Earlier this year, artist Julia Warren independently published an edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland with her new illustrations, surreal digital collages with rich color and a fitting dream-like quality. She corresponded with me extensively to answer my many questions about her inspirations and process.
WWAC Reads Books! October Brought Intense Immersion into Other Worlds
In this month’s WWAC Reads Books, we at WWAC indulge our legendary good taste in exploring other worlds, both far in the future and an invented past, in science fiction and fantasy that sucks you in.
System Collapse by Martha Wells sends Murderbot on a fast-paced mission: Spoiler-free Review
Martha Wells’ latest installment in The Murderbot Diaries comes out today, November 14 from Tor! System Collapse is a quick-paced and satisfying escapade that takes place almost immediately after the novel Network Effect leaves off.
ROUNDTABLE: WWAC Reads Books! September Brought us Deep Satisfaction and Teen Thrills
The back-to-school vibes caught us in September, as a lot of WWAC Readers enjoyed books about teens this month! We’ve got horror, adventure, romance, nuanced fantasy world-building, and a philosophical look at bookselling and society. And as always, we’ve got magnificent taste.
WWAC Reads Books! August Brought Romance, Trans Poetry and Gripping Twists
This month we read and enjoyed eclectically: everything from classic fantasy adventure, to trans poetry, to young adult romance, to creepy fairy tale reboot and to contemporary suspense. Whatever your taste, our August reading has you covered!
Where Barbara Brandon-Croft is Coming From
At this year’s MoCCA Arts Fest, cartoonist Barbara Brandon-Croft sat down to discuss her groundbreaking career as the first syndicated Black woman newspaper comics artist in the US. She talked about the origins of her weekly strip, Where I’m Coming From, its growth and reception, and its contemporary resonance and recent recognition as historically important.
ROUNDTABLE: WWAC Reads Books! July brought us nostalgia, mutual aid insights, and appreciation for rereads
Well, it’s hot and humid here in the U.S. Northeast, a perfect time to lounge with a book in the shade. This month, WWAC contributors have read the latest by speculative fiction Grand Master Connie Willis, gained a close-up look at Mutual Aid maven Miss Major, and gained a new appreciation for older speculative fiction…
REVIEW: Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle offers Both Tingles and Camp (Spoiler-free)
In Camp Damascus, a young adult thriller by Hugo-award finalist Chuck Tingle, Rose is a smart, neurodivergent high school senior. She’s developing a crush on a girl in her class. She loves Jesus and scientific research. We swiftly learn that Rose’s parents ration her time looking up information because they worry her hunger for knowledge…
CON DIARY: Emily and Masha go to MoCCA 2023!
April 1 and 2, people from all over the world gathered at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan for the MoCCA Arts Fest, the annual celebration of Comics and Cartoon Arts organized by the Society of Illustrators in New York City. Intrepid WWAC contributors Masha and Emily met up there on the Saturday to browse the…
ROUNDTABLE: WWAC Reads Books! June Brings Resistance, David Levithan, and Fantasy Romance
This month at WWAC, we’ve sauntered into summer with a collection of fantastic reads, from gripping middle grades fiction, to a new high fantasy from Martha Wells, to a winner of the Booker Prize, to a politically progressive anthology, and points beyond. Read on for a number of ways (the number is eight) to expand…
INTERVIEW: Tracy White Illuminates the Saga of Asylum-Seeking Teens in Unaccompanied
In Unaccompanied: Brave Stories of Teenagers Seeking Asylum, cartoonist Tracy White presents stories of migrant teens reaching the United States without parents, and going through the legal process of pleading their asylum cases here. Varied and harrowing, these stories illuminate the terrible situations these kids flee, and the system they need to navigate on arrival….
REVIEW: Translation State by Ann Leckie Sets Off the Space Canon
A new novel by Ann Leckie is an event to anticipate and Translation State is just as gripping and beautifully written as we’ve come to expect from her. Go ahead and take the day off from work to read this one all at once. Then you can go back and reread it at your leisure.