I’ve said before that I love when we’re all surprisingly in sync with our monthly reads, and wow is everyone in sync this month – except for me! Below is mostly one comic that seems to have taken WWAC’s casual reading by storm, plus two very conceptually and aesthetically different recommendations. I think it’s a…
WWAC Reads Books! Fantasy Romance Edition
We’ve got a wide array of fantasy and romance for you all this time around, with an epic historical tearjerker and a thoughtful piece of progressive nonfiction to round things out!
WWACommendations: God Bless the Mistaken, Ditching Saskia, Breadcrumbs and More
This month’s WWACommendations is a riot of emotions. Kathryn’s reading about the discomfort of grief, Emily’s got a memoir that involves funneling emotion into activism, Christa’s got a familiar recommendation that processes feelings of isolation, Kayleigh brings us a horror anthology which of course serves up a great deal of fear, and I’ve got a…
WWACommendations: Morgana and Oz, Paper Cuts, Squire, and More
This month’s WWACommendations could be subtitled: “Damn, Comics Really are Everywhere.” We’re still reading titles published by the big two, but we’re also reading on Webtoons or picking up print collections that started on the app. We’re reading kickstarted collections from well known publishers, books available in bookstores and libraries, volumes self-published by the creators,…
WWAC Reads Books! Supernatural Gender Edition
Cozying down into fall, we here at WWAC have been indulging both in books with really interesting things to say about gender, and as usual, books across the speculative fiction spectrum. Everything from horror stories to sweet, queer retellings of Arthuriana, we’re enjoying it all!
REVIEWS: ShortBox Comics Fair Favorites for 2024
Comics publisher ShortBox may have folded this year, but Zainab Akhtar’s annual ShortBox Comics Fair still has a sparkling present and future. Open for October, a fabulously curated collection of digital indie works are for sale online. Featuring a ton of creators, some established and some just starting out, it’s a grab bag of wonderful…
WWACommendations: Noss & Zakuro, Minicomics and More
This and, spoilers, the upcoming WWACommendations contain some of my favorite things: Fall reads, zines, and mini-comics! We’re coming to you post CAKE, SPX, and several other indie fests, and as I write this intro the Short Box Comics Fair is also underway. On top of that, it’s also Fall publishing season in the mainstream…
WWACommendations: Your Letter, Violent Flowers, HoverGirls, and More
Welcome to a very Webtoon heavy WWACommendations! This month’s roundtable reflects how many Webtoons titles are earning print publications, whether it be through the Webtoons Unscrolled press or other publishers. It’s been interesting to see these comics pop up in my library. From a purely observational perspective they seem to circulate no more or less…
WWAC Reads Books: Summer Lounging Edition
Deep into the summer, we here at WWAC are combatting high temperatures by balancing our reading between romances, teens pushing boundaries, and thoughtful nonfiction. Any book can be a beach read if you bring it to the beach!
WWACommendations: Song of a Blackbird, Dragon Goes House Hunting, Poison Ivy and More
Greetings to you from a place of calm: my day off after my biggest program of the year. This is a perfect moment to dive in to recommendations! A great stressor – albeit an important one that I value very much! – has been lifted, and there is space in my brain to really, truly…
WWACommendations: Woman Life Freedom, Ash’s Cabin, Fried Rice and More
It’s truly, officially summer which brings us back to an evergreen question: what qualifies as a true summer read? Should summer books be lighthearted and easy? Should they be hardcovers that you take to the beach and return to the library full of sand? (Hi, it’s me, your librarian – please be careful taking your…
WWACommendations: Glitch, Brittle Joints, Bunt! and More
I always hope WWACommendations can be a joyful roundtable to come back to each month. I like writing silly and sometimes unhinged intros for it, sharing pictures of my cat on her birthday (she’s 12 now!) and reflecting on the current moment. This is a very hard moment, and I’m a bit too wrung out…