Dear WWAC fam, A few years ago I took on the responsibility of being the publisher of WWAC. I believed that WWAC still provided something special, something important, to the world of pop culture criticism and journalism, and comics criticism and journalism specifically, and I wanted to keep the lights on, and the doors open,…
COVER REVEAL: Extreme Sports Get A Softer Side With Pillow Talk
Y’know, one of those funny things about doing this job right is that we’ve gotta make sure we announce disclaimers when we’re covering things that our contributors might be involved with. Sometimes that’s thorny, but sometimes it’s really cool. Today’s one of the latter, as we have the pleasure of revealing the cover to Pillow…
From the Desk of WWAC’s New Publisher…
In December of 2022 WWAC’s beloved publisher, Wendy Browne, passed me the baton, and I became the fourth publisher at WWAC. This is a title previously held by founders Megan Purdy and Claire Napier before the amazing Wendy took it on in May of 2018. Many readers and contributors have only known WWAC as it…
2020 Hugo Awards Reviews: Novels – Part 1
Welcome to another instalment of the WWAC series that takes a close look at the finalists for the 2020 Hugo Awards. Previous posts have examined the contenders for Best Short Story, Best Novelette and Best Novella; now, we reach the final stretch. Here are two of the six finalists for Best Novel: Kameron Hurley’s The…
So About That Eisner Award
A moment after closing Graeme McMillan’s article in The Hollywood Reporter detailing the shadow cast by irregularities in this year’s Eisner Awards voting process, I received a notification that a new email had arrived. “Hi Wendy and gang,” it began, and proceeded to inform me of plans for tonight’s virtual Eisner Awards ceremony, culminating in…
Here’s Why You Should Support WWAC
Women Write About Comics (WWAC) is an Eisner Award nominated comics criticism site, recently archived by the American Library of Congress. This is where readers come for diverse, interesting, critical, fun, and amusing content on comics and comics-adjacent transmedia, the industry and culture surrounding them, and a look into differing geeky lifestyles. Through our reviews, reports on…
DC To Release Anthology Comics in Walmart
Starting July 1, DC Comics will be partnering with Walmart to sell four monthly anthology comics. Each issue will be priced at $4.99, and will be 100 pages of both new and reprinted material. Each issue will have one new story, and three reprinted issues. Some of comics biggest names are set to contribute, with…
Pardon the Dust
It’s happening! The wheels have been turning behind the scenes as we trudge along with our big move to our new host. So far so good as our developer and transition team works to bring the content over. But, as is to be expected, there will be some downtime during this process. Over the next…
Comics Academe: CFPs on Bitch Planet, Allison Bechdel & Monstrous Women
A new feature for Comics Academe! This post will be updated as needed. Sometimes interesting Calls For Papers and Calls For Submissions come across my radar, and I need to share them with the incredible women I know who are in academia (or who are, like myself, academia-adjacent). CFPs are organized in order of deadlines…
A (Re) Introduction to Comics Academe and Call for Submissions
A little over six months ago, I was approached by the fantastic WWAC editorial team about bringing back Comics Academe. Comics Academe was how I came to be a part of this amazing team of women writing about comics, and I am so appreciative for the opportunity to invite more women who are or have been…