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ESSAY: Nature and War Memory in Machiko Kyō’s Cocoon

July 10, 2024

Machiko Kyō’s 2011 graphic novel Cocoon tells a harrowing story based on the historical circumstances of a group of teenage girls who died in Okinawa during the Pacific War. An animated adaptation of Cocoon is scheduled to be released in Summer 2025, bringing this tragic chapter of Japanese ...

Comics, Roundtables

WWACommendations: Delicious in Dungeon, Nodame Cantabile, Things in the Basement and More

October 1, 2023

WWACommendations never relies on a theme, but this month we sort of have one — exploration. I inadvertently kicked this off by desperately needing to shout about my Delicious in Dungeon reread, but Masha and Carrie both followed up by recommending manga about exploring unique ...

Comics

Cook Your Comics: A Girl Called Echo’s Pemmican

September 29, 2020

Recent events have forced a reckoning over many things, including dark histories that have been carefully suppressed. Part of Truth and Reconciliation in Canada is facing our history, especially the ugly parts, and doing the work needed on the long road towards equality. One of the most ...

Art & Design, Comics

[EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW] Versailles: My Father’s Palace

September 21, 2020

Lovers of art and history will find the beauty of both in Versailles: My Father’s Palace, the graphical biography of Pierre de Nolhac, the historian, poet, and curator of the Palace of Versailles between 1892 and 1920. The original soft cover graphic novel will be available tomorrow in ...

Comics, Indie & Small Press, Interviews

Making Noise With Kazoo’s Noisemakers: 25 Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World

January 27, 2020

When we were approached with the opportunity to talk about Noisemakers: 25 Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World here at WWAC, my response was a resounding YES after seeing the incredible lineup of creators and subjects involved:

Comics, Reviews

A Monstrous Disappointment in Monstro Mechanica

October 29, 2018

Monstro Mechanica Vol. 1 Paul Allor (writer/letterer), Chris Evenhuis (artist), Sjan Weijers (colorist) Aftershock Comics September 2018 In Monstro Mechanica, master inventor Leonardo da Vinci and his apprentice Isabel are caught in a web of intrigue between the Medici family and the Papal ...

Comics, Reviews

Antar: The Black Knight #1 Brings History to Life

May 24, 2018

Antar: The Black Knight #1 Nnedi Okorafor (Writer), Eric Battle (Artist), Jason Scott Jones (Colours), Thomas Mauer (Letters) IDW Publishing 18 April, 2018 A young slave is beaten by cruel masters. He takes the beating, believing that hardship will only make him stronger. Where does he get this ...

Comics, Reviews

A Brazen Look into Amazing Woman in History: A Review

March 31, 2018

Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked The World Penelope Bagieu (cartoonist and writer) First Second Books March 6, 2018 I took this book from my friend after five minutes of looking at it. In that little of time, I knew that Brazen was something special. Created by the French cartoonist Penelope ...

Comics, Reviews

Corpse Talk: Ground-Breaking Comics

February 24, 2018

Corpse Talk: Ground-Breaking Women Adam and Lisa Murphy Phoenix at David Fickling Books, March 1st 2018 There are children for whom this will rank among the most valuable books of their lives, and it only costs ten pounds (penny change). I appreciate this is an introduction with what’s perhaps ...

history comics

ESSAY: Nature and War Memory in Machiko Kyō’s Cocoon

WWACommendations: Delicious in Dungeon, Nodame Cantabile, Things in the Basement and More

Cook Your Comics: A Girl Called Echo’s Pemmican

[EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW] Versailles: My Father’s Palace

Making Noise With Kazoo’s Noisemakers: 25 Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World

A Monstrous Disappointment in Monstro Mechanica

Antar: The Black Knight #1 Brings History to Life

A Brazen Look into Amazing Woman in History: A Review

Corpse Talk: Ground-Breaking Comics

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