Happy May, VIZ fans! In my part of the world, the weather’s finally getting warmer and sunnier, and the manga I’m reviewing for you this month is just as relaxing and atmospheric as a nice summer vacation, from volume 3 of sparkly shojo Sakura, Saku to the first volume of Hirayasumi. But first, the news!
Viz Pubwatch April 2024
Hope you had an amazing April, VIZ fans! This month we’re returning to two series I like, including Ai Yazawa’s Neighborhood Story, and checking out the first volume of Gokurakugai, which I’ve been hearing a lot about. But first, the news!
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.
VIZ Pubwatch: March 2024
Happy spring, VIZ fans! This month we’re taking a look at– gasp! PROSE! Illustrated by everyone’s favorite Junji Ito. And also my recent favorite, Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. But first, the news.
VIZ Pubwatch: February 2024
Happy February, VIZ fans! We’re celebrating Valentine’s Day with reviews of two sparkly shojo romance manga— and an exciting new English-first e-sports action comic by Ru Xu! But first, the news.
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!
VIZ Pubwatch: January 2024
Happy new year, VIZ fans! New year, new manga, new pubwatch from me! This month we’re covering all first volumes from new and established creators, including the new Taiyo Matsumoto series, Tokyo These Days. But first, the news!
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…
VIZ Pubwatch: December 2023
Happy holidays, dear readers! ‘Tis the season that no marketing team can ever let us forget, and with it come holiday sales and gift lists and special editions of everyone’s favorite anime and manga! This month, we’re talking about Ai Yazawa’s classic Neighborhood Story’s first English release, as well as the new volumes of some…
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…
PUBWATCH: VIZ November 2023
Another month, another pubwatch! This November, we’re bringing news of Anime NYC, a shiny new Io Sakisaka shojo manga, and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure part 6. Let’s start with the news.
VIZ Pubwatch October 2023
Happy Halloween, VIZ fans! It’s time for another Pubwatch. This month we’re taking a look at some seasonally-appropriate spooky scary short story anthologies and a much less spooky shojo romance. But first, the news!