I’ve struggled with body issues since middle school. There, I said it. I was a chubby, short, frizzy-haired teenager who couldn’t stand to look in the mirror for more than a few seconds. Working out didn’t fix that; I fixed that. And when I did, working out became something I enjoyed, instead of something I…
Zooming in on Badass Ladies: Interview with Babs Tarr
As part of our eternal quest to highlight awesome women doing awesome work in comics, I recently interviewed Babs Tarr, the new interior artist on Batgirl and the first woman to serve as an ongoing artist for a Batman-related title. Readers may also be familiar with her fanart and illustrations of hardcore, gorgeous women, such…
#WWACTV – Rape On Television: How The Newsroom and Reign Got It Wrong
*Trigger Warning: This post will discuss the rape scene in episode 9 of Reign‘s second season and a discussion of rape between two characters in Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom. As a woman, I find rape hard to talk about. It’s difficult because, growing up, I was told by many people in my life that, as a woman, I…
Movies that Shaped Me: Pan’s Labyrinth
“It’s a fairy tale,” you say, as you watch the trailer. And to an extent, you would be right. Pan’s Labyrinth is a fairy tale shaped by Guillermo del Toro’s hands, one that doesn’t shy away from the blood that inevitably spills before the story comes to a close. In 2007, it was a free…
India’s New Comic Book Hero
Trigger warning: This post discusses sexual violence and rape. India has a new hero! She’s a survivor who works with the gods to fight against gender-based violence in India and beyond. Steeped in the rich Hindu mythology, beautiful color palette and culture of India, the new comic book, Priya Shakti, is a layered storytelling project…
Reading Diaries: Hannibal Re-Imagined and Fantasy Lands
Welcome back to our reading diaries! Once a month the WWAC crew chats about their reading lives. This month we’re reading YA, romance and post-apocalyptic everything. Sarah: I can not look at my to-read pile without feeling guilty. And that doesn’t count the stuff on my Kindle, nicely tucked away so I can’t see the…
Britain, Books, Politics: Shadow Justice Secretary Sadiq Khan Said “The Ban on Sending Books to Prisoners Was Always an Absurd Policy”
If you had to hide drugs, would you hide them in a book? I wouldn’t. And if I was relying on drugs as either a balm or a currency during time spent in prison, would you say “well the exact thing she doesn’t need in her life is books?” No! Because you aren’t a bonehead….
Inquisition Diaries #5: Guest Inquisitors
SPOILER WARNING: These diaries will contain spoilers for Dragon Age Inquisition (DAI), as well as its predecessors, Dragon Age: Origins (DAO) and Dragon Age II (DA2), and may also contain spoilers from the tie-in materials. If you’re new to this whole Dragon Age business and want to know what the hell I’m going on about,…
Mighty Marvel Monday: Thanos Vs. Your Stupid Dumb Face
Here we are, Marvel Mondayers, in the post-Cumberstrange world — an announcement that elicited almost no response, maybe because we’d all already resigned ourselves to this outcome. Whatevs, Marvel.
Local Comic Shop Visit: Pieces & Pages
There are a lot of comic book shops between Ann Arbor’s Vault of Midnight and Dearborn’s Green Brain Comics, and after moving to Wayne County I taste-tested most of them Goldilocks style. Some retailers have awesome title selections, but no event offerings. Others have both of those features, but bizarrely do not offer pull lists….
Review: Judge Dredd: Year One Omnibus
Judge Dredd: Year One Omnibus Authors: Matt Smith, Michael Carroll, Al Ewing Abaddon Books, 2014 I was a novelization kid from way back. When my mom wouldn’t let me see certain movies or wouldn’t rent/buy them on VHS once we’d already seen them, the novelizations would get me up to speed. The same went for…
Rules for New Years Eve
New Year’s Eve. It hasn’t been fun since I was nine years old, the year I covered myself in party streamers, and ran around and around my parents and their friends, while they sang Latvian drinking songs. There were a few other semi-good times between NYE 1992 and the aughts, but not many.