It’s been two weeks since I attended the Chicago Zine Festival (CZF), but I still feel the aftershocks of love, community, excitement, and exhaustion. In my experience, zine festivals and alternative comics expos are designed with accessibility in mind. There is no entrance fee or admission cost is very low, events take place during typical…
Mighty Marvel Monday: Darwyn Cooke, #BlackPantherSoLIT, and more
Welcome back to another Mighty Marvel Monday! This week I have two big things to point to, and then a few smaller things to highlight. Firstly, it’s always sad when the comics community loses a beloved member, but it’s especially sad to lose someone like Darwyn Cooke, who was an amazing talent. And although most…
Dita Von Teese’s Opium Den: Consuming Problematic Media
My partner recently surprised me with tickets to see Dita Von Teese’s Burlesque: Strip, Strip, Hooray!, purported to be a revue of high production-value, best-of-the-best burlesque performed by Dita and a cast of striptease superstars. Though I’d never seen Dita in person before, many of the supporting cast were performers I had seen in the…
Dear Amanda: Letters of Caution
Cathy G. Johnson’s Dear Amanda plays catch with you for a while. Then it knocks the ball out of your hands. You thought you were reading a simple diary comic? You were reading a rather complex meditation on perspective, in fact. It knocked the ball out of my hands, I should say. Reading experiences may…
Funko and Marvel’s Women of Power
I’ve been diligently avoiding subscription boxes for quite a while now, vicariously living through my friend’s subscription instead. The field has become so saturated with subscription boxes there’s now one available for everything you can imagine. But what if you don’t want everything you can imagine? What if you want to be a bit frugal, even as…
This Week in WWAC History: X-Men Lists
Not only do the WWAC staffers put together great essays, reviews, and comic industry news, they also compile lists on a variety of topics. Some of our more popular lists involve Red-Headed Superheroes (and Villains) and a list of Harley Quinn’s Best to Worst Outfits. This weekend we’ve combed the archives for a sample of lists on…
#ComicBookHour: An Interview with Creator Jamie Me
What do you do on Sundays at 10:00AM PST? If you love comics, you ought to be spending the time chatting about them. For just an hour of your Sunday, you can add your voice, along with other readers and creators from all over the world, to the themed Twitter discussion. The catch? No catch. Just…
Shinbun Saturday: Attack on Titan Hits Italy
Hi everyone! This is Vernieda, checking in from the U.S. Mid-Atlantic, which seems to have misplaced the sun. What does it look like? I’m not sure I remember! While the dreary days certainly sap energy levels, they are perfect for curling up with a manga. So let’s take a look at what’s been happening in…
DC Daily Planet: Supergirl, Powerless, and the Countdown Continues
It’s been a big week for TV news with both cancellations and series pickups rolling in at breakneck speed. CBS’s Supergirl is making the network jump to the CW to begin filming in Vancouver rather than Los Angeles. What this move means for returning cast and future storylines is yet to be determined but after…
Dungeons & Damsels: Adventures of a First Time DM
I tend to get a little overzealous when I have an idea. Deciding to build a tiered vegetable garden, I went out and bought dozens of seed packets without having actually built anything yet. I wanted to start a gaming channel on YouTube, so I bought a recording program without considering the effort it takes…
The Music of Hamilton: WWAC Shares the Songs That Blew Us All Away
It’s safe to say that if you haven’t heard about the hit musical Hamilton by now, you will soon. Grammy performance aside, the show has been capturing attention outside of theatre circles since it premiered on Broadway last summer. The core of Hamilton’s story is told through forty-six evocative and creative tracks, all written by Lin-Manuel…
Two Takes on M3 Volume One: Beginnings
M3 Volume 1: Beginnings Erica Shultz (writer), Vincente Alcazar (artist) Vices Press, Digital Release September 24, 2014 Disclaimer: This review contains some spoilers. WWAC reviewed M3: Volume 1 with a review copy from Vices Press. Last summer was busy with WWACs Swords of Sorrow event coverage, but when Desiree and I were given an opportunity to review…