Masha Zhdanova, Author at WWAC

VIZ Pubwatch March 2023

March 28, 2023

Spring is in the air! Theoretically. It snowed last week where I live. But soon, the flowers will bloom, the weather will warm, the spring anime season will start. And until then, we’ve got VIZ news and new releases to entertain you! This month we’re covering new volumes of some series we’ve ...

Indie & Small Press, Interviews, Webcomics

INTERVIEW: Alex de Campi on Reversal

March 9, 2023

Reversal by Alex de Campi (writing and letters), Skylar Patridge (inks) and Kelly Fitzpatrick (colors) launched on Webtoon in March 2022. The urban-fantasy webcomic, following a middle schooler with chronic pain and her family’s struggles to deal with the violent aftereffects of magic suddenly ...

Manga, Pubwatch, Reviews

VIZ Pubwatch February 2023

February 23, 2023

It’s been a weird winter for a lot of people, I’m sure — weather’s been unusually warm where I live, Twitter is continuing to fall apart in new and interesting ways, headlines seem more and more dire by the day — but VIZ media is here to make it all better with news and new releases that’ll ...

Comics, Roundtables

Cover Girl – Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #1

February 2, 2023

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 ...

Comics, Indie & Small Press, Lists, Webcomics, Zines

Favorite Small Press Books of 2022

January 31, 2023

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 ...

Manga, News, Pubwatch, Reviews

VIZ Pubwatch: January 2023

January 24, 2023

Welcome back to the VIZ pubwatch! It’s a new year, and after taking December off for real life reasons, I am once again bringing you the VIZ news and reviews you deserve! This month we’re talking once again about Tatsuki Fujimoto (my beloved) as well as the final volume of BEASTARS and volume 2 ...

Lists, Manga, Reviews

WWAC’s Favorite Manga of 2022

January 10, 2023

For WWAC’s manga readers, 2022 has been a year of blood, guts and romance! Our top picks of the year include stories about vampires, high school sex-ed classes, and many more interesting and unusual stories that caught our attention and refused to let it go. And if you want to see what we ...

Reviews, Webcomics

REVIEW: I’ve Become a True Villainess Doesn’t Have Bite

December 13, 2022

Open any digital comics portal — Tapas, Webtoon, Tappytoon, Manta — and you’ll be bombarded by comics depicting shiny-eyed girls in elaborate, vaguely-pre-Industrial gowns and jewelry, often being embraced or carried by large men. Most of these comics follow the same setup: a girl is ...

Comics, Reviews, Roundtables

WWACommendations: Robo Sapiens, Pyramid Game, Maison Ikkoku and More

November 28, 2022

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 ...

Con Diaries, Manga

Con Diaries: Anime NYC 2022

November 25, 2022

I’ve attended Anime NYC before as a regular guest while I was in college, and as an artist in the Artist’s Alley back in 2019, but this is the first time I’ve been able to attend with a fancy little press badge around my neck! So I was pretty excited.

Masha Zhdanova

VIZ Pubwatch March 2023

INTERVIEW: Alex de Campi on Reversal

VIZ Pubwatch February 2023

Cover Girl – Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #1

Favorite Small Press Books of 2022

VIZ Pubwatch: January 2023

WWAC’s Favorite Manga of 2022

REVIEW: I’ve Become a True Villainess Doesn’t Have Bite

WWACommendations: Robo Sapiens, Pyramid Game, Maison Ikkoku and More

Con Diaries: Anime NYC 2022

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