Here at WWAC, we’ve been delving into some meaty explorations of how societies work recently, from Kathryn and Paige’s nonfiction recommendations of Ryokan: Mobilizing Hospitality in Rural Japan and Extremely Online – The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, And Power on the Internet; to Masha’s appreciation of Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar, and my own anthropologically-inflected speculative…
T. Kingfisher Bingo! (And spoiler-free REVIEWS of What Feasts at Night and A Sorceress Comes to Call)
If you’re a fan of T. Kingfisher a.k.a. Ursula Vernon, you may have noticed some motifs showing up repeatedly in her work. Is there a knightly character wracked with guilt? Is there an animal made out of bones? Are you pretty sure the housepet in the horror novel will be absolutely fine? With these recurring…
CON DIARY: Braving New York ComicCon on Friday the 13th!
This year, New York Comic Con will return to the Javits Center in Manhattan the weekend of October 17-20! Here’s a rundown of everything I did there last year, from getting absorbed in Artists Alley, confused on the mail floor, and popping into a crafts room.
WWAC Reads Books: Genre-Busting Edition
This Spring, we at WWAC are reading everything from lyrical fairy tale retellings to sob-fest memoirs, to Absolute Classics. Join us for the ride!
WWAC’s Favorite Small Press Comics of 2023!
It’s MarchApril?? Well, it’s never a bad time to read a list of our favorite comics from small presses, indie presses, and creators who self-publish! Specifically favorites — best-of lists promise a lot, and we’d rather just let you know what we loved. So grab a comic and hang out in that nice spring weather.
REVIEW: Club Microbe by Elise Gravel Adorably Introduces Our Tiniest Neighbors
Club Microbe by Elise Gravel is an adorable and informative look at the microbial world.
WWAC Reads Books! Entering our Dragon Era Edition
Here at WWAC we are starting off our 2024 right, and really committing to reading in the Year of the Dragon with a wide variety of terrific books. Christa digs into A Woman is No Man, I read a couple upcoming speculative fiction titles by Ann Leckie and Adrian Tchaikovsky, Alenka enjoys some YA horror…
WWAC’S Favorite Manga of 2023
WWAC editors and contributors read a lot of different manga last year, from indie publishers like Glacier Bay Books to heavy hitters like VIZ and Kodansha. We read romance, horror, slice-of-life, autobiography… And we’ve managed to narrow down our list to our very favorite manga of 2023, so here they are!
REVIEW: Let Book of Love by Kelly Link Immerse You (spoiler-free)
Every door may represent a choice, but what if it’s not your choice to make? In The Book of Love by Kelly Link, we meet characters who open some doors and are shoved through others as they grapple with the consequences of other people’s decisions. The Book of Love, Kelly Link’s highly anticipated first full-length…
WWAC’s Favorite Comics for Young Readers of 2023
Just as we were getting ready to bid farewell to 2023, I fell prey to a unique end-of-year anxiety. I found myself scrolling through lists, tallying up all the new teen comics published throughout the year. How much had I missed, and why did I miss so much when I spent time buying for a…
Roundtable: WWAC Reads Books! Digging into Winter Edition
We at WWAC have had an intense start to our winter reading, with a lot of heavy hitting books! Alenka’s immersed in books about incarceration while Christa’s reading YA speculative fiction to consider for a CYBILS award. Louis is appreciating Yellowface on audio and Kathryn’s fascinated by the short stories of Vandana Singh. Meanwhile, Masha…
REVIEW: Chaos Terminal Expands Mur Lafferty’s Madcap Universe (Spoiler-free)
Chaos Terminal is the rollicking sequel to Mur Lafferty’s Station Eternity—a fast-paced locked space station mystery with a fun and diverse cast.