Award-winning mangaka known for Princess Jellyfish and Blank Canvas tries a new format for her dramatic josei stories with her webtoon A Fake Affair.
VIZ Media Pubwatch: February 2022
Happy February, everyone! Love is in the air, chocolates are on sale, snow is starting to melt where I live, and VIZ Media has news and new releases to share with you yet again! This month we’ll be talking about some long-running properties and authors you’ve certainly heard of before, including the Deadpool/Shonen Jump collaboration…
VIZ Pubwatch: January 2022
Happy New Year! And welcome back to our VIZ Pubwatch, where we take a look at the news and new releases from VIZ Media. Today we’re talking about some continuing series from a range of genres, from the shoujo My Love Mix-up!! to the seinen Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End. But first, the news.
Death Watch for Wilbur Weston: A WWAC Mary Worth Roundtable
The comic strip Mary Worth has over 80 years of archives you could read, a nebulous origin story, and an enormous rotating cast. But today’s roundtable is focused on its current villain: Wilbur Weston. Introduced in 1993 by the creative team of writer John Saunders (the son of Allen Saunders, potentially the first writer of Mary…
REVIEW: No. 5 Volume 2 Is Confusing and That’s Awesome
From Taiyo Matsumoto, the award-winning creator of Ping Pong, Sunny, and Tekkonkinkreet, the second volume of his science fiction and fantasy epic No. 5 raises more questions than it answers. (Spoilers for events in No. 5, volume 2 discussed below.)
WWAC’s Favorite Manga of 2021
This year we’ve read and wrote about a wide variety of manga: funny comics, thoughtful comics, educational manga and silly manga, longrunning series and series that just started recently. There’s sure to be something on this list of recommendations for every type of manga reader. WWAC also just got a new editor of manga reviews…
WWAC’s Favorite Indies, Small Press Comics, and Webcomics of 2021
I will not be sad to see the year 2021, my only regret being not making much of a dent in my to-read pile of comics! But the indies and webcomics on this list were good friends during another pandemic year, and hopefully, you’ll find a new favorite here too!
WWAC’s Best Big Press Comics of 2021
As 2021 draws to a close, we need to sit back, reflect, and answer that all-important question: What were the best comic books of the year? We asked our writers and assembled a weird and wild list of comic books starring mermaids, barbarians, gods, mutants, and even a Green Lantern. As different as they may…
VIZ Media Pubwatch: December 2021
Happy holidays! ‘Tis the season for yet another VIZ Pubwatch. Today we’ll talk about some beautiful manga on the spookier side, including the vampire shojo Rosen Blood and the latest from Junji Ito. But first, some news, which is mostly videos.
What’s a Zine? WWAC Roundtable on Zinecourse
In an era where self-publishing is easier than ever, what makes a zine a zine? Is a crowdfunded glossy fanzine full of big name fanart the same as a Xerox’d treatise on your favorite band? Is there room for more than one definition of zine? WWAC held a round table to find out!
REVIEW: Monsters, Family, and Flying in Asadora! Volume 4
Asadora! Volume 4 is the latest volume of Naoki Urasawa (creator of Monster, Pluto and 20th Century Boys)’s ongoing series about teenage stunt pilot Asa Asada and a mysterious ocean monster threatening to ruin the opening ceremony of the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, and it continues to be awesome.
VIZ Media Pubwatch: November 2021
Welcome back to another VIZ pubwatch! This month we’re taking a look at some newer comics by long-established creators, including the brand new Show-ha Shoten! by Death Note co-creator Takeshi Obata. But first, the news!