Welcome back to the VIZ pubwatch! It’s a new year, and after taking December off for real life reasons, I am once again bringing you the VIZ news and reviews you deserve! This month we’re talking once again about Tatsuki Fujimoto (my beloved) as well as the final volume of BEASTARS and volume 2 of…
Tangerines, Berries, Pirates: Finding your Family in One Piece
A centering theme prevalent across the whole of Eiichiro Oda’s long-running opus One Piece is families, or more specifically found families. In the framework of early One Piece (the East Blue Saga), this is most strongly seen in the context of the Arlong Park arc with Nami, the Straw Hat pirates’ navigator.
Hottest Hair In Comics
As you know, here at WWAC, we’re committed to bringing you the hardest hitting critical analysis that can be found in comics. We cover the topics others are too afraid to cover! Explore the corners of comics as an industry that others are afraid to look in to! Spend several hours compiling a list of…
Previously On Comics: Back Once Again With the Dull Behaviour
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…
Previously on Comics: The Manga Market Continues to Grow
Hello, everyone! It’s a new week, which means it’s time to catch up on what’s happening in the world of comics. At NYCC, ICv2 presented an overview of the current comicbook market, complete with scenarios that could lead to its growth or collapse. Given that I remember when the North American manga market collapsed in…