Grace Needs Space! is an immersive and heartening graphic novel about a kid traveling in space in a realistic far future! I, an extremely lucky person, have been friends with the writer Ben Wilgus since college. I got to ask him a bunch of questions about creating Grace, her moms, and the futuristic spacefaring world…
Kingfisher, Kingfisher, Fish Me a King: Spoiler-Free Reviews of A House with Good Bones and Thornhedge
Whether you’re in the mood for contemporary gothic horror or a poignant retold fairytale, T. Kingfisher has got you covered. In A House with Good Bones, just published on March 28th, there’s a modern woman who confronts familial terrors in a very creepy subdivision. And in Thornhedge, coming out this August, you can look forward…
REVIEW: The Mimicking of Known Successes Casts a Cozy and Progressive Glow
The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older dares to ask the age-old question: what if Holmes and Watson were lesbians on Jupiter? Come on, you know you’ve wondered.
REVIEW: Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson Is a New Year’s Treat
Nine Liars, Maureen Johnson’s latest mystery in the Stevie Bell series, has her sleuth traveling to England for funzies, only to be caught up in a cold case there. Both the cold case and Stevie’s life are as engaging as always in this gratifying page-turner.
WWAC Reads!
Here at WWAC, we have your winter holiday reading in mind, and can offer all kinds of suggestions for finishing off 2022 with food for thought, starting tense conversations with your family, and/or dialing up the escapism. No pressure, no judgement, but it’s clear that we have excellent taste. Here’s what we’ve been thrilled by…
WWACommendations: Robo Sapiens, Pyramid Game, Maison Ikkoku and More
Welcome back to WWACommendations! Did you miss us? I always miss us. Never fear — we’re here with hot, fresh recommendations, a hilarious number of which come indirectly from WWAC Manga Editor Masha Zhdanova. It’s probably no surprise that we frequently swap recommendations, but I love seeing evidence of that behind-the-scenes chit chat. It gives…
REVIEW: Legends and Lattes Is a Cozy Nice Time
Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree is a fun and cozy found family story about a retired adventurer opening up a coffee shop in a D&D-style city.
REVIEW: Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell Delivers Cozy Romance and Adventure
Ocean’s Echo, the second novel by Everina Maxwell, takes place in the same universe as Winter’s Orbit and has the same appeal: likable characters in a cozy romance arc have a rollicking adventure full of intergalactic peril and intrigue.
Roundtable: Happy Anniversary Carmilla
2022 marks the 150th anniversary of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s classic vampire story Carmilla, which was originally serialized in The Dark Blue magazine between 1871 and 1872. As well as ranking alongside John Polidori’s “The Vampyre” and Bram Stoker’s Dracula as a foundational text for the vampire genre, Carmilla is remembered as a pioneering work…
Roundtable: Kate Beaton’s Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
Here at WWAC, we’ve been fans of Kate Beaton for a long time, so we were especially excited for the publication of Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, Beaton’s highly anticipated memoir of her time working in the isolated Alberta oil-mining camps. At over 400 pages of Beaton’s distinctive intimate and emotional style, Ducks…
INTERVIEW: Melanie Gillman Chats About Craving Queer Community in Other Ever Afters
Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales collects Melanie Gillman’s fairy tale comics in their distinctive lush colored pencil art. The stories are diverse, poignant, and progressive, and I was thrilled to sit down with Melanie Gillman over Zoom recently and ask all kinds of questions about fairy tales, queerness, and their intersections.
INTERVIEW: Filipa Estrela Explores Meandering Realms
Filipa Estrela is currently crowdfunding the book Meandering Realms: An Anthology of Unconventional Materials Comics, which features short comics by a number of creators in a dizzying array of materials: everything from needlefelting to black and white photographs of facepaint. The stories told are similarly diverse, with some quiet slice of life and some alien…