Oh boy oh boy oh BOY somehow we made it through 2022! And honestly, thank goodness! It was a hell of a year and I am happy about many things, proud of many things, and really ready to put them all behind me. However, we can’t jump into 2023 right without delivering you a fresh…
WWAC Reads!
Here at WWAC, we have your winter holiday reading in mind, and can offer all kinds of suggestions for finishing off 2022 with food for thought, starting tense conversations with your family, and/or dialing up the escapism. No pressure, no judgement, but it’s clear that we have excellent taste. Here’s what we’ve been thrilled by…
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…
Roundtable: Happy Anniversary Carmilla
2022 marks the 150th anniversary of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s classic vampire story Carmilla, which was originally serialized in The Dark Blue magazine between 1871 and 1872. As well as ranking alongside John Polidori’s “The Vampyre” and Bram Stoker’s Dracula as a foundational text for the vampire genre, Carmilla is remembered as a pioneering work…
WWACommendations: The Hunt, Elden Ring Fan Comics, Elvira and More
Hello and welcome back to WWACommendations! Originally created by the incredible Draven Katayama, this monthly round-up gives WWAC contributors a chance to shout out the comics they’re reading just for fun. Remember reading for fun? It’s something I’ve been trying to do more this year, and I’m very excited to bring back this series to…
Roundtable: Kate Beaton’s Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
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 intimate and emotional style, Ducks…
Cover Guy: X-Men – Hellfire Gala 2022
Welcome to Cover Girls. Each month, we gather a team of WWAC contributors to analyze a new and notable comic book cover featuring one or more women. This month, Kate Tanski, Louis Skye, Kat Overland, Anna Peppard, Wendy Browne, and Kayleigh Hearn shake it up a little and share their thoughts on a Cover Guy:…
Sequential Sartorial: Hellfire Gala 2022 Reveals, Russell Dauterman Edition
Marvel has officially announced the framing of the 2022 Hellfire Gala, confirming earlier promises it would become a regular event. It is, however, significantly scaled back on a publishing front this year. Instead of a multi-issue crossover event, as we got last year, this year’s Gala is a single one-shot. That certainly hasn’t stopped Marvel…
Roundtable: Creativity, Canvases, and Camaraderie, a Celebration of Akiko Higashimura
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. Paulina Przystupa got the WWAC crew together to discuss her long and…
Roundtable Review: The Bat and the Cat in The Batman
A new Dark Knight rises. The Batman brings a whole new Bat-hero to our screens, along with a new Catwoman, and different takes on familiar Bat-villains and allies. Louis, Doris, and Madeleine discuss the characters and the style of the film, and whether they think this film has the potential to be a series.
Oscars Roundtable: Villains, Faves, and The Ceremony
It’s been a strange time for film-making — working around COVID protocols, virtual festivals, and audiences reluctant to head out to the theatres have all been obstacles no one has figured out how to circumvent. Even the Oscars got rescheduled, and while this year everyone was in the theatre and unmasked, the ceremony still felt…
Ch-Ch-Changes! A Roundtable on Comixology’s New Look
Change is hard. But when it’s the largest platform for digital comics, it can be even harder. The long-awaited Comixology full integration with Amazon Marketplace arrived last week, removing the dedicated Comixology storefront. Now, all purchases go through Amazon’s main site, and work similarly to Kindle purchases. The main Comixology app also got a new…