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REVIEW: Redemption and Revenge Ring True in Darlin’ and Her Other Names

October 19, 2023

Two guides are hired to lead a hunting party. Black and white artwork marries a short narrative of some privileged yet unfortunate souls, with a surprising supernatural twist at the end that stayed in my brain years later. The first version of this supernatural western comic, titled simply ...

Comics, Indie & Small Press, Reviews, Webcomics

REVIEW: Four Years Delivers a Poetic Look at Growth and Friendship

October 19, 2022

I went into Four Years quite unaware of what to expect beyond just a brief synopsis from the Ignatz Award page and a tweet from creator K Czap. But what I got was a really lovely, well-paced exploration of self growth and friendship through scenes all expertly weaved together with color and ...

Comics, Indie & Small Press, Reviews

REVIEW: Dr. Love Wave and the Experiments #2

April 29, 2021

It’s been a year since the first issue of Dr. Love Wave and the Experiments left us high and dry, with a marina devoid of water and aliens lurking about. You’d think the second issue would come bounding in with all kinds of funky music and action. Instead, it pulls us back into its ...

Indie & Small Press, Interviews

A Platform for Philippine Komiks: An Interview With Penlab

November 30, 2020

Filipino komiks (“comics”) have long had a commercial industry that goes far back as the 1920s, but it has been only until recently that interest in these works has grown outside of the Philippines. With social isolation restrictions still in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many ...

Comics, Indie & Small Press, Reviews

Spotlight on Nadia Shammas

August 6, 2020

Recently announced as the writer of a Ms. Marvel graphic novel to be published by Scholastic, Nadia Shammas might be a new name to some of you, but she isn’t new to comics. A former Marvel intern, Shammas edited CORPUS: A Comic Anthology of Bodily Ailments (which was covered by WWAC here and ...

Comics, Interviews, Profiles & Primers, Zines

And Then They Died: Sean Poppe’s Cackling Horror Comics

October 24, 2016

Disclaimer: This review is based on a review copy provided by the cartoonist. Short horror fiction has perhaps the widest reach of all genres. Campfires, midnight radio, parody advertisements, pulp fiction for eight-year-olds, and anthology television all boast a firm ground in the ...

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REVIEW: Redemption and Revenge Ring True in Darlin’ and Her Other Names

REVIEW: Four Years Delivers a Poetic Look at Growth and Friendship

REVIEW: Dr. Love Wave and the Experiments #2

A Platform for Philippine Komiks: An Interview With Penlab

Spotlight on Nadia Shammas

And Then They Died: Sean Poppe’s Cackling Horror Comics

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