Welcome to Cover Girl. Each month, we gather a team of WWAC contributors to analyze a new or recent and notable comic book cover featuring one or more women. This month, Andrea Ayres, Nola Pfau, and Wendy Browne discuss the cover of The Amazing Spider-Man #74.
REVIEW: Giant-Size Amazing Spider-Man #1 Zings and Swings
Giant-Size Amazing Spider-Man: King’s Ransom #1 is a fun and zingy ride that’s all about friendship, loyalty, and personal values that makes a decent conclusion to the King’s Ransom arc.
7 Times Gwen Stacy Wore Flawless Outfits (And Couldn’t Resist The Color Red)
For those who may not know, Gwen Stacy is the beautiful and brilliant first love of Peter Parker, a.k.a. the Amazing Spider-Man. Since she first tried to get Peter’s attention in college, to her tragic demise later in the Amazing Spider-Man series, Gwen has always been a fashionable woman. Prolific Marvel colourist Stan Goldberg, who…
Before the Hulk was Green: Pop Culture Literacy in the Composition Classroom
(This article was adapted from a presentation given at the TYCA-Northeast Conference in Fall of 2012) What is this professor talking about? I teach at a community college, which means I teach a lot of introductory classes. I can assume I’ll be teaching several sections of Standard Freshman Composition every Fall, and Writing about Literature…
Staff Picks for May — Movies
Don’t know what to watch in May? Don’t worry. We can help. Palo Alto! Those Coppola’s know how to spin a good yarn. This is the directorial debut from Gia Coppola (Sophia Coppola’s niece and Francis’ grand-daughter). The imagery looks ethereal/magical, and the storyline dives into teenagers dealing with sex, drugs, and violence. And because,…
Top 10 Tearjerker Comics
If you’ve never sobbed into the pages of a newly purchased comic, give it time; you probably just haven’t been reading them for long enough. In the immortal words of Jack Kirby, “comics will break your heart.” Here are ten books that will put you on the road to heartache… Note: We have avoided spoilers…
