IDW Publishing has officially released the creative lineup for their new Jem and the Holograms comic, which is set to debut in early 2015. Writer Kelly Thompson and artist Ross Campbell are responsible for bringing the popular 80s cartoon to a modern audience in comic format. On her blog, Thompson stated: Ross’s and my pitch to…
Professor Julian Chambliss On the Communicative Potential of Comics in Academia
From our upcoming interview with Professor Chambliss: Comic books are complex cultural artifacts that facilitate analysis of social, political, and economic issues through the content on the page, the production process, and the creative environment. Comic narratives are historically grounded and the people creating them directly and indirectly reflecting the philosophy, views, and mindsets at…
Keiron Gillen On the Treatment of Rape In His Alt-WW2 Comic Über
From our upcoming feature interview with Kieron Gillen: This is World War II, and there were over one million rapes in central Berlin, and the fact is this was just really how it is. I’ve never written a page more carefully than that third page, because this cannot be exploitative, this cannot be titillating. In…
Reading in Downward Dog: The WWAC Help-You-Out Workout Resource
Reader, I’m planning something. Something to do with… …Sports and exercise. And comics.
The Apparel Question: Look Good With WWAC
What we want to know, is: Which colours do you favour? We’re showing white below, but that’s a placeholder. What sort of shirt, or tote, or hat, or [x merchandise option] are you really here for? Would you rather wear printed or embroidered apparel? Would you avoid joining our sartorial posse if we sourced shirts…
Godzilla in America: All downhill from Raymond Burr?
WWACRadio is back and talking translation! Here’s a preview
Do you mind not being obviously credited, on the official English pages for the books you translate? Jerome Saincantin, translator: No, not at all. My name’s on the comics, which means that if anyone has reason to look for the translator, they can. And I’m not a creator per se, so I’m fine with it….
From our upcoming interview with James McKay, of “Dreams of a Low Carbon Future”
Dreams of a Low Carbon Future is an educational graphic novel from the University of Leeds. About the possibility of a low carbon future, James McKay had this to say: “I personally think the crash is inevitable, and there are high-profile writers and scientists who believe it is going to happen very soon (problems related…