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This Week in WWAC History: Summer Fun

June 26, 2016

Summer officially began this past Monday in the U.S., and I’m happy it’s here because we have a great selection of articles with a summer theme. Whether it’s essays on the comic This One Summer, or our summer cosplay series, I think you’ll find something to read while ...

Opinion

Brand New: An Analysis of DC Comics’ 2016 Logo

May 26, 2016

DC Entertainment released their new logo, along with a press release explaining its new branding and the motivations behind its decisions. See below for the full announcement. I have highlighted a few key phrases that point toward DC’s branding direction.

Comics, Interviews, Webcomics

Interview with Meredith Gran of Octopus Pie

May 25, 2016

One of the reasons I love webcomics is that they give readers the opportunity to see an artist grow and change. Webcomics are, with a few exceptions, published quickly after they are created, giving the reader a chance to engage with a work while the artist is still living through the ...

Comics, Opinion

Dear Amanda: Letters of Caution

May 16, 2016

Cathy G. Johnson’s Dear Amanda plays catch with you for a while. Then it knocks the ball out of your hands. You thought you were reading a simple diary comic? You were reading a rather complex meditation on perspective, in fact. It knocked the ball out of my hands, I should say. Reading ...

Comic Strips, Comics, Opinion, Webcomics

Let Me Desire Myself: Sexy Drawings That Don’t Hurt [NSFW]

May 10, 2016

Erotica, one might hope, is intended to make people feel good. Erotica, as has been discussed at length on this site, can cause people to feel bad. All art containing bodies has the potential to push the viewer into a state of comparison. Desiring to encourage reflection upon the differences ...

Comics, Interviews, Opinion, Profiles & Primers

Carve Your Name in the Rockface: Arielle Soutar’s Art of Lettering

May 5, 2016

When I spoke to Zach Clemente about his Mountain cycle comics, he had plenty to say about his steady collaborator, Arielle Soutar. Clemente and Soutar have collaborated with a different cartoonist on each book, but she has provided the typography and logo work for all ClementeWorks scripts. And ...

Comics, Manga, Opinion

Masamune Shirow and Brandon Graham: A Dirty, Dirty Pair

April 27, 2016

Porn comics! I wish I could say I’m a bigger fan of them than I am. Sex unbound from just about everything up to including the laws of physics and the capitalistic forces that keep real live porn mired in racism and misogyny! What a concept. I’m sure there’s plenty of material out there for me ...

Comics, Essays, Manga, Opinion

If It Fits: Shoes, Sex, and Eroticised Withdrawal in Okazaki Mari’s “&”

April 25, 2016

Okazaki Mari’s romance comic “&” is about romance as a connection that springs from sensual experience. Its heroine, Kaoru, works in a hospital and is attempting to build her own business as a nail technician in her own time, and at the site of each job, she has a suitor.

Comics, Interviews, Opinion

Build Your Own Mountain: A Conversation with a DIY Comics Writer-Publisher

April 21, 2016

Review copies are nice, but review copies that you’d be excited to buy are better. Zachary Clemente sent me two comics that he self-published, with Arielle Soutar on lettering, and Kelsi Ricks (Remnants) and Ricardo Lopez Ortiz (Immolation) putting image to page. I wanted to know more ...

Comic Strips, Comics, Opinion, Profiles & Primers, Webcomics

Comics’ Infinite Scroll: To The Rim and Beyond

March 25, 2016

The launch of Stela, a new comics app which publishes titles optimized for the downward scrolling function of smartphones, has kicked up some talk about Scott McCloud’s Reinventing Comics. Published in 2000 as a sequel to Understanding Comics, Reinventing Comics considers the kinds of ...

Design

This Week in WWAC History: Summer Fun

Brand New: An Analysis of DC Comics’ 2016 Logo

Interview with Meredith Gran of Octopus Pie

Dear Amanda: Letters of Caution

Let Me Desire Myself: Sexy Drawings That Don’t Hurt [NSFW]

Carve Your Name in the Rockface: Arielle Soutar’s Art of Lettering

Masamune Shirow and Brandon Graham: A Dirty, Dirty Pair

If It Fits: Shoes, Sex, and Eroticised Withdrawal in Okazaki Mari’s “&”

Build Your Own Mountain: A Conversation with a DIY Comics Writer-Publisher

Comics’ Infinite Scroll: To The Rim and Beyond

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