WomenWriteAboutComics
Type of site | comic book |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Created by | Megan Purdy |
| Editor | Nola Pfau and Wendy Browne |
| URL | www |
| Launched | December 2011 |
| Current status | Online |
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.
History[edit]
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The website has been archived by the Library of Congress.[7]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[edit]
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[edit]
- 2017 Eisner Award nomination for "Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism"[9]
- 2020 Gilbert Seldes Prize for Public Scholarship for "4 Colorism: The Ashiness of It All" by Zoë D. Smith[10]
- 2020 Eisner Award win for "Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism"[11]
- 2021 Eisner Award win for "Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism"[12]
- 2022 Eisner Award win for "Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism"[13]
References[edit]
- ^ "2020 Eisner Award Winners Revealed". The Hollywood Reporter. July 27, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ "Women in Refrigerators, 13 Years Later". Wired.com. January 25, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ "Adventures in Comics". The New York Times. March 26, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ "How the Success of Marvel's Female Superheroes Heralds a More Inclusive Age of Comics". Vulture. May 21, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ "I Am Hopeful After X-Men Fandom Turned Inclusive". MotherJones.com. November 2, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "WomenWriteAboutComics". Library of Congress. 2013. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ "Mixed-Race Superheroes". Rutgers University Press. April 16, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ "2017 Eisner Award nominees include 'The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye' and 'Saga'". LA Times. May 3, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ "2020 Comics Studies Society Prize Winners". The Comics Study Society. 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ "And the winners of the 2020 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are." Newsarama.com. July 25, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Eisner Awards Nominations". Comic-Con.org. 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ "The winners of the 2022 Eisner Awards are..." ThePopverse.com. July 23, 2022.