Masha Zhdanova, Author at WWAC

VIZ Pubwatch October 2022

October 13, 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 ...

Comics, Indie & Small Press, Roundtables

Roundtable: Kate Beaton’s Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

October 11, 2022

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 ...

Comics, Essays

[Patreon Exclusive] Is Watchmen Worth the Hype?

September 30, 2022

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.

Manga, Reviews

REVIEW: Monotone Blue is Far From Monotonous

September 20, 2022

Nagabe is a mangaka known for his elegant and haunting fantasy manga series The Girl from the Other Side and its many spinoffs. In Monotone Blue, Nagabe tries his hand at a different setting and world to explore a romance developing between an anthropomorphic cat and his new lizard classmate.

Manga, Pubwatch, Reviews

VIZ Pubwatch: September 2022

September 13, 2022

It’s time for many students to go back to school, and for me to write another VIZ Media Pubwatch! This month we’re following up on some series and creators covered in Pubwatches past, including Spy x Family and Ghost Reaper Girl. But first, the news!

Con Diaries, Indie & Small Press, Zines

FlameCon 2022 Con Diary: Dispatch from the Artist’s Alley

August 30, 2022

I am a lucky person in many ways. I can jump on a train and get directly to New York Penn Station in less than two hours. As I drag my giant, heavy suitcase onto the NJ Transit train at 8:09 that morning, I tell myself that at least I don’t have to pay for a hotel in Manhattan. I end up falling ...

Manga, Pubwatch, Reviews

VIZ Pubwatch August 2022

August 16, 2022

Summer’s winding down, but the anime and merch output from VIZ is not letting up! This month’s drop is pretty shonen-heavy: we’re talking about Bleach, again, as well as some newer series and old favorites. Let’s get started!

Manga, News, Pubwatch, Reviews

VIZ Pubwatch July 2022

July 12, 2022

Welcome back to another VIZ Media pubwatch, dear readers! It’s the height of the summer anime season, the height of convention season, and the height of “new volumes of ongoing series I like being released by VIZ” season. And I can’t wait to talk about those new volumes! But first, the VIZ ...

Interviews, Webcomics

INTERVIEW: Alec Longstreth on Isle of Elsi

June 16, 2022

Alec Longstreth, creator of the Eisner-nominated webcomic Isle of Elsi, longrunning minicomic series Phase 7, and graphic novel Basewood, sat down with WWAC to talk about making comics for children, the challenges of serialization online, and Carl Barks.

Manga, Pubwatch, Reviews

VIZ Pubwatch: June 2022

June 14, 2022

Happy pride month, VIZ fans! Unfortunately, most of my offerings this month are not especially LGBT, but I do have a review of Oto Toda’s collection To Strip The Flesh, the titular story of which is about a trans man! But first, the news.

Masha Zhdanova

VIZ Pubwatch October 2022

Roundtable: Kate Beaton’s Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

[Patreon Exclusive] Is Watchmen Worth the Hype?

REVIEW: Monotone Blue is Far From Monotonous

VIZ Pubwatch: September 2022

FlameCon 2022 Con Diary: Dispatch from the Artist’s Alley

VIZ Pubwatch August 2022

VIZ Pubwatch July 2022

INTERVIEW: Alec Longstreth on Isle of Elsi

VIZ Pubwatch: June 2022

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