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: Love is a Battlefield in Love Everlasting Vol. 1
You know the story. Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl. Boy loses girl. Girl runs away. Girl is shot dead by a mysterious cowboy. Girl wakes up in a new house, with a new life, and a new boy. Wait, what?
ROUNDTABLE: Cover Girl: Chainsaw Man Vol. 12
Welcome to Cover Girl! For this feature, we gather a team of WWAC contributors to analyze a new or recent and notable comic book cover featuring one or more women. This month, Kayleigh Hearn, Masha Zhdanova, and Carrie McClain discuss the Chainsaw Man Vol. 12 cover by Tatsuki Fujimoto, featuring new series protagonist Asa Mitaka…
ROUNDTABLE: The Hellfire Gala 2023 Afterparty Autopsy!
Welcome to WWAC’s Hellfire Gala 2023 roundup! The third annual Hellfire Gala was a party to die for, and one of the most shocking comic books of 2023. The House of X fell harder than Jason Derulo falling down the stairs at the Met Gala, but with the new X-Men status quo now well underway,…
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW – The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women’s Suffrage, and Jujitsu
WWAC is proud to present an exclusive excerpt of the historical graphic novel The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women’s Suffrage, and Jujitsu, which recounts the little-known true story of 20th century suffragists who fought for their rights by mastering martial arts: In the early 20th century, women in England were demanding the right to vote—and often…
Cover Girl – Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #1
Welcome to Cover Girl! For this feature, we gather a team of WWAC contributors to analyze a new or recent and notable comic book cover featuring one or more women. This month, Kat Overland, Carrie McClain, Masha Zhdanova, Nola Pfau, and Kayleigh Hearn discuss the Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #1 variant cover by Peach Momoko.
Favorite Small Press Books of 2022
Okay so maybe the end of January/beginning of February is pushing it in terms of when to drop a ‘best of 2022’ list, BUT. Now is the time to crack into one of these recommendations — the holidays are over, Christmas is put away, and all you have to do is hibernate until spring. The…
WWAC’s Favorite Big Press Comics of 2022
2022 was a wild ride for comic book fans, taking readers from the center of the Earth to mutant cities on Mars. Narrowing down our favorite big press comics of the year was a monumental task, but with help from Laila Starr and Nubia, Queen of the Amazons, we were up to the challenge. Just…
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…
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…
REVIEW: Interview with the Vampire is a Savage Garden of Unearthly Delights
Beautiful, Byronic creatures of the night existed before Interview with the Vampire, but in the 46 years since Anne Rice’s debut novel, nearly every major pop culture vampire – Spike, Bill Compton, Damon Salvatore, even the kinky, comedic bloodsuckers on What We Do in the Shadows – has taken a midnight stroll through her Savage…
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: Temporal Chaos Reigns in G.I.L.T. #4
Urban fantasy fans have a new heroine in Hildy Winters, stylish resident of New York City’s Upper West Side and member of the Guild of Independent Lady Temporalists. WWAC offers this exclusive preview of Ahoy Comics’ G.I.L.T, #4, the penultimate issue of this witty time-travel adventure series by Alisa Kwitney and Mauricet.