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…
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…
VIZ Pubwatch: January 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 of…
WWAC’s Favorite Manga of 2022
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 loved in…
REVIEW: I’ve Become a True Villainess Doesn’t Have Bite
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 reincarnated as the villainess in a fantasy romance novel, and…
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…
Con Diaries: Anime NYC 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.
VIZ Pubwatch November 2022
Welcome back to another VIZ pubwatch! There’s a lot to talk about this month, from Anime NYC to a new one-shot collection from the team that brought you The Promised Neverland! Let’s start with the news.
VIZ Pubwatch October 2022
It’s October again, and with the changing temperatures and spooky times come many new things in the world of anime and manga: the fall anime season, conventions, and of course, new releases from VIZ Media. This month we’re talking about NYCC 2022 and some new and old favorite series, including Paru Itagaki’s Drip Drip. But…
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…
[Patreon Exclusive] Is Watchmen Worth the Hype?
Our Patron-exclusive essay series continues. You can read all of these incredible analyses for as little as a dollar a month on our Patreon.