Last week in comics started off plenty loud with an internet outcry over harassment suffered by Marvel Comics editor Heather Antos after she posted a picture online of herself and several coworkers sharing milkshakes in honour of the late Flo Steinberg. Comics creators, fans, and journalists all rallied under the hashtag #MakeMineMilkshake to show solidarity…
Book Beat – Man Booker Longlist and Toronto Desi Comic Book Artist
Hi book lovers! Ashley here! I have been so busy this past week. The office where I work is hosting a group of Japanese youth for a knowledge exchange excursion! They are teaching me a lot about their favourite manga! A lot happened in the book world, so let’s get caught up together!
Oni Watch: Oni Press Gets Weird in the Best Way
Introducing Oni Watch: a regular column keeping the peepers on what’s happening on and off-page at Oni Press. Enjoy! —Ed So what kind of story are you feeling today? Something where some ex-criminal women break their friends out of prison? Or how about a 1920s noir involving snappily-dressed demons? No wait—a world where the Magic…
We Have Voices, Too: Milkshakes with Taneka Stotts
She’s written multiple comics, like Deja Brew and Full Circle. She’s published the first fiery book in Elements, a series of anthologies that features creators of color, front and center. She’s been a champion for POC creators, and independent comics. She’s inspired and inspiring. She spends a lot of time reading comics out of her…
Reel Geek Girl On Spider-Man: Homecoming
Spider-Man: Homecoming Jon Watts (dir), Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Zendaya, and Jon Favreau, with Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey Jr. July 2017 PG-13 Spider-Man: Homecoming marks the first film co-created by Sony and Marvel together to bring the character (who has thus far appeared in his own unconnected separate universe in five other films) to…
Steven Universe: Art & Origins …and Racism
Over the weekend of July 15-16, Twitter came alive with more concerns about the Steven Universe team’s racial sensitivity/awareness. The show has already encountered critique from the viewership and blogosphere over previous instances in the show’s history where racial issues were not handled as well as they could have been: The fact that the diverse…
Divided States of Hysteria: A Form Letter of Dismay
Content Warning: This post discusses depictions of fictional violent racist acts. Due to the unique format of Image Comics as a publishing company, response to their individual titles is hard to register. Following the discovery of the lynching and genital mutilation illustrated on the solicited cover of issue four WWAC has put together the following form…
Friendship, Fate and First Love in When Dimple Met Rishi
When Dimple Met Rishi Sandhya Menon Simon Pulse May 2017
After Wonder Woman: Why Storm Won’t Be the Next Superhero Film
Gal Gadot’s incarnation of Wonder Woman is resonating with superhero fans and feminists. The fantasy/science fiction film directed by Patty Jenkins grossed over $129 million (IMBD) and earned Lynda Carter’s stamp of approval. I chatted with fableist and superhero fan, Candice Lola to discuss black female superhero characters in movies and television.
Real Life Horror Inspiring Fiction: Comic Review of Destroyer by Victor LaValle
Victor LaValle’s Destroyer #1 Victor LaValle (Writer), Dietrich Smith (Artist), Micaela Dawn (Cover Artist) Boom! Studios May 24, 2017 Victor LaValle’s horror comic Destroyer is a six-issue series that is a new take on the Frankenstein mythos. The story is about a grieving mother and scientist who lost her son to a police shooting, who is now…
Politically Cartoonish: May In Review
Hello, and welcome to the May edition of Politically Cartoonish. As with the rest of WWAC, the Politically Cartoonish column is working to include analyses of non-U.S. and non-Western issues. Readers are encouraged to send political cartoon suggestions to the author via her Twitter handle @youandyourego. May opened up with International Workers Day on May 1st,…
Previously on Comics: PRIDE and Transphobia
Hello again! I hope everyone is having a wonderful PRIDE month. If, like me, you’re without a local PRIDE event, I hope you’ll celebrate virtually in a way that makes you happy. Maybe you want to support queer creators? Check out this Twitter thread by Noelle Stevenson for inspiration. I just paid off my loans,…
