After reviewing and loving Mairghread Scott and Kelly & Nichole Matthew’s Toil & Trouble, a take on Shakespeare’s Macbeth from Archaia Press, I got the chance to talk to the creators further about the six-issue series, about taking on something like Macbeth, depicting paganism and Lady Macbeth, and drawing magic.
Butch Woman Weeps: A Response to Noelle Stevenson
This morning a man about my age put his hand on my shoulder, pulling me back from the door while telling me I should let “ladies go first.” He also called me “young man.” My friend and I continued on our way without much comment, and I got into my office otherwise undisturbed. Upon checking…
Dragon Awards Winners: Games to Behold
The Dragon Awards winners were just announced, and while the competition was close, we’re bringing you a closer look at those games that came out on top.
Shall We Say No to Moe?
“It seems that Ming has some issues with you,” my friend Yu told me. Hearing her words, I shrugged and said nonchalantly, “I don’t care about his opinion.” Yu stared me for a moment, “You are truly a tsundere.” She laughed, “I know you do care.” I was surprised, not because Yu misunderstood me and…
A Look at San Francisco Comic Con and SF Zine Fest
This past weekend I attended both San Francisco Comic Con and the San Francisco Zine Festival, two events that both overlapped and diverged in terms of content, scope, and inclusiveness.
Detained Refugee Cartoonist Eaten Fish Wins Courage Award
Last week Iranian cartoonist Ali, aka Mr. Eaten Fish, was awarded the Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award by the Cartoonist Rights Network International (CRNI). It will be presented at convention of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists in Durham, North Carolina on September 24, 2016, and accepted by Australian poet and human rights worker, Janet Galbriath, on behalf of…
Women in British Animation: Thalma Goldman Cohen
“Sex has become very commercialized. But people are moving away from cheapness, it abuses them.” —Thalma Goldman Cohen In 1976, Screen International cast an eye over the position of women filmmakers in Britain. “If British Cinema, to its shame, can boast few female directors as yet,” read the article, “one field in which women…
Transfiguring Adoption: How Harry Potter Helped Me Survive My Experience in Care
Growing up I was an avid reader and often used books to escape my reality, a reality that included a mentally ill, abusive mother and an absent father. In grade two our teacher started reading a book about a young boy with shaggy hair and a scar in the shape of a lighting bolt and…
Thursday Book Beat: The ‘Girl’, the Cursed Child Rumours, and Some Literary Awards, Oh My
Hi WWAC readers and all my fellow contributors, Ashley here and I’m taking over the Thursday Book Beat column for a while. Thank you Angel and fellow writers for all your contributions, I read your articles with delight and hope to contribute and inject as much personality in my writing as you do. So here…
Iridescent Tails and Starfish Pasties: An Interview with Fat Mermaids’ Paige Hall
When I spoke to Paige Hall about her recently released project, Fat Mermaids: A Collaborative Charity Zine, and asked her why she’s so passionate about mermaids, I received the best answer anyone has ever given me: “What’s not to love about a chunky iridescent tail and starfish pasties?” Hall is an illustrator and avid advocate…
We’re Looking for Manga and Webcomics Reviewers!
We’re looking for 4 women and non-binary writers to join the WWAC team, and add to our coverage of manga and webcomics. As a WWAC reviewer you will: Write 2 short reviews per month or one long review (or more!) Participate in roundtables and other collaborative projects (when you want to) Receive ARCs of upcoming books…
Don’t Take Off Your Headphones: A Playlist
Earlier this week, Twitter user @yophoebs unearthed an awful article titled “How to Talk to a Woman Who is Wearing Headphones,” written by a definitely awful person named Dan Bacon, and from an equally awful website called “The Modern Man.” While the article is a few years old, it described an eerily familiar experience of…