WomenWriteAboutComics

WomenWriteAboutComics (WWAC) is a comic book website, founded in December 2011 by Megan Purdy. The site has been nominated four times for an Eisner Award, winning three back-to-back from 2020-2022.[1] As of 2022, the site is run by Wendy Browne and Nola Pfau.

WWAC
Type of site
comic book
Available inEnglish
Created byMegan Purdy
EditorNola Pfau and Wendy Browne
URLwww.womenwriteaboutcomics.com
LaunchedDecember 2011 (2011-12)
Current statusOnline

History

WWAC was originally published by Purdy as a WordPress blog, with writer Claire Napier joining as a co-editor early into its existence. The blog was set up with the stated agenda to feature a diverse group of intersectional, international feminists who provide equally diverse insight into the world of comic book culture and the comic book industry at large. In 2012, a post inviting comic bloggers to write about the Women in Refrigerators superhero comic-book trope gained widespread attention[2]

The intersectional feminist style of the website and its contributors has led to it being used as a source by several publications including The New York Times,[3] Vulture.com,[4] and MotherJones.com[5]

In 2017 Purdy stepped down from their role as editor, with Napier following shortly afterwards. In the following year, Nola Pfau and Wendy Browne took over the site as Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, respectively.[6]

The site features reviews, reports on mainstream and local conventions, comic book-inspired recipes and crafts, feature essays discussing socio-political happenings in and around the comic book industry, and interviews with members of the comics community.

The website has been archived by the Library of Congress.[7]

Comics Academe

Comics Academe is an ongoing series published monthly on WWAC since 2015, originally curated by Francesca Lyn, a PhD Candidate from the Department of Media, Art, and Text at Virginia Commonwealth University. Since 2017, Comics Academe has been curated by Katherine Tanski, a PhD Candidate in Rhetoric and Composition from Purdue University. Tanski was joined in 2020 by Adrienne Resha, a PhD Candidate in American Studies from William & Mary University.

Comics Academe has garnered international attention from scholars in comics studies, including Rutgers University Press[8] as one of the few curated spaces for public-facing scholarship available for women and non-binary individuals who have a scholarly interest in comics studies.

Awards and nominations

References
  1. "2020 Eisner Award Winners Revealed". The Hollywood Reporter. July 27, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  2. "Women in Refrigerators, 13 Years Later". Wired.com. January 25, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  3. "Adventures in Comics". The New York Times. March 26, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  4. "How the Success of Marvel's Female Superheroes Heralds a More Inclusive Age of Comics". Vulture. May 21, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  5. "I Am Hopeful After X-Men Fandom Turned Inclusive". MotherJones.com. November 2, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  6. "Kibbles 'n' Bits 5/3/18: Last chance to get this fabulous Spinner Rack on Kickstarter". The Beat. May 3, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  7. "WomenWriteAboutComics". Library of Congress. 2013. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  8. "Mixed-Race Superheroes". Rutgers University Press. April 16, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  9. "2017 Eisner Award nominees include 'The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye' and 'Saga'". LA Times. May 3, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  10. "2020 Comics Studies Society Prize Winners". The Comics Study Society. 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  11. "And the winners of the 2020 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are." Newsarama.com. July 25, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  12. "2021 Eisner Awards Nominations". Comic-Con.org. 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  13. "The winners of the 2022 Eisner Awards are..." ThePopverse.com. July 23, 2022.
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