Over Labor Day weekend, I attended the second annual San Francisco Comic-Con and found it to be great at some things and lacking at some others. First, I’d like to address that SFCC seems to have listened to fan criticism remarkably well. The two biggest complaints in their first year were the confusing, small venue…
A TARDIS Full of Coats: Why Queer Women are Already Costuming the First Female Doctor
Even before Jodie Whittaker pushed back Peter Capaldi’s hood to reveal herself as the first woman actor to play the Doctor, Doctor Who’s female and non-binary fans–especially those whose gender expression tacks masculine-of-centre–were already watching odds shorten on Peter Capaldi’s replacement being a different gender … and skipping ahead to what style and costume will…
Book Beat: LGBTQ Emerging Author Prize & Doctor Who Library
Hi book lovers! Ashley here again. I took some time off because I chose to take an intensive summer course. So again, I was launched into student mode, only reading scholarly articles and complaining profusely. I had one of the scariest moments of my life writing an essay and saving it only to not find…
Villains and Masterminds: The Third Doctor #4
The Third Doctor #4 Paul Cornell (Writer), Christopher Jones (Artist), Hi-Fi (Colors) Titan Comics January 11th, 2016 It’s hard to imagine anything topping The Third Doctor #3’s explosive reveal that the Second Doctor was really Ramón Salamander in disguise. And yet, things are only getting more interesting as we hurtle into issue #4. Fragile alliances are built, characters’…
Catching Up With The Third Doctor #3
The Third Doctor #3 Paul Cornell (Writer), Christopher Jones (Artist), Hi-Fi (Colors) Titan Comics November 30th, 2016 Have you been reading The Third Doctor? Now is the perfect time to dive in and get caught up. If the first three issues don’t get you hooked, the big reveal at the end of this issue will surely keep…
A Study in Pink: Cartooning Sherlock Queerly (At Last)
I have never been a fan of comic riffs based off of live-action television and films. The cartoonists that get hired to draw them seem to get hired for one purpose: to perfectly render the likenesses of the actors from the original. What I love about a television show are so rarely the actors, I…
Doctor Who Review: Third Doctor #1
Doctor Who: Third Doctor #1 Paul Cornell (Writer), Christopher Jones (Artist), Hi-Fi (Colors) Titan Comics September 14, 2016
The Local: Doctor Who Day in Denton, TX
I have talked a lot about the awesomeness of my hometown Denton, TX here and here. But now I have yet another line to add to the “Denton, TX is Awesome List.” We have an official—official as in government recognized—Doctor Who Day.
News & Things: Star Wars Fades Out
“The Fade Out,” New From Brubaker & Phillips Hot off their exclusive contract with Image, Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips have a new title that is about — wait for it — vintage style noir crime! Still, the book looks gorgeous and this is Brubaker’s wheelhouse — what are you going to do? Not read…
Comics and Games Club Diary
When I’m not reading or writing about comics, I work at a junior school in England as a teaching assistant. Several weeks ago, I started a Comics and Games Creation Club to give students a school-sanctioned chance to explore their geeky interests. As you can imagine, having a lot of nerdy kids in one place…
What’s Hot? Feb 2014
WHAT’S HOT? What are your comic-loving, hard-writing, news-gathering WWAC team getting giddy about outside the world of comics? We share just what is our poison, this February. Ivy Noelle Mine is Veronica Mars. Yes, I’m really, really late to the party. I’m blowing through the seasons that are streaming on Amazon Prime at a crazy…
Review: The Time of the Doctor
After a rocky series 6 and 7, Doctor Who’s triumphant 50th anniversary special seemed to presage a return to the heights of Steven Moffat’s first year as showrunner. In retrospect, perhaps there was no way for him to live up to those renewed expectations