Happy Friday, crusaders! I just handed in a letter of resignation for my day job, and I’m feeling pretty good about it. Next step: to rule the night in cape and cowl as a feared but also beloved vigilante. #LivingTheDream In the meantime, let’s check in with DC: You probably noticed some…oddities with the layouts…
Soon You Too Can Live Your Spider-Gwen Dreams!
Spider-Gwen fans have even more to celebrate other than great sales because Spider-Gwen is getting a clothing line! Welovefine, a clothing and accessories retailer, specializes in geek and fandom clothing. Spider-Gwen will be joining other Welovefine clothing lines featuring such badass female comic characters as Black Widow, Captain Marvel, and the Lumberjanes. The Spider-Gwen collection features a zip-up hoodie,…
Supporting Geeky Indie Crafters: A WWAC Shopping Guide
We have some pretty talented crafters here at WWAC, but for those of us who are less crafty inclined or just want to support other crafters, we are sharing some of our favorite indie geek crafters.
Wayward’s Rori Lane: An Introduction to Liminality
Liminality: a concept elaborated on by Victor Turner to represent the state of being betwixt and between, especially social or physical states; for example, not a child but not yet considered an adult. Wayward is a comic via Image, set in modern Japan and intended for older readers, that explores the danger of the supernatural…
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Action Figures On Their Way to SDCC
With San Diego Comic-Con less than two months away, the con exclusive merchandise announcements are starting to roll in. Entertainment Earth has announced they’ll be bringing a limited edition 3 1/2-inch action figure set of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler along with their Saturday Night Live “Weekend Update” news desk. NBC’s Saturday Night Live is mix…
Relive, Rewrite, Restore: Yukarism Volume 1
Yukarism, Vol. 1 Chika Shiomi Viz Media 2014 It’s hard to pin Yukarism down, even after a few rereads. Chika Shiomi throws several tropes together—history, reincarnation, romance, time-travel—and while the result is entertaining at first, the story quickly loses its ability to intrigue the reader. Main character Yukari Kobayakawa’s literary talent is evident at 17 years…
Witcher Diaries #3: Damsels in Distress
SPOILER WARNING: These diaries contain spoilers for The Witcher, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt by CD Projekt Red, possibly the books upon which they are based by Andrzej Sapkowski, and the comics from Dark Horse, depending on just how ambitious/obsessive I’m feeling. Witcher 3: Wild Hunt came out last week and I…
The Thursday Book Beat: Tanith Lee Passes Away
Margaret Atwood submits first manuscript to Future Library We previously reported that Atwood would be one of the authors adding a book to the Library in Oslo, Norway, and this week, the manuscript took its place in a locked box to be revealed in 2114. Atwood will also be writing about the experience on Wattpad….
LEAVE DAZZLER ALONE! A Closer Look at the Early Years of Marvel Comics’ Most “Infamous” Superheroine
Before writing this article, I decided to conduct an experiment. I plugged the words “Dazzler” and “worst superheroes” into Google. The search gave me about seven articles from publishers ranging from Cracked.com and Buzzfeed to The Guardian that took Alison Blaire to task for her converting-sound-into-light powers, her already-dated-when-it-was-made disco-inspired outfit or her overall superheroism….
Grumpy Cat Coming to Comics
This fall, The World’s Grumpiest Cat” joins the ranks of famous comic book cats like Red Lantern Dex-Starr or Saga‘s Lying Cat. In a newly announced deal with Dynamite, Grumpy Cat and her brother, Pokey, will enter the realm of digital comics and graphic novels. First released as a three-issue miniseries in the fall, it…
Female Transformers Get Reinforcements from Caminus and Victorion Combines
It’s finally happened. The results are in! Earlier this year, Hasbro asked its fans to download an app for their mobile devices that enabled fans to vote for input in creating a new combiner team. The last time fans got to do something similar, the heroine Windblade was the result—she earned considerable face-time under Mairghread…
Don’t Call Me Sidekick! Big Hats and Camaraderie That Works in Swords of Sorrow: Masquerade and Kato Review
Swords of Sorrow: Masquerade and Kato One-Shot Willow Wilson and Erica Schultz (scripters), Noah Salonga (illustrator), Dinei Ribiero (colorer), Erica Schultz (letterer), Hannah Elder (editor) Dynamite May 27, 2015 (Note: This review contains some spoilers. WWAC reviewed Swords of Sorrow: Masquerade and Kato with an advanced review copy from Dynamite.) Confusion abounds in Swords of Sorrow: Masquerade…
