Paulina Przystupa, Author at WWAC

REVIEW: Wicked Things #4: Wicked Switches

September 8, 2020

A sleuth, stolen goods, and second chances strengthen the subplot in this successive session of Wicked Things. The ongoing series from the creative team behind Giant Days shows us the subtle superpowers of smartphone sellers, while with sincere satisfaction we see Lottie’s skills spotlit.

Comics, Reviews

REVIEW: Wicked Things #3: Wicked Wishes

August 24, 2020

A sleuth, more snobbery, and stolen goods set up a subplot in this succeeding segment of Wicked Things. The ongoing series from the creative team behind Giant Days shows us the superpowers of our slightly-ruffled protagonist. Suspicions and a slew of petty crimes capture Lottie’s attention in ...

Comics, Essays, Manga

Tokyo Tarareba Girls: A Love Letter To My What-If Women and Third Places

August 7, 2020

I didn’t know where to start this piece. I am overwhelmed and tired all the time. But through the quarantine there has been Tokyo Tarareba Girls (TTG) by Akiko Higashimura. From its first full page, TTG was a shock. The banner congratulating Tokyo for hosting the 2020 Olympic Games was such a ...

Comics, Reviews

REVIEW: Rolled & Told Volume 2: Merrily We Roleplay Along

July 29, 2020

Make a Wisdom [Perception] check to see what’s in store for Rolled & Told Volume 2. This amazing blend of one-shot adventures, comics, essays, art and playable characters is an excellent reference for anyone wanting to use homebrew content for their role playing games (RPG). As a player and ...

Comics, Reviews

REVIEW: Wicked Things #2: Wicked Little Crimes

July 8, 2020

Sleuths, snobbery, and suspense sustain this second segment of Wicked Things. The ongoing series from the creative team behind Giant Days strings us into the soul of the scintillating mystery. Our star, suspect, and sleuth was signed on to solve her own crime.

Comics, Reviews

We Served the People: Calming and Conflicted

June 24, 2020

Emei Burell’s graphic novel We Served the People: My Mother’s Stories depicts Burell’s mother, Yuan Ye Ping’s, experience of the Down to the Countryside Movement during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Through these stories, told through prose, art, and incorporating photographs, ...

Manga, Reviews

A Reread, a Recommendation, and a Rando: Reviews of Recently Acquired Manga

April 21, 2020

With Kodansha and others having huge sales recently, it’s hard not to spend a bunch of money on new series. Thankfully, I showed some restraint and only picked up five new volumes. Considering how big my existing “to read” pile is, five new series seemed like a good number. For now. This ...

Comics, Reviews

Wicked Things #1: Something Wicked (Cool) This Way Comes

April 8, 2020

Sleuths, snobbery, and suspense sum up this singular start to Wicked Things #1. The new series from the creative team behind Giant Days starts off sinister and sets up a strange and scintillating mystery. One where the star is both suspect and sleuth.

Comics, Reviews

Starship Down #1: Something Old and Something New

March 31, 2020

Starship Down #1 explores how aliens may have influenced the evolution of humans. Which would be more exciting for me if everyone hadn’t already done this. From comics, to movies, to TV shows, to conspiracy YouTubers, basically all mediums have explored the question of aliens and human ...

Comics

Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Feminist Fight Choreography

March 19, 2020

Seeing myself in a piece of media never gets old. There’s a basic kind of representation that feels all right — oh, another queer person, a bisexual person, cool! — but every so often I find something special that really, truly resonates. I usually expect to find that feeling more in ...

Paulina Przystupa

REVIEW: Wicked Things #4: Wicked Switches

REVIEW: Wicked Things #3: Wicked Wishes

Tokyo Tarareba Girls: A Love Letter To My What-If Women and Third Places

REVIEW: Rolled & Told Volume 2: Merrily We Roleplay Along

REVIEW: Wicked Things #2: Wicked Little Crimes

We Served the People: Calming and Conflicted

A Reread, a Recommendation, and a Rando: Reviews of Recently Acquired Manga

Wicked Things #1: Something Wicked (Cool) This Way Comes

Starship Down #1: Something Old and Something New

Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Feminist Fight Choreography

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