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, Masha Zhdanova, Kayleigh Hearn, Kat Overland, Jenna Ledford, and Emily Lauer talk about the cover of Snotgirl #16 by series co-creator Leslie Hung!
VIZ Pubwatch: December 2024
Happy holidays, VIZ fans! 2024 may be coming to a close, but I will probably continue to do this pubwatch until the heat death of the universe or I run out of spare time. Whichever comes first! This month we’re getting warm and cozy with some fluffy romance manga, as well as volume 3 of…
VIZ Pubwatch November 2024
The unceasing march of time continues, and VIZ media continues to release cool new comics! This month we’re catching up on previously-reviewed series Hirayasumi and Trillion Game and introducing the buzzy new shojo manga Colette Decides to Die. But first, the news.
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…
VIZ Pubwatch October 2024
Welcome back to another Pubwatch, VIZ fans! It’s October, and you know what that means— NEW! YORK! COMIC CON! Also Halloween but that’s less relevant here. We’re going to talk about the VIZ panel at this year’s NYCC and review some new series, including the Magic: the Gathering themed manga Destroy All Humans: They Can’t…
VIZ Pubwatch: August and September 2024
Welcome back to the VIZ Pubwatch, everyone! Did you miss me? I spent my August crunching on convention prep and then got COVID and missed Anime NYC because of it, but I’m better now and ready to share more VIZ news and reviews with you all! We’ll talk about some shonen classics and some brand-new…
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!
VIZ Pubwatch: July 2024
Another month, another VIZ Pubwatch! This month, we’re talking about some of our favorites, including a rerelease of Taiyo Matsumoto’s GoGo Monster and the newest Steel of the Celestial Shadows volume. But first, the news!
VIZ Pubwatch June 2024
Happy Pride month, VIZ fans! This month we are covering… two heterosexual romance comics (including the Kazuo Umezz classic My Name is Shingo) and one comic with no romantic or sexual plotlines whatsoever (Fool Night). It’s the thought that counts! Anyway, onto the news.
REVIEW: Haikyuu!! The Dumpster Battle is a Smash Hit
Would you watch an animated volleyball game in a movie theater? What if that volleyball game was the culmination of years of friendly rivalry between the two teams and the climax of several character arcs? What if the sound design was really, really good?
REVIEW: Grand Slam Romance 2: Major League Hotties Hits it Out Of The Park
Happy pride month, WWACers! Sapphics all over the internet need to read this book and start talking about it, right now! Grand Slam Romance 2: Major League Hotties by Emma Oosterhous and Ollie Hicks picks up where the first book of this series left off, amps up the magic, sports, comedy, and lesbianism to almost…
LISTICLE: Food and Fantasy Manga for Fans of Delicious in Dungeon
Hello, hello! Have you been watching that hot new anime on Netflix lately? Yes you have. Delicious in Dungeon is all over everyone’s social media feeds like it’s the last season of Succession. And it looks like a lot of people were inspired by Studio Trigger’s tasty adaptation to check out the manga by Ryoko…