We’ve got a wide array of fantasy and romance for you all this time around, with an epic historical tearjerker and a thoughtful piece of progressive nonfiction to round things out!
REVIEW: Comics and Archaeology Didn’t Do the Reading
I have been watching out for Comics and Archaeology. And…you can probably guess why. And in case you can’t, it’s because I also write about archaeology and comics (as does Steph Halmhofer here at WWAC). But as someone who writes about archaeology and comics, there are a number of things missing from this volume that…
LISTICLE: Food and Fantasy Manga for Fans of Delicious in Dungeon
Hello, hello! Have you been watching that hot new anime on Netflix lately? Yes you have. Delicious in Dungeon is all over everyone’s social media feeds like it’s the last season of Succession. And it looks like a lot of people were inspired by Studio Trigger’s tasty adaptation to check out the manga by Ryoko…
ROUNDTABLE: Pride Month, Manga Edition
Welcome to the WWAC Pride Month LGBTQ+ manga roundtable! Our manga-loving contributors sat down to talk about their favorite series, trends in LGBTQ+ manga, LGBT content in manga overall, and what we’re looking forward to this pride month.
REVIEW: A Dialogue on Body Positivity in Embrace Your Size Manga
When I first heard about Embrace Your Size, I was super pumped and immediately shared it with a friend of mine. She and I read a lot of manga together, and we both noticed how rarely manga depicted anyone who looks like us. So for us, having body positivity be the central theme of a…
REVIEW: She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat
Finding the relationship you need is a nourishing experience. Even more so when food is involved. A comforting slice-of-life manga, She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat volume 1, is about two neighbors bonding over food and cultivating a new caring space for each other.
REVIEW: The Night Eaters Book One Needs Another Helping
A new horror collaboration between Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda, The Night Eaters: She Eats the Night is a family horror story even before they introduce the demons. Set during the 2020 pandemic, the story explores the complexities of family dynamics with a nice helping of demonic energy.
REVIEW: IDW’s Earthdivers Dives Right In
The mission is simple. Go back in time. Kill Christopher Columbus. Save the world. Stop the harm to generations that Europeans caused. Stop two apocalypses. Easy. But at what cost? That is the question that creators Stephen Graham Jones and Davide Gianfelice explore in the new ongoing series Earthdivers.
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…
REVIEW: Fujimoto’s Look Back Lures You In and Leaves You
I don’t know if I’ll ever read Chainsaw Man but after reading Tatsuki Fuijimoto’s one-shot manga Look Back I might have to. Capturing youthful arrogance and harsh reality, Fujimoto bewitches you in this emotional exploration of the effects we have on each other.
REVIEW: “I Want To Be a Wall” Is a Winner
The premise for I Want to Be a Wall is too great to not garner attention. An asexual, aromantic boys love (BL) fan marries a gay man still in love with his childhood best friend. The first volume of this quirky manga is a sweet slice of life story about a married couple who will…
REVIEW: The Legend of Auntie Po: We Make Our Own Gods
Shing Yin Khor’s Eisner-nominated The Legend of Auntie Po is a fantastical re-imagining of the place that American gods like Paul Bunyan have in our imagination. The story takes place in a logging camp nestled within the Sierra Nevadas between 1885 and 1886 and is told through the eyes of 13 year-old Mei, a Chinese-American…