Things are a little quiet now that San Diego Comic-Con is over, but have no fear, we still have plenty of comics-related news for you. First up, a couple of stories about just how hard it can be for the folks who make comics to also make a buck:
My First Comic: Enter Sandman
Four years ago, everything I knew about comics came from Saturday morning cartoons (X-Men, BTAS, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I honestly didn’t read comics. I knew we had a local comic shop, but had never been there. I really wasn’t all that interested in comics as a storytelling medium….
The Silver Sprocket Take Over Continues
Silver Sprocket have quickly established themselves as a force to be reckoned with in the often homogeneous world of comics. So we were super stoked when we heard that they would be working to smash the system from the inside by putting their books in comics notorious direct market monopoly Diamond. We covered their first…
Seattle, Superheroes, and Social Justice: Vishavjit Singh’s WHAM! BAM! POW! at the Wing Luke Museum
WHAM! BAM! POW! Cartoons, Turbans and Confronting Hate opened May 4, May 2018 and runs through February 24, 2019 at the Wing Luke Museum in Seattle, Washington. It is the story of Vishavjit Singh, a Sikh American cartoonist who dresses as Captain America to dispel misconceptions in the United States about the traditional Sikh turban.
Monthly Marvel Muster – Everything Old is New Again
Hello, and welcome back to Monthly Marvel Muster. It’s been a while, and rather a lot has happened since my last post in February. There’s too much to go into in any detail, but I’ll try to hit the high notes.
Book Beat: BAME Writers, A Queer Eye Book, and Germany’s Oldest Public Library
Hello lovely readers — welcome to another installment of Book Beat, from your Bookmarked editor Paige. While my week has been wonderfully exhausting chaos, it seems the publishing world has avoided too much controversy as summer starts its slow crawl into fall. Not gonna lie… I appreciate the break. Still, there are a few key events to…
Marvel Rising: Reading Order #1
Marvel Rising is a new “multi-platform franchise” from Marvel, featuring two of their biggest young adult darlings: Ms. Marvel and Squirrel Girl. Part of the project is a 5-issue team-up miniseries, following the two young heroes as they dash across college campuses and do an endearingly bad job of keeping their identities secret from each…
Marvel Rising: Why Does Marvel Hate New Readers #0
Back in April, or March, or some time long past, Marvel announced a new series. Marvel Rising is a new “multi-platform franchise,” aimed at young girls, a long-neglected audience, especially in the wake of DC’s smash success with DC Superhero Girls. The project includes a comic series that is focused on two of Marvel’s biggest…
Con Diary: Bookmarked Takes On SDCC 2018
Hello lovely readers — it’s Paige, your Bookmarked editor and Dark Horse Pubwatch writer here at WWAC! August marks a full year that I’ve been part of the site, and it’s been a truly joyous experience in my freelance career. One of my most memorable experiences thus far has been the recent opportunity to join…
Jody Houser on Stranger Things and Licensed Works
Jody Houser is a busy woman in the world of comics, having just wrapped up a Thrawn miniseries at Marvel and about to launch a Stranger Things comic and a StarCraft title with Dark Horse, not mention her work with Valiant and DC. While her original worlds appear in short comics in anthologies, her primary professional focus has…
Rogue Protocol: Murderbot Meets a Beloved Bot
Rogue Protocol Martha Wells Tor.com August 7, 2018 Murderbot, whom I fell in love with both in All Systems Red and Artificial Condition, is back in Rogue Protocol, the third of four planned novellas in The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells. The plot of Rogue Protocol is just as enjoyable as the first two, and the…
Webcomics Roundup: June, 2018
Hello and welcome to our revived Webcomics Roundup! After each month comes to a close, we will look back on exciting developments in a variety of webcomics. For our first installment, we look all the way back to June of 2018, so let’s talk about Pride! In the distant, rainbow-hued days of last month, webcomics…