There’s been a lot of casting speculation since the rumor was confirmed that the sequel to Man of Steel will have a Wonder Woman role. Last week we learned that Israeli actor Gal Gadot was chosen for the role. In the words of director Zack Snyder, “We look forward to audiences discovering Gal in the first…
News & Things: New comics, banned comics, gift comics
Kickstarter of the Week Periscope Studio wants to sell you artbooks from a bunch of their creators! The Oregonian comics collective is making its first foray into publishing with a series of artbooks from their… shall we say robust list of creators. The Kickstarter aims to fund printing of an initial run of six, limited…
Frozen: that Disney Magic Works With Sisters
Frozen Disney PG, 108 mins First thing I need to do is get the snark off my chest. Frozen is not “Disney’s first animated film about sisters”! That was Lilo & Stitch, thank you very much! That said, this movie had a lot of negativity from the blogosphere due to concerns about how faithful to the source material it was: Eurocentrism (read: lack…
News & Things: Marvels, Miracles, and McBain
News ‘Marvels & Monsters’ Exhibit Explores Comics’ Portrayal of Asians Art exhibition to examine the various depictions of Asian characters in comics, such as SHIELD’s Jimmy Woo and stereotypical villain the Yellow Claw. Ed Piskor Talks Hip Hop Family Tree The Washington Post interviews Ed Piskor about Hip Hop Family Tree, his graphic novel about…
Short and Sweet (or Sour): Sex Criminals Caught by Rocket Girls in Color?
Steampunk ghost hunters and and dead mutants and sex criminals, oh my! It’s that time again. What time? Short and Sweet (or Sour) time! Boston Metaphysical Society #2 Madeleine Holly-Rosing, Emily Hu, Gloria Caeli, Fahriza Kamaputra, Troy Peteri, Alti Firmansyah Back in the day, I attended Boston Comic Con 2013 and had the opportunity to…
Friday Poll: Favorite Comic Book Movie of the Year
2013 is winding down and “Best of” lists are sprouting up everywhere like X-Men comics starring Wolverine, so WWAC wants to know: what was your favorite comic book movie of 2013? Were you impressed by Marvel’s follow-ups to The Avengers, or thrilled by Man of Steel? Was Red 2 underrated, or did you make it…
News & Things: A Very Dark Phoenix Christmas
Read of the Week The A.V. Club asks, “What does X-Men’s Dark Phoenix Saga have in common with Christmas?” “Because at the time, all I understood was that Jean Grey had become the most powerful force in the universe—which I only knew because she ate one—and that she was made of fire and, at least…
Gal Gadot is Wonder Woman
Comic book fans have another reason to celebrate this holiday season, because Gal Dacot has been cast as Wonder Woman in Zack Snyder’s still-untitled Man of Steel sequel. Gadot, 28, is known for her performances in the Fast & Furious franchise, and though little is known yet of what role Wonder Woman will play in the film,…
News & Things: Sin City TV
News DragonCon Co-Founder Ed Kramer, Charged with Child Molestation, Avoids Further Prison Time with Plea Deal Kramer to spend 34 months under house arrest; DragonCon officially cut all ties with Kramer earlier this year. PictureBox to Shut Down At the End of 2013 The independent comics publisher will cease publishing new material after December 2013…
Literary Women Illustrated
Well-Read Women: Portraits of Fiction’s Most Beloved Heroines Samantha Hahn Chronicle Books I picked this book up because of the arresting cover illustration. It’s Hahn’s portrait of Brett Ashley, from Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. A haughty flapper with short, red-gold waves and eyelids heavy with blue-black shadow turns her nose up to us….
Remember, remember the fifth of November/ And everything England is not
Here in England Guy Fawkes Day has come and gone, and the bonfires are dormant until the next 5th of November. But the poorly thought out V for Vendetta references are still going strong. These days, Alan Moore and David Lloyd’s landmark comic and its famous mask are often used as shorthand for anti-establishment protest,…
News & Things: Book sharing and book stealing
Kayleigh’s on holiday, so you’re stuck with me again! News Weeks After Its Release, Blue Is The Warmest Color’s Director is Still On the Warpath Abdellatif Kechiche is “speaking out” against his Blue stars. Again. But he also had some less than complimentary things to say about Julie Maroh, author of, Le Bleu Est une…