For the month of April, Tokyopop is making a number of its first volumes free to read digitally. I took the opportunity to read Still Sick by Akashi and Don’t Call Me Daddy by Gorou Kanbe. These two manga fascinated me, particularly in conjunction with each other, as depictions of homophobia and queer desire in…
“Gloria” is Glorious as Katy Keene Gets her Mojo Back
In Katy Keene chapter ten, Gloria’s accused of something ugly, setting Katy on the investigative warpath to clear her mentor’s name only to get looped back into her Mom Mystery. Elsewhere: Jorge’s Hail Mary throw to keep Bernardo in his life goes haywire; Pepper’s past finally threatens to go Vesuvius on her; and Kevin Keller pops…
Cover Girl: Phantom Thief Jeanne Volume 1
Welcome to Cover Girls. Each month, we gather a team of WWAC contributors to analyze a new and notable comic book cover featuring one or more women. This month Masha, Latonya, and Wendy look at the cover of Phantom Thief Jeanne Volume 1 by Arina Tanemura.
Last Week’s Episode: Furloughs, Delays, and Corporate Devilry
It’s hard to know what’s going on at the moment. The COVID-19 crisis has most of the world in a state of self-isolation and the entertainment industry is trying its best to chug along. This week has been a strange mix of studios furloughing hundreds of thousands of people and delaying movies until next year,…
3 Reasons to Re-Read Bleach
Tite Kubo’s sweeping manga finished up in 2016, but the final arc was never adapted into the anime. Fans were left wanting when the anime ended in 2012 and have always hoped to see the final arc be adapted, myself included! It was recently announced that Studio Pierrot is going to be adapting the “Thousand-Year…
The Amazing Mary Jane #6: Thoroughly Modern Mary Jane
Remember when, all of a sudden, Mary Jane Watson was showing up on every random Marvel comic cover, without it meaning anything about the book inside? Remember how weird that was, and sort of creepy, like, “Look, a babe. For no reason!”? Well it turns out that was a marketing campaign, for Mary Jane’s solo…
Blue Flag Studies Relationship Geometry
Ao no Flag is a monthly manga by KAITO serialized in Jump+ and simulpublished in English on Mangaplus, a high school slice of life romance comic that goes above and beyond the boundaries that classification may imply. Blue Flag’s premise is simple: two boys, popular baseball star Touma and average nobody Taichi, are best friends….
A Reread, a Recommendation, and a Rando: Reviews of Recently Acquired Manga
With Kodansha and others having huge sales recently, it’s hard not to spend a bunch of money on new series. Thankfully, I showed some restraint and only picked up five new volumes. Considering how big my existing “to read” pile is, five new series seemed like a good number. For now. This might change by…
Stellar Streaming Storytimes for When You Are Stuck at Home
Now that my husband and I are the chief facilitators of our kid’s remote kindergarten experience, in addition to both working from home at our full time jobs, I find weekday lunches to be a pretty exhausted time for me. Thus, I’ve instituted a lunchtime storytime practice, where some professional reads my kid picture books…
Katy Keene Learns That Sometimes Wishin’ and Hopin’ Ain’t Easy
In Katy Keene chapter nine, everyone’s dreams come horribly true. Katy turns to Pepper for help when her new position at Lacy’s becomes too much for her to handle, thanks to Guy; Josie’s viral video inspires Alex to reunite the Pussycats, but he, Josie, and Alex’s father all have different visions for what the new version…
What Happens After You Bid for #Creators4Comics?
[Editor’s note: This article was updated 04/19/2020 to include a link to a central spreadsheet for the auction] If you’re an avid comics fan and Twitter user, you might’ve seen tweets in the past few days tagged #Creators4Comics. Creators of all stripes have offered up an assortment of goodies for fans to bid on: lots…
