I’ll start with this: I’m coming into this article knowing that there’s no point in me writing it. I know that. I was talking to WWAC’s Claire on Twitter about exactly this sort of thing—about the point of writing out opinions when there’s nothing to be done about them, about whether they’re productive, but supposedly…
The Local: Geeks and Burlesque Unite in Dallas, Texas (NSFW)
On December 30, 2014, we ran a feature on Viva Dallas Burlesque and their upcoming show DC vs. Marvel. Producer Shoshana Portnoy grew up on X-men comics and, knowing many burlesque performers with similar geek interests, has run many geek-themed shows from video games to superheroes. The DC vs. Marvel show was the last live…
Drink Your Comics: Redheads at the Bar
Redheads are a big thing in comic books. Ashley Schmuecker’s list of her top ten ginger comic book heroines continues to be one of our most popular posts. While we’ve shared some other festive alcoholic creations (Colleen’s Megahex cocktail, Claire’s Ginger Beer, and Ginnis’ mulled wine), we decided to revisit Ashley’s list with some more themed drinks to…
Unlikely Team-Ups: Batman Eternal #31-32
Batman Eternal #31: Buried Deep Story by Scott Snyder & James Tynion IV Script by Ray Fawkes Art by Fernando Pasarin Last issue we saw the collapse of Arkham Asylum. This issue touches on a tiny bit of the fallout from that event. Primarily, the fate of Alfred and the escape of many of Gotham’s most notorious…
Merry Scary Christmas: Batman Returns
Welcome to WWAC’s Merry Scary Christmas: twelve days of thrills, chills, deadly santas, melancholy, and murder. In this first part, Kayleigh looks at perennial Christmas favourite, Batman Returns. Batman Returns Starring Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Danny DeVito, Christopher Walken Directed by Tim Burton 1992 Batman Returns is the scariest superhero film ever made. Dissect the…
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…
Old Guard Comics Dudes: Stop Hiding Behind Your Cosplay Hate
Comics artist Pat Broderick once drew Batman: Year Three, Doom 2099, and Micronauts. He quit drawing those things in the 90’s and left the industry, during a time when many were doing so, because comics suuuuuuuucked to work in due to the industry bottoming out after what is called the “speculator boom.” Now he’s back…
A Positronic Woman’s Plea: Include Trans Women In Fiction
Earlier this year, Andrew Wheeler of ComicsAlliance listed resolutions that he wanted the comics industry to achieve. Among these resolutions was trans representation in the Big Two for superheroes. This has not yet come to pass in a prominent way. Al Ewing has Loki freely changing their appearance between male and female in Marvel Comics’ Loki:…
Life Geek! 11/13/14-11/26/14
Life Geek! is our bi-weekly lifestyle feature where we offer readers a glimpse into our geeky lives. Desiree Rodriguez I’ve recently been working on a new comic resources site, and I’m almost finished! Decided the site needed some ‘me’ in there so I took some selfies of my favorite t-shirt, Nightwing. Got this baby at…
Raised and Raising Geek: Romona and Wendy Talk Geek Parenting
WWAC Staff Writers Romona Williams and Wendy Browne are not only geeks, but geek moms. Including geek culture in their kids’ lives is crucial to their parenting. In this article, they answer some questions about geek parenting and provide great ideas for resources and talking with your kids about the more difficult issues that come up…
Thought Bubble Cosplay
This weekend just past, Kelly Kanayama and I were both in Leeds, at Thought Bubble: the UK’s premier comics convention? I can’t promise that’s a fact, but hot damn, it’s a great con. Much content coming on that subject! But that’s for later. Thought Bubble does not have a very heavy cosplay focus; it’s the sparsest UK…
Release The Spectre: Batman Eternal #29-30
I have to apologize for falling a bit behind with the Batman Eternal recaps. But, I’m all caught up now and ready to discuss what the people of Gotham have been up to in the latest issues. #29 – “The City of Shadow and Doubt” Story by Scott Snyder & James Tynion IV Script by…