Some ideas are just too good not to do. I was brainstorming Deadpool-related ideas for February’s Knit Your Comics with our Editor-in-Chief. Since the column comes out just a few days after the movie’s release, and I kind of have had a crush on Ryan Reynolds since Blade: Trinity, and I have watched many a…
Evil Emperor Penguin: Batman and Farts vs. Jurassic Park
Evil Emperor Penguin Laura Ellen Anderson The Phoenix Presents, David Fickling Books The Phoenix weekly comic is published at a size comparable with the average magazine-shelf fare. David Fickling Books’ collected editions of Phoenix strips are put out at a smaller size, more like a single-issue comic. On the whole, this is greatly to their…
The Present (and Future) of Iris West
I had no plans to write about the depiction of Iris West on The Flash because I thought my grumbling tweets were enough and that other people who were more moved by it could take it on. I didn’t think I needed to be the person, because to be honest, the fun of the show…
Tell Me a Story: Short Audiobook Reviews
Hausfrau Jill Alexander Essbaum Narrated by: Mozhan Maron Random House Audio March 17, 2015 Anna is a housewife. A bored housewife. She feels alone in a foreign country where she doesn’t speak the language. Her husband’s friends are her whole social circle. She even feels distant from her children at times. She feels as though…
Eleven Year Old Sasha Matthews Could Teach You A Thing Or Two About Making Comics
Want to make and publish your own comic? Eleven year old Sasha Matthews has all the answers. Well, maybe not all the answers, but this young lady certainly has a plan and, with the support of her parents, has already published two comics of her own and has her own publishing company, Rumble Comics. Her…
Laser Kittens: An Interview with Cheyenne Wall-Grimes
Although I had met Cheyenne Wall-Grimes a time or two before, it was really my experience with her at Metatopia, a gaming convention for designers, that told me the kind of person she was. It was my first time attending, and I was really not sure about this whole designer business. I was probably trying…
Buying Flowers for Girls: The Importance of Romantic Friendships
Like most holidays in America, Valentine’s Day has come to stand in for the entire month of February. While romantic love is all good and well (as are cheap chocolates and roses), WWAC Lifestyle is celebrating love of the platonic variety (and the many variations therein) this month. We started with Catie Coleman’s tips on how…
Misty Knight and the Case of the Ridiculous Males: Bra Holster Hell
Alright, you got breasts? Then you don’t need to read this (unless: catharsis?). Not have’em? Sit down and listen. L-i-s-t-e-n. Especially you, Joe Bennet, Nick Spencer, Tom Brevoort. For this is a problem from Feb 3rd’s Captain America: Sam Wilson #6. This is an atrocious and terrible character design. It’s for a character with a…
Happy Midnighter Week! Get a Free Copy of Midnighter: Out from WWAC!
Hello Midnighter fans, Starting February 17th, 12 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, Women Write About Comics will be giving away 5 free copies of Midnighter Vol. 1: Out by Steve Orlando and ACO. To enter the giveaway, on February 17th you can: Visit our rafflecopter! Tweet this message at the @MidnighterWeek twitter account: “This #Midnighter fan wants…
Mighty Marvel Monday: Mini-Deadpool Review and Other Marvel Movie News
This week, as part of playing catch up with all the 2016 Marvel news, and in light of Deadpool being released, I’m focusing on the Marvel movies and TV shows. Next week, I plan on refocusing on the comics. So, like all the best stories, let’s get started with the sad, wind our way towards…
Postcard Valentines: The Game Changer
Valentine’s Day cards have mysterious origins and have undergone hundreds of years of transformation. But I’m not going to get into all of that. Instead, we’re going to focus on the popularity of postcard Valentines in the United States in the early 20th century. During the Victorian Age, people went all out on their Valentines….
This Week In WWAC History: Date Night
Last year, the WWAC staff geared up for Valentine’s Day by choosing any comic book character and showing us what a fantasy date night with that character might look like. How would your date night compare? I know mine would be less of a date with a comic book character and more of choosing one to babysit the…
