Sorry about missing November, but I’m here to make it up for you at the end of the year. Hands down the best book of the last two months was Wonder Woman Historia and if you haven’t picked it up yet, I implore you to go buy the book, preferably in print.
A Fistful of Comics: Crowdfunding Roundup, December ‘21
Hello all! Welcome back to WWAC’s crowdfunding roundup. When I started/took over this column, I chose the descriptors carefully—this is meant to round up crowdfunding from all around the internet, not just one website in particular. In practice, however, this is usually a comics Kickstarter spotlight, due in part to the fact that Kickstarter has…
REVIEW: Inferno #3 – Disarmed and Dangerous
The Jonathan Hickman era of the X-Men began with a dream. A dream of Krakoa, a home for all mutants. A dream of a future without Sentinels or post-human despots, a world where mutants finally win. In House of X #2, Moira vowed in the womb that in her tenth life, she and Charles Xavier…
Titan Comics PUBWATCH: December 2021
I’m writing this on Boxing Day/Mall Return Day, with only five days left in all of 2021. In this tumultuous year, we have somehow made it to the end. And let me take this opportunity to wish you and yours a very Happy Holiday (whatever holiday you celebrate) and a Happy New Year. Here’s hoping…
Previously On Comics: That Whole Fuckin’ Thing
Well, good afternoon! This is officially our last Monday of 2021. It has been a hell of a year. I was in two car wrecks! I spent months on disability leave! Other stuff happened! I don’t know where I’m going with this. There aren’t a lot of news items on account of Christmas being the…
Vault Pubwatch: December 2021
Vault Comics is swinging into the holiday season and the new year with some continuing favourites and new titles, including the upcoming Western horror, West of Sundown, by writers Tim Seeley and Aaron Campbell, Jim Terry (illustrator). Triona Farrell (colorist), with letters by Crank!
REVIEW: Rulebreakers and a Restless Spirit: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Four young Blackfeet friends — Lewis, Gabe, Cass and Ricky — decide to go elk-hunting in an area of their reservation set aside for elders. The hunting trip is bountiful, and they succeed in bagging nine elk. When the time comes to cut up the bodies for easier transport, however, it turns out that one…
REVIEW: House of Slaughter #2’s Vibrant Art Reveals New Depth
In House of Slaughter #2, “The Butcher’s Mark,” Tynion and company pick up soon after they left off in their efforts to expand the universe of Something is Killing the Children. The premiere issue introduced Jace Boucher, a transfer student from New Orleans who becomes Aaron’s roommate at House Slaughter. Jace is a mysterious boy,…
10 Years of WWAC
Today is a pretty auspicious day, what with it being the 10th anniversary of WWAC. As we look back at where it all began, it’s amazing to see how far we’ve come. Over 300 contributors have shared their passion for comics through WWAC and we are grateful to all of them and especially proud to…
REVIEW: The Grotesque of Modern Frankenstein Has Been Done Before—And Better
As his student, Elizabeth is fascinated by the ways of Dr. James Frankenstein, a figure surrounded by controversy due to the conducting of unethical experiments he believes would serve the betterment of humanity. Swayed by what she believes are good intentions and her growing attraction to him, Elizabeth willingly becomes his protégé. She digs herself…
VIZ Media Pubwatch: December 2021
Happy holidays! ‘Tis the season for yet another VIZ Pubwatch. Today we’ll talk about some beautiful manga on the spookier side, including the vampire shojo Rosen Blood and the latest from Junji Ito. But first, some news, which is mostly videos.
2021 Hugo Awards Celebrate Imagination, Wonder, and an Arms Manufacturer
On Saturday the Hugo Awards were presented at DisCon III, the 2021 iteration of the international science fiction and fantasy convention Worldcon. A new set of winners were selected for genre immortality by a voting base of Worldcon members — and another round of debate raged on social media. Martha Wells’ much-loved Murderbot Diaries series,…