2022 Eisner Awards (Patreon)

Submissions are open and so we have once again thrown our hat into the ring. Here are just a few (lol) highlights from another year of writing about comics. Seriously. A lot.

Essays and Features

We feature articles and essays 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.

• Alfie Deserves an Eisner (or at Least a Fair Shot)
• Meanwhile on Planet Boob
• A Brief History of Webcomics: 2010 to Now
• Slott Shaming: Thoughts on Fantastic Four #26 from a Trans Perspective
• Humour in Times of Crisis: How Satire Can Lead to Self-Reflection and Social Action
• WWACarls: The Definitive List of Carls in Comics
• The Most Important Motherhood Story In Comics Happened Last Year (And You Probably Missed It)
• Crystal is the Worst Person in the Inhuman Royal Family, Change My Mind (You Can’t)
• One Issue, Many Bodies: Dissecting Dysphoria and Passing in New Mutants #15
• Bob Harras: An Oral History in Collage
• Monica Rambeau and the Inescapable Orbit of Carol Danvers and Wanda Maximoff
• Xs and I-C-Ss: Comics and Comix
• Shang-Chi Isn’t Watershed Representation, It’s a Stepping Stone
• Ratcatcher 2 Is the Heart And Soul of The Suicide Squad
• Blame Marvel Execs, Not Creators, For Lack Of Representation
• Angela and Sera: A Triumph of Queer Love and Existence
• Hourly Comics Day 2021: Obligation and Opportunity
• Star Wars: The Rise of Cade Skywalker
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Revisiting My Favourite Show About Motherhood
• Leveraging D.B. Cooper in Loki
• Murderbot Doesn’t Love Parenting. Murderbot Just Wants to Watch Its Shows
• Sequential Sartorial: Dauterman Dazzles for the Hellfire Gala
• Spacewarp, Shift and The 77: Reviving British Anthology Comics
• Comic-Con@Home: The Top Cow Panel: The Darkness 25th Anniversary
• ComicCon@Home: The Return of the Her Universe Fashion Show
• The Alchemy of Excalibur: Race, Magic, and the Mutant Metaphor

Reviews

From large publishers to independent, small press, and webcomics, we pride ourselves on highlighting the diversity of comics as a storytelling medium.

• Find Modern Peace with Pipette and Dudley Charming Dog Adventure Comics
• Hasbro’s Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms Drizzt & Guenhwyvar
• Daphne Byrne is a Voyage Through Gothic Visions
• The Morning After for Krakoa Arrives in Way of X #3
• I’m a Wild Seed Is a Vibrant Journey of Queerness and Self-Discovery
• Parenting Is a Challenge for Superman & Lois in “Pilot”
• Inferno #1 – Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
• The Best of Sugar Jones
• Planet-Size X-Men #1 Teleports Us to Mars
• Superman ’78 Inspires Nostalgia And So Much More
• Batman: Urban Legends Brings Sad Gun Boys and Sapphic Romance
• ThirteeN Is A Lucky Find
• Winner Comes Last in Dick Fight Island [NSFW]
• The Shadow Prophet Unfolds its Mysteries on Webtoon
• I Watched Masters of the Universe: Revelation Because It Made the Dudebros Cry
• Djeliya Looks Into the Past to Sing a New Song for the Future
• The White Numen Tarot Taps Into The Primal Energy Of Sacred Animals
• The Trial of Magneto #1 Stands Tall
• Botanical Curses and Poisons: A Fascinating History of Sinister Folklore
• Alice in Leatherland #1 is a New Spin on ‘Happily Ever After’
• Heir’s Game Brings a Swashbuckling Romance to Webtoon
• Fashion and Flair Make Witchblood #1 a Fun Read
• The Antifa Super-Soldier Cookbook Serves Up Distressingly On-Point, But Hilarious, Political Satire
• The #SnyderCut: Better, Different, Fine
• Thor & Loki: Double Trouble #1 is a Comic Fit for an Asgardian King
• Pacific Rim: The Black is a Fun Return To Form For the Franchise
• Shadow Life Is a Heartwarming Look at Life Before Death
• Bug Boys: Outside and Beyond Brings more Sweet Stories about Growing Up

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.

• Christopher Golden and Bridgit Connell on the Long-Awaited Debut of Lady Baltimore
• Wendy Chin-Tanner on Embodied: An Intersectional Feminist Comics Poetry Anthology
• Olivia Cuartero-Briggs’ Silver City Dreams
• Emilia Clarke on Her New Comic M.O.M.: Mother of Madness
• Single Issue Stories: A Conversation With Vita Ayala on New Mutants #15
• House of Socks/Powers of Socks: An Interview with Al Ewing on S.W.O.R.D #1-5
• Colorist on Color: Tamra Bonvillain
• Jeff Smith & Vijaya Iyer on Kickstarting Tuki, Loving the Industry, and Having Fun
• A Marriage of Literacy & Tarot: A Chat With Brink Literacy Project CEO Dani Hedlund
• Cover Girl: Vault Gets Undressed [NSFW]
• Creating Catwoman: Lonely City – Behind the Scenes with Cliff Chiang
• Jude Doyle Births a Beautiful Rage Baby in Maw
• By the Letters: Nate Piekos’ Word on The Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering
• A Magical Focus: Meredith Graves Talks Kickstarter’s New Magic & Divination Section