(Content Warning: This article contains discussion of rape) The warning-free preview of Lobo #9, written by Frank J. Barbiere and Cullen Bunn, art by Szymon Kudranski and Cliff Richards, and colors by Blond, opens with villain Countess Fabria Odessa taking control of Lobo via mechanical spiders. She has him spread eagled on a bed, unable to fight back, and she straddles…
Review: The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #4 Does Horror Right
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #4 Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (writer), Robert Hack (art), Jack Morelli (letters) Archie Horror July 29, 2015 (Spoiler Warning: This review contains spoilers for The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #4 and is based on an advanced review copy from Archie Comics)
Hot Date: Pugs Don’t Like Poetry
Welcome to the second installation of An Adventure in Small Games (you can read the first one here), a monthly series focused on games that cost less than $20, ideally less than $10. In this series, Eve Golden Woods will focus on the indie game and what it has to offer the world of gaming.
The Thursday Book Beat: ‘Some Girls Are’ Pulled From Reading List
Angel is not here right now so I’LL be taking over for her. Let’s get through this book news! Our WWAC Staff Writer, Angel Cruz, Suggests Some Books For The Shoujo Manga Lover Even though it’s a suggestion for Shoujo Manga fans, I think it’s a great resource for young adult readers who want to get into…
Reading Diaries: Supergirls, Mysterious Webcomics and the Obsessive Tendencies of Fandoms
Romona: Last night I finished Stephen King’s new release Finders Keepers, the second book in the Bill Hodges trilogy. The story begins with the theft of a famous writer’s unpublished work and focuses on the obsessive tendencies of fandoms. It’s similar to Misery in depictions of the fans’ fixations on the writer. Finders Keepers has…
Cyril Pedrosa’s Three Shadows: Comics as Testament
I Hear You, I See You Cyril Pedrosa’s Three Shadows: Comics as Testament As humans we seek to understand injustice, transcend what we are told are limitations, and create for ourselves the world in which we want to live: encouraged to share and speak about what is affecting us. It is in this space where…
Decoding Gems: Gem Mythology of Steven Universe
About a month or two ago, I introduced a friend to the wonderful world of Steven Universe. We sat together, backs against the couch and watched it on a small television across her room. I was squeeing with excitement and singing along as she sat confused about the concept of what a Crystal Gem was. She…
Age Appropriate Toys: Abuse, Recovery, and Playing Barbies as a Teen
Welcome to WWAC Game Section’s summer Barbie series. These months are often the time that children are free from commitments, away from their friends, and ready to let their imaginations take over. For many of us that meant playing with Barbies, and over the next few weeks you’ll see the many different ways Barbies affected…
Get Your Game On Wednesday
Howdy, gamers! For the past few days, my world has been all about who has and hasn’t received their Exploding Kittens. Thankfully, after two full days of game envy, mine arrived last night. Now on to gaming news you can use! Board-game inspired Armello readying for September launch Watching the trailers and game play videos,…
Freaky Vegan Daughter: Summer Lovin’ & Adventurin’
Freaky Vegan Daughter (FVD) returns with some tips for your summer backpack adventures. It’s WWAC Warriors meets offbeat feminist southern debutante.
Books That Shaped Me: A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. LeGuin’s A Wizard of Earthsea sank into me like a song. I don’t recall the exact summer that I first read it. It was somewhere between Patricia C. Wrede’s Dealing With Dragons and Mercedes Lackey’s Arrows of the Queen, and I was somewhere between ages nine and thirteen. It was probably one of those summers I spent…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Battling Boy Gets Director for Animated Adaptation
Transformers Creators Talk In-Depth About New Female Characters, Sci-Fi Politics IDW has just wrapped up a big Transformers event that introduced a bunch of new female characters as well as all the bombastic action that an event comic demands. This interview with writer Mairghread Scott and artist Corin Howell about their work on Transformers: Windblade and all the heavy politicking…
