Here at WWAC, we’ve been fans of Kate Beaton for a long time, so we were especially excited for the publication of Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, Beaton’s highly anticipated memoir of her time working in the isolated Alberta oil-mining camps. At over 400 pages of Beaton’s distinctive intimate and emotional style, Ducks…
Queering Cozy Classics for the Winter!
The weather is getting chillier where I live, and I’m starting to yearn for afternoons curled up with a hot drink, rereading something cozily canonical like Austen or Shakespeare. Part of what’s cozy about that scene, for me, is the interpretations of characters I developed on first reading, and still stand by. In fandom, “headcanons”…
Previously On Comics: Spider-Man No More
As usual, the comics industry has had its ups and downs in the last week. As San Diego Comic Con approaches and summer is now in full swing, new comics, comic storylines, and comic-based films continue to emerge. Fans everywhere can rest assured that there’s plenty to keep up with this week.
Previously On Comics
Good morning! It’s been an eventful couple of weeks. Let’s start with the most important: Kate Beaton’s sister is sick, and needs support. She’s struggling with a very aggressive form of cancer, and it’s severe enough that they’re pursuing special clinical trials. Kate provides some further explanation here: I wrote this out, I hope not…
Step Aside, Pops: What Does a “Best Anthology” Look Like?
Step Aside, Pops Kate Beaton Drawn & Quarterly 2015 Back in September, Kate Beaton’s latest collection of her juggernaut webcomic, Hark! A Vagrant, won an Ignatz award for Best Anthology. It was up against Nick Drnaso’s Beverly, Sfe Monster and Taneka Stotts’ Beyond, Trina Robbins’ The Complete Wimmen’s Comix, and Adrian Tomine’s Killing and Dying. Step…
Store Review: Alakazam Comics
Alakazam Comics Phone: (949) 854-3744 Email: alakazamcomics@aol.com Address: 4237 Campus Drive, Suite B162, Irvine, California, 92612 USA Nestled between a bakery and a lunch place in the strip mall across the street from the University of California at Irvine, intrepid cyclists (or slightly more intrepid SoCal motorists) will find Alakazam Comics. (If you prefer more…
News & Things: Happy Boxing Day!
Welcome back to News & Things! It’s a slow news day, as a lot of people are still digging into their Yule Logs, but we still have some tasty news bites for you! News Superman’s Resurgence Dashes Hopes for Shazam Movie Hoping to see Billy Batson’s Captain Marvel on the big screen? Unfortunately it may…
News & Things: Is it still bestiality, if the turtle talks, and walks on two legs?
Welcome back to News & Things! Of course, this week we’ll all be digesting news from New York Comic Con, but here are some non-NYCC stories to cleanse your pallet! News IDW To Publish Parker Prose Novels With Illustrations by Darwyn Cooke You might recall that IDW publishes Cooke’s graphic adaptations of the Richard Stark/Donald Westlake noir…
News & Things: Adventures Across the 8th Dimension
Welcome back to News & Things! Today we’re travelling across the 8th Dimension to find the next Jane Foster! Read below for more! Read of the Week The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is The Dissolve’s Movie of the Week, with new articles discussing the film’s cult following, quotability, and the mythology…