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Hey, It's Eisner Time Again!
🕑 Added 2021-02-14 17:39:36 +0000 UTC2020 was a rough year for all of us, but in spite and because of that, we are proud to have been able to keep giving our readers some comics joy by continuing to produce our very special brand of content. From reviews to essays to listicles and more, we are pretty happy with what we had to offer for 2020. Here are some of the highlights that we've included in our 2021 Eisner Award submission:
Series
Over the years, we have developed a number of special series. Focusing on everything from academic coverage to spotlighting various aspects of the industry, we pride ourselves on writing about the topics that aren’t always at the forefront elsewhere.
Comics Academe
Celebrating its seventh year, Comics Academe is one of the first online spaces for public-facing comics studies scholarship, becoming a platform for young scholars. Several articles have been included on syllabi across the United States, Canada, and abroad. Comics Academe is curated by PhD candidates Kate Tanski, who also serves as Comics Studies Society Member At Large, and Adrienne Resha, who is the current President of the Graduate Student Caucus of the Comics Studies Society.
https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/tag/comics-diary-academia/
Pubwatch
Going well beyond solicitations and press releases, our team of Pubwatchers provide monthly rundowns on the news, insights, and mini reviews for various publishers. https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/category/pubwatch/
Four-Colour Faves
Who doesn't love talking about their favourite characters? In this series, we interview each other to find out what it is about certain characters that make us love them.
Remembering Charlee Jacob
Each year, Doris V. Sutherland takes us on a journey through the darker edges of comics and books. This year, her gothic series focus is on remember writer Charlee Jacob through a monthly series of essays analyzing her work. https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2020/01/remembering-charlee-jacob-this-symbiotic-fascination/
Cover Girl
You can’t judge a book by its cover, but covers are what sell comics. In this monthly series, we analyze the cover of a recent comic that features one or more women.
https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2020/05/cover-girl-shadow-service/
Cook Your Comics
What's more fun than reading comics? Why, eating them of course!
Essays and Features
Our essays and features are where our passion truly shines. We feature articles that entertain and amuse, and those that come from a place of pain shaped by the harm caused by stories that ignore, co-opt, or deny the representation every fan deserves. We provide in-depth opinion pieces that can cut deep or make our readers smile because they feel that they have finally been seen through our words.
- Crystal is the Worst Person in the Inhuman Royal Family, Change My Mind (You Can’t)
- Marauders #11 Buries Kate Pryde’s Jewish Legacy
- Race in DC’s Middle Grade and Young Adult Comics
- Green Lantern in 2020: Is There a Future Beyond the Thin Green Line?
- Leaning on the Closet Door: X-Men+Fantastic Four and Trans Allegory
- Community Spaces, Alternative Marketplaces: Indie Comics and Culture
- DC Comics Just Made a Statement that Could Significantly Change the Comics Industry
- Questionable Content’s 17-year Journey From Edgy Shocks to Queer Comfort Food
- It’s Crap, but It’s Fantastic: The Supernatural Series Finale
- Welcome to the Church of DC’s FanDome
- Vampires on the Margins: Forbidden Desires
- Slott Shaming: Thoughts on Fantastic Four #26 from a Trans Perspective
- Star Wars: The Rise of Cade Skywalker
- The One Who Is: Why Delenn is Important to Me
Reviews
From large publishers to independent, small press, and webcomics, we pride ourselves on highlighting the diversity of comics as a storytelling medium.
- Critical Role's Vox Machina Origins Library Edition Is A Satisfying Tome
- Insta Made Me Read It: Midnight Poppy Land and Bluechair
- Rorschach #1 Is Dangerous And Irresponsible
- X-Factor #5 - For The Children
- The Dreams of Queer Utopia Will Inspire You to Dream
- New Colors for Bug Boys and Witchlight Enrich their Stories
- An Appropriately Bittersweet Ending for John Constantine: Hellblazer #12
- The Darkness #1: Appreciating Jackie Estacado 25 Years Later
- Crossover #1’s Worst Crime Is Being Boring
- Tillie Walden’s Cosmic Slumber Deck Is The Tarot Of My Dreams
- Folktales and Family Collide in The Magic Fish
- Animorphs Graphic Novel #1: The Invasion Pulls no Punches
Interviews
Often asking the questions other sites are missing, WWAC strives to make the interview process as fun and interesting for the interviewee as it is for our readers.
- A Platform for Philippine Komiks: An Interview With Penlab
- Discover Hope in The Sacrifice of Darkness
- Travelers: Following the Path of Aron Wiesenfeld’s Artistic Journey
- Raising a Glass to Tom Peyer and Edgar Allan Poe’s Snifter of Blood #1
- Step Into Yaya Han’s World of Cosplay
- Cottagecore, Witchery, and Zine-Making: An Interview With Lucy Kagan
- The History and Importance of SfSx: An Interview with Tina Horn
- Ask for Mercy: A World of Disquiet Brings Richard Starkings and Abigail Jill Harding’s Monster Hunters to Apocalypse 2020
- Quaranzines Will Keep Us Connected: An Interview with Jenna Freedman
- Alex de Campi Goes Full Tilt Boogie in a New All Ages Adventure From 2000AD
- And Justice For All: Vita Ayala and Tana Ford on Livewire Volume 3: Champion
- Living Heroes: Stephanie Williams on Her Fan Comic, Getting Funded, and Being the Meme Queen
