comiXology appears to be on a roll. Since June, they’ve added five publishers to the mix: Marvel, Dark Horse, Kids Can Press, DC Thomson, and now Lion Force Comics. comiXology has announced a digital distribution agreement with Lion Forge Comics, a digital-first comics publisher known for its growing library of action/adventure, sci-fi, superhero, and children’s titles. Intriguingly, the relatively new…
A Cosplay “Con”-parison: Cosplay Culture at Comic and Anime Conventions
In the next installment in our summer cosplay series, Paige takes a look at how cosplay compares at comic cons versus anime cons.
Friendship Through Necessity: What Soul Eater and Princess Leia Have in Common
This article contains spoilers for Princess Leia #1 and Soul Eater Prologue 1. I didn’t expect to find a connection between Princess Leia #1 and Soul Eater Prologue 1. The plot for these stories can be found at opposite ends of the comic book ether, so it stands to reason that you’re probably scrunching your…
Short & Sweet: Fionna and Cake, Awkward, Junji Ito’s Fragments of Horror, and More!
Every month, WWAC’s staff reads a lot of comics. A lot. Short & Sweet (Or Sour) is our regular showcase for bite-sized reviews of the latest books!
Alphabear: Unbearably Cute
Name: Alphabear Studio: Spryfox http://www.spryfox.com Cost: Free to play with in-app purchases Platform: Android/IOS (this review covers the Android version) Genre: Word/Puzzle Release Date: July, 2015 Other games: Triple Town, Road Not Taken [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4_XkvQCOGc&w=560&h=315] If you ever played Triple Town–the game where you had to build a town and keep the bears from blocking your…
The Thursday Book Beat: Disney Returns to the Once and Future King for Film Inspiration
E.L. Doctorow passes away at 84 years old Fans of historical and literary fiction mourned the death of author E.L. Doctorow this week, his long career brought to a close by complications from lung cancer. He wrote a dozen novels, including the experimental Ragtime, in addition to his short stories, dramas and critical essays. His subversions of…
“An Example of Great Side Boob”: The Cover Art of Jenny Frison
Jenny Frison’s covers first came to my attention when she was selected as the main cover artist for Gail Simone’s run on Red Sonja. Considering the amazing artists handpicked by Simone for the first issue included Fiona Staples, Nicola Scott, and Stephanie Buscema, I wasn’t too keen on Frison for the main covers. Not because I didn’t…
Dissecting the Asian Drama: Societal Reflections in Gender Perception and Performance (Part 2)
The male characters’ reluctance to accept their attraction to their female leads plays into another concept that Judith Butler explores in her piece “Performative Acts and Gender Constitution: An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory.” She talks of the strict repercussions Western cultures, especially in the United States, force onto people who stray outside their…
Choose Your Own Space-Shag – Boy Love in Starfighter: Eclipse
Starfighter: Eclipse Developed by Date Nighto & NightmareLand Games Based on Starfighter, webcomic series by Hamlet Machine Released 21 May 2015 Rated “Adult Only” Reviewed with a review copy provided by Date Nighto. WWAC Member Jo Fu works with Date Nighto, but had no involvement with this review. I stumbled upon Starfighter few months ago…
Get Your Game On Wednesday
Happy hump day, gaming friends! If you’re tied up with work and need a little game fix to tide you over to the weekend, I’m happy to oblige. Step right this way. The Flock will only be playable to a limited time, but not for the reason you think The Flock is first-person PC horror…
Cook Your Comics: Riverdale Burgers
Archie #1, released earlier this month, is a relaunch of the series that began in 1942. The new series is updated for modern times, but it still has the element that always fascinated me most: giant piles of hamburgers. As a strongly food-oriented person, I can identify with Jughead’s burger obsession, although not his metabolism….
Revisiting Archie’s Weird Mysteries
Archie’s Weird Mysteries is an American cartoon show that ran from 1999 to 2000 on Teletoon here in Canada (PAX in the United States) and was produced by DIC Entertainment. Whenever Archie is brought up, I always gush, recalling the childhood television show that I adored (far more than the comics, I’d add), watching with my siblings and singing along…
