mette Norkjaer finds writers and track directors for film and television projects, establishing connections and creating a network for future opportunities. She’s always looking for new and exciting voices with an eye for diversity to ensure appropriate adaptation of the company’s properties. “A lot of…
Livewire #4: The Character Arc We’ve Been Waiting For
Livewire #4 Raúl Allén (artist), Vita Ayala (writer), Patricia Martín (artist), Saida Temofonte (letters) Valiant Comics 13 March, 2019 Amanda McKee, aka Livewire, is depowered and completely in Pan De Santos’ thrall. Her erstwhile ‘sibling’ and rival has become much stronger than when they were under the tutelage of Toyo Harada. But Pan is cocky,…
The Vampyre’s Legacy, Part 3: Deconstructing the Vampire
We have seen how, in the first half of the nineteenth century, vampire fiction was pioneered by John Polidori and elaborated upon by later writers. These explorations continued into the century’s latter half as authors placed the vampire under the microscope, poking and prodding their specimens to work out exactly what the literary vampire represented….
In the Ring With Fantasy Super Cosplay Wrestling (FSCW)
It’s not every day you see Skeletor from He-Man & the Masters of the Universe place a choke hold on Spider-Man. Or Borderland’s Jinx body slam Lana Kane from Archer. Fantasy Super Cosplay Wrestling (FSCW) was created in 2009 by Florida Supercon founder Mike Broder. The idea for FSCW was to “offer a form of…
Astro Hustle #1: Leave the Disco Era in the ’70s
Astro Hustle #1 Crank! (Letters), Ursula Decay (Colours), Jai Nitz (Writer), Tom Reilly (Artist) Dark Horse Comics March 6, 2019 Chen Andalou is a criminal, but he has accepted a sentence that could spare his life. Except, instead of living out his days in exile, he finds himself awake in the midst of a sea…
Previously on Comics: The More Things Change, The More Things Stay the Same
Hello, comics fans! Kate here, returning to my role on Previously on Comics after a year away. Time away made me think that I missed writing this column. Then I sat down to actually write this week’s column and I was hit with a wave of deja vu. It’s enough to make you wonder if…
Con Diary: ECCC, The Convention Unconventional
It feels like we were just writing about convention season ending, and now here we are in the midst of a new one. I confess going into this year’s ECCC with a little trepidation. Last year, the day after the convention was the beginning of our several-week-long site outage. It was a stressful mess, coming…
Project GraphicBio: Interview with Dr. Candida Rifkind
Professor Candida Rifkind has recently concluded a years-long project called Project GraphicBio at University of Winnipeg. Funded in part by a 2015-18 Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, she studied biographies in graphic form, with various groups of students for several semesters. I first heard about the project through…
Dan Parent on Creating Kevin Keller and Drawing Batman
Dan Parent is almost synonymous with Archie—having drawn Archie Comics for over 30 years, he has become intrinsically tied to the series. But recently, he had the opportunity to delve into another world—one featuring beloved DC Comics heroes Batman, Robin, and Batgirl—and he loved every minute! We caught up with Dan Parent at the Toronto…
WWAC Asks… #EmeraldCityComicCon #WWACSwimsuitChallenge
WWAC has been on a campaign for quite some time for Marvel to bring back the swimsuit issue, and for those creators who share our love of swimsuit issues–we see you, and we support you. But honestly, we think every publisher should put out a swimsuit issue. For our newest convention column, WWAC Asks, I…