No matter where you look these days, listicles about the sexiest characters in comics all look the same. You’ve got your Gambits and your Thors, for example, characters whose canon beauty is basically an explicitly listed trait on their wiki-pages. Some fans swoon over Clark Kent’s earnest farm boy persona, while Emma Frost’s fierce and…
Twisting Up A Dickens Classic: An Interview with the Creative Team Behind “Olivia Twist”
Reinventing a classic to another time or medium is an opportunity to breathe fresh life into the work. How many of us were inspired to revisit high school English reading list staples Romeo and Juliet or The Great Gatsby after Baz Luhrmann put his own spin on them? Or finally understood the themes behind A Wrinkle in Time after Hope Larson’s…
The Ballad of Halo Jones Finishes Growing Up in Volume 3
The Ballad of Halo Jones Volume 3 Alan Moore (writer), Ian Gibson (artist), Barbara Nosenzo (colorist) 2000 AD September 18, 2018 The thrilling conclusion of a good origin story is simultaneously satisfying and tantalizing. This three-volume arc of The Ballad of Halo Jones feels that way. It’s a great ending, but a bittersweet one, because…
September’s Valiant Efforts: Your Everything Valiant Catch-Up
Hello, my Valiant darlings—how are you this month? Oh? Well, I’m doing quite well; this past week I finished reading the entire ’90s Valiant universe up to Unity, the first and best crossover of the publisher’s original form. Frankly…probably the best superhero crossover of all time. Yeah, I said it. And their first run of…
Book Beat: The Giller Prize, A New Narnia, and Shades of Magic Clothing
Hello book lovers! It’s your Bookmarked editor Christa, here to deliver some exciting bookish news from the past week.
Review: Liza Jane & the Dragon
Liza Jane & the Dragon Writer Laura Lippman (Writer), Kate Samworth (Illustrator) Akashic Books October 2, 2018 An advanced reader copy of Liza Jane & the Dragon was provided by the publisher. Liza Jane & the Dragon is the story of a girl who thinks she can find better parents, so she fires her current…
That Box We Sit On Review
That Box We Sit On Richie Pope (Art &Words) I came across Richie Pope’s Ignatz-winning comic That Box We Sit On while I was moseying through the Comics Twitterverse. A story about two black kids hanging out, sitting on the same box my siblings and I would sit on when we didn’t want to play,…
Blackbird #1 Features Family and Magic in An Exquisite World
Blackbird #1 Jen Bartel (Illustrator/Cover Artist), Sam Humphries (Writer) Image Comics October 3, 2018 Warning: Spoilers ahead. Magical fantasy stories set in the present day have always appealed to me. Especially stories that center on women and their journey to a heretofore unknown world. Blackbird brings us just that in a new comic book series illustrated…
Pia Guerra Gets Political
Pia Guerra is best known as the co-creator and lead penciler of Y: The Last Man, but these days you’re more likely to spot her work on The Nib or in the New Yorker. Starting in 2017, Guerra has been drawing detailed editorial cartoons, tackling issues like school shootings, immigration, and possibly most importantly, critiquing…
Comic Book Trailers and Their Creation: A Chat with Dark Horse Comics
Comic book trailers have been a staple of the comics industry for over ten years. The short visual previews of a new series is a fun way for fans to anticipate comics releases, and an effective marketing method for publishers. It’s hard to say what the first comic book trailer was. The earliest one available…
Blood, Guts, Flashbacks, and Throwbacks: The Legend of Tank Girl
The Legend of Tank Girl: a 30th Anniversary Collection Alan Martin (writer), Brett Parsons (artist/colorist) Titan Comics September 11th, 2018 Tank Girl, everyone’s favorite free-wheeling badass, hits a milestone this year: yep, she turns 30. And what better way to celebrate than with a collection of stories from Tank Girl’s most recent run, brought together…
PUBWATCH: BOOM! Studios, September 2018
Wow, can you believe it’s already been a whole month since we last checked in on our BOOM! Studios Pubwatch? Well, have no fear, loyal WWAC readers, for I have not yet forgotten the sacred Pubwatch oath that I swore last month, so here I am with an update on all things BOOM! Explosive News…
