Masha Zhdanova, Author at WWAC

INTERVIEW: Sam Sattin Revives a Classic with Unico: Awakening

May 2, 2022

Writer Sam Sattin and artist team Gurihiru are working together to revive Osamu Tezuka’s Unico, kickstarting the first volume of this new story under the title Unico: Awakening. Sattin, author of the graphic novel adaptation of the Cartoon Saloon film Wolfwalkers, was kind enough to ...

Manga, Pubwatch, Reviews

VIZ Pubwatch: April 2022

April 19, 2022

Spring is in the air, VIZ fans! I’m mostly done with my thesis and am using my suddenly-abundant spare time to catch up on all the media that’s piled up while I was working on it, including VIZ Media’s latest releases! This month, we’re looking at new action comedy series Sakamoto Days as well ...

News, Webcomics

Webtoon’s Unclear Moderation Policies Drive Away Canvas Creators

April 15, 2022

[Publisher’s note: This article’s headline has been updated to reflect clarifications provided by WEBTOON on Monday, April 18, 2022. WEBTOON wished to clarify that they do not have censorship policies, as our headline originally indicated, but rather, they have publicly available ...

Manga, Roundtables

Roundtable: Creativity, Canvases, and Camaraderie, a Celebration of Akiko Higashimura

April 8, 2022

Akiko Higashimura is a manga legend. Since her debut in 1999, she’s been publishing award-winning hit comic after award-winning hit comic (including Princess Jellyfish, Blank Canvas, and Tokyo Tarareba Girls) and has now branched out to Webtoons in addition to serialized print manga. ...

Interviews, Webcomics

INTERVIEW: Emmett Hobbes on Royale and Webtoon

April 5, 2022

Emmett Hobbes is a prolific cartoonist and writer who is known for his work on the Rick and Morty comics and the graphic novel My Riot with Rick Spears. Last month, his Webtoon Original, Royale, launched on the platform, introducing readers to a queer, historical, surrealistic heist drama, with ...

Manga, Pubwatch, Reviews

VIZ Pubwatch March 2022

March 15, 2022

Spring is in the air! In theory. There’s a snowstorm going on outside my window right now. But we’ve got some exciting VIZ news and reviews to go over this month, so let’s get to it! We’re covering some different genres this month, from classic horror Orochi to recent shoujo Ima Koi: Now I’m in Love.

Manga, Reviews, Webcomics

REVIEW: A Fake Affair Is Classic Akiko Higashimura

March 8, 2022

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.

Manga, Pubwatch

VIZ Media Pubwatch: February 2022

February 15, 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, ...

Manga, Pubwatch, Reviews

VIZ Pubwatch: January 2022

January 18, 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.

Comic Strips, Roundtables

Death Watch for Wilbur Weston: A WWAC Mary Worth Roundtable

January 12, 2022

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 ...

Masha Zhdanova

INTERVIEW: Sam Sattin Revives a Classic with Unico: Awakening

VIZ Pubwatch: April 2022

Webtoon’s Unclear Moderation Policies Drive Away Canvas Creators

Roundtable: Creativity, Canvases, and Camaraderie, a Celebration of Akiko Higashimura

INTERVIEW: Emmett Hobbes on Royale and Webtoon

VIZ Pubwatch March 2022

REVIEW: A Fake Affair Is Classic Akiko Higashimura

VIZ Media Pubwatch: February 2022

VIZ Pubwatch: January 2022

Death Watch for Wilbur Weston: A WWAC Mary Worth Roundtable

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