It’s rare to find a great comic convention. From the huge halls of the Javits centre where the world’s most attended comic-con NYCC is held to the Disneyland adjacent building site of WonderCon, comic cons are often huge, inaccessible with line-ups that are ninety percent straight white people. Though smaller zine fests seem like they…
Mary Kills People: Lifetime’s New Show Plays It Safe And Falls Short
When I first decided to review Mary Kills People, I was under the impression that it was just a show about a female serial killer starring Hannibal‘s Caroline Dhavernas, and I was very, very much about it. I have a soft spot for trashy horror and intricate narratives that delve into what drives women to…
Power Rangers Makes a Strong Case for Diversity
Power Rangers Directed by Dean Israelite Starring Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Becky G, Ludi Lin, Bill Hader, Bryan Cranston, and Elizabeth Banks Haim Saban & Lionsgate Temple Hill Entertainment March 24, 2017 The Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers series has always been about bringing teens from diverse backgrounds together. The 2017 Power Rangers film…
Visionary Comics: Black Girl Magic is Spreading
Ariell R. Johnson of Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse in Philadelphia and Jazmine Joyner co-owner of Visionary Comics in Riverside California–we are two sides of one coin. The two black women in America who own comic book shops.
Previously on Comics: Diversity Killed the Comic Star?
Hey WWACers! It’s the first day of Passover (I’m a Jew) which means I can’t eat bread for over a week, which means I’m cranky. I’d like to say I turned to comics to ease my mood, but those can make me pretty upset too, especially when they blame tanking sales on added diversity.
How Wondercon Failed Disabled Attendees
Comic conventions are an odd thing, either exciting hubs of creative minds or giant airplane carriers full of people trying to sell you stuff. Either way you feel, what cannot be argued is their existence. There are conventions almost every weekend of 2017, and on certain weekends, there are seven or eight at the same…
Ten Of The Best Times That Someone Punched A Nazi In Comics
Historically there are few less universally hated and feared groups than Nazis. The rise of Fascism in the early 20th century lead to one of the most horrific genocides in modern history and created a climate of fear and violence that engulfed the world and did not end until the final days of the Second…
Of Mice & Men Singer Is Not Getting Better
On October 11, 2016 front-man for metalcore band Of Mice & Men Austin Carlile announced that the band would be cutting their European tour short due to complications of his Marfan Syndrome. Many fans responded by wishing him well, and sharing their hopes that he’d get better soon. Carlile responded by explaining that “you don’t…
Welcome to the X-Men – Hope you Survive The Experience: How Geeks Can Help
My name is Jamie Kingston. But for the next four years, you can call me Storm. My queer friends? You can call them Northstar, Prodigy, Moonstar and Wolfsbane. Or Anole, Shatterstar, Rictor, Karma and Iceman. My chronically ill friends? You can call them Strong Guy, Cable, Husk. Siren or Sunspot. My Muslim friends? Call them M or…
Mental Health & Comics: An Interview with Tee “Vixen” Franklin
Tee “Vixen” Franklin, known on Twitter as @MizCaramelVixen, creator of #BlackComicsMonth, is now overseeing an anthology of comics focused on mental health. She’s assembled an impressive list of comics professionals to contribute, including Scott Snyder, Tess Fowler, Gail Simone, Paulina Ganucheau, Tini Howard, and others. Franklin has also been accepting submissions from creators who have mental…
Get Your Game on Wednesday
Happy Wednesday, gaming lovelies! I can’t believe it’s already October. Here’s your friendly reminder that there’s still time to sign up for this year’s Extra Life Game Day to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. You can be someone’s super hero by playing games for 24 hours and raising money to help kids. Double win!…
Why Your School Library Needs QUEER: A Graphic History
QUEER: A Graphic History Julia Scheele & Meg-John Barker Icon Books September 2016 QUEER: A Graphic History is the gender and sexuality textbook every school library should stock–on every shelf. It runs at an unrelenting pace, if you keep turning the pages, but each leaf has enough information and suggestion packed into a short paragraph…