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- Comics, Comics Academe, Essays
- September 12, 2014
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X-Men #5: Lip Synch For Your Life
- Reviews
- February 3, 2020
“It’s done.” Those are the first words of House of X #3, spoken by Cyclops after he’s assembled a team of X-Men for a critically important mission. X-Men #5 opens with a scene that doesn’t echo this moment but challenges it, showing the normally self-assured leader stricken by doubt. “What have I done?” Cyclops wants
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Previously On Comics: Survive
- Comics
- February 3, 2020
Welcome back to Previously! If you are reading this, you have survived January, the cursed year within a year, and now you must keep surviving. To aid you, here is some comic book news. This week saw Cartoonist Jerry Craft win the Newberry Medal for his book New Kid. This is the first time a
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Cover Girl: Archie and Katy Keene #1
- Style & Fashion
- January 31, 2020
Welcome to Cover Girl. Each month, we gather a team of WWAC contributors to analyze a new and notable comic book cover featuring one or more women. This month, Kate and Claire discuss the Bill Tucci cover of Archie and Katy Keene #1 from Archie Comics.
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My First Comic: Katy Keene Comics Digest Magazine
- Comics
- January 31, 2020
For the longest time when people asked me when I got into comics I gave one of three answers: 1. Neil Gaiman’s Sandman 2. Geoff Johns & Mike McKone on Teen Titans 3. Late ’90s/Early ’00s manga
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Last Week’s Episode: Birds and Cats and Pokemon, Oh my!
- News, Television and Film
- January 30, 2020
Or the extended headline: In Which We Have High Hopes for Birds of Prey, I Discuss the Cult Status of Cats, and See Grammy Nominees Drawn as Pokemon Trainers It’s the season. The season for new shows (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina or Shrill anybody?), film festivals, and award shows. Here’s the scoop on what media
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Diana: Princess of the Amazons Teaches Parents How to Raise Their Own Amazons
- Reviews
- January 30, 2020
I’ve come to understand that Shannon Hale writes books that let children feel seen, while also reminding parents of what it was like to be that age. Ironically, in Diana: Princess of the Amazons, a young Diana doesn’t feel seen at all because all of the adults are too busy for her. Being seen is a constant
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DC PUBWATCH – January 2020
- Pubwatch
- January 30, 2020
Happy New Year! And with the New Year come big changes to several DC titles. Some long runs have concluded, and new eras are starting (and even Doomsday Clock has finally ended!). Without further ado, let’s get into the DC Pubwatch for January 2020. As always, the reviews may contain spoilers.
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Doctor Who Promises Greatness in “Fugitive of the Judoon”
- Television and Film
- January 30, 2020
Some UK and international viewers were frustrated recently when American broadcasts of Doctor Who came with a trailer for the second half of Series 12 that wasn’t shown on air in the UK. This week’s episode was an internationally broadcast full-length coming soon trailer, less of a story and more a handful of reveals and
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Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham #1 Does Whatever a Spider-Ham Does
- Reviews
- January 29, 2020
Peter Porker’s life reboots — well kinda — in Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #1, the new series thattakes place after the Web Warriors crossover event.
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X-Force #6: Pa Rum Pum Pum Pum
- Reviews
- January 29, 2020
The mutants’ very own CIA continue their exploits in X-Force #6, stopping an attempted…Santa assassination? OR DO THEY.
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Sarah Kuhn and Nicole Goux’s Shadow of the Batgirl: What Does it Mean to Be a Hero?
- Comics, Interviews
- January 29, 2020
What does it mean to be a hero? In Shadow of the Batgirl, writer Sarah Kuhn and artist Nicole Goux introduce a younger audience to Cassandra Cain, a teenager who has been raised to do only one thing: kill. But when Cass realizes that this life is wrong, she escapes, finding herself in Gotham, hiding
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WWACommendations: Harley Quinn, Gwenpool, #muted, Ghosted in L.A., and More
- Comics, Indie & Small Press, Manga, Roundtables, Webcomics
- January 28, 2020
Happy January! What comics are you reading lately? Every month, WWAC contributors share some of the comics they’ve been especially enjoying. It’s been really fun to discover new and old comics across a variety of platforms and publishers. Let us know on Twitter your current favorite comics!
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JANUARY AfterShock Pubwatch
- Pubwatch
- January 28, 2020
Happy New Years, and welcome to a whole new decade of WWAC’s AfterShock Comics Pubwatch Coverage! The year has already started out with plenty of news and new releases from AfterShock Comics, as they encourage us to #readdangerously for another year.
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Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line is a Careful Study on Indian Society but Has a Disappointing Plot
- Bookmarked
- January 28, 2020
When a child goes missing, nine-year-old Jai decides to use his amateur sleuthing skills to find the missing boy. He enlists his best friends, Pari and Faiz, to help him. But try as the trio might, they can’t stop more children from going missing. But with no substantial clues to follow, and absolutely no help
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Making Noise With Kazoo’s Noisemakers: 25 Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World
- Indie & Small Press
- January 27, 2020
When we were approached with the opportunity to talk about Noisemakers: 25 Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World here at WWAC, my response was a resounding YES after seeing the incredible lineup of creators and subjects involved:
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Excalibur #6: Hail to the King, Baby
- Reviews
- January 27, 2020
Excalibur #6 begins with a resurrection, jumping directly into action as the story forges ahead. The X-Men meet D&D in this issue as the team returns to Otherworld on a rescue mission, and finds themselves caught up in a war for the throne they didn’t anticipate. To rescue Brian Braddock, Excalibur travels further into the
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