Previously On Comics: Awards and Adaptations
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Eisner Awards
“Comic-Hating” White Man Gets Nominated for Eisner Awards
The Eisner Awards, as a long-standing comic award of some renown, are no stranger to controversy, between privacy concerns and notable transphobes being inducted into the hall of fame, and this year’s nominations are proving to be no different. Released just a week before at the time of this ...
Comics, Indie & Small Press, Reviews
REVIEW: You Died Anthology Explores a Gentle Afterlife
You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife from Iron Circus Comics collects two dozen original short comics about death. The anthology’s theme of death positivity is a welcome approach to the subject, and the tone of the comics is gentle and playful. Bestselling author Caitlin Doughty leads the ...
REVIEW: The Legend of Auntie Po: We Make Our Own Gods
Shing Yin Khor’s Eisner-nominated The Legend of Auntie Po is a fantastical re-imagining of the place that American gods like Paul Bunyan have in our imagination. The story takes place in a logging camp nestled within the Sierra Nevadas between 1885 and 1886 and is told through the eyes of 13 ...
INTERVIEW: Alec Longstreth on Isle of Elsi
Alec Longstreth, creator of the Eisner-nominated webcomic Isle of Elsi, longrunning minicomic series Phase 7, and graphic novel Basewood, sat down with WWAC to talk about making comics for children, the challenges of serialization online, and Carl Barks.
Previously on Comics: We’re Nominated for an Eisner (Again)
Hello faithful readers! Kate here, and I’ve been having a shitty couple of weeks, so I’m here to share all the fun stuff from last week because I need joy. And there was a lot of joy. WWAC has been nominated for another Eisner Award!
Previously on Comics: Blerdcon, Comic-Con@Home, and Chuck Tingle
With convention season officially back in full swing, whether virtually or in-person, there’s lots going on.
2021 Eisner Awards: Thank you
Well. Shit. I was not expecting that. In fact, I wasn’t even watching the Eisner Awards. I was, instead, watching F9 (excellent movie, btw — just kidding. Needed more dinosaurs; less Dom) with Megan Purdy, the incredible woman who founded Women Write About Comics, and who, along ...
Hey Eisner Awards! Where Are the Women?
So hey, the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are next month (if you’re eligible, the voting deadline is June 30) during the San Diego Comic-Con at Home event. Like last year, there won’t be an in-person event, and like many, I’ll miss the opportunity to get dressed up and ...
How to Register to Vote For the Eisner Awards in 2021
Happy Eisner nominations, one and all! We’re incredibly proud to once again be nominated for Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism, but that’s not why we’re here. The Eisners are the most prestigious and high-profile awards in the comic industry, but for the most part, ...
