Best of WWAC 2019

The "Best of..." posts are making the rounds. We'll have our own out soon enough to help you find some great reads from the year (and decade) past. But we also want to take a moment to talk about our own bests this year. As supporters of our Patreon, you help us keep producing passionate, uncompromising comics criticism and commentary, and we're confident that our 2019 pieces prove our commitment to doing just that.

As always, we continue to offer thoughtful reviews from varied perspectives. Our news team rounds up comics and comics-adjacent news on a weekly basis. We've had ground teams at various conventions and festivals, bringing back all sorts of details to share in our con diaries and more. 

Our Pubwatch monthly publisher roundups continue to be an excellent way for readers to stay informed about what's going on with their favourite publisher. Our contributors are always reading something interesting. If you're looking for your next read, then WWACommendations have got your covered. And our many interviews will give you all kinds of insight into the industry as a whole, or a particular comic or creator you might be interested in.

We introduced several limited and continuing series this year, including By the Letters, a look at the importance of lettering in comics, Insta Made Me Read it, Claire Napier's dive into webcomics by way of Instagram ads, or her Captain Britain Diaries. Paige Allen takes a look at the lustier side of comics, exploring erotica in their monthly Comics and Kink series. As mentioned previously, Doris V. Sutherland is our resident expert on horror comics and literature, with her series on vampyre's wrapping up this year, and her recent Poltergeist Girls running over the Halloween season.

With her own wedding just a few months past, Reviews Editor Kayleigh Hearn and her friend Rebecca Henely-Weiss bring their long running wedding series to an end with a look back at the grand wedding of Superman and Lois Lane. 

Meanwhile, our other series like Cover Girl and Sequential Sartorial are still going strong, as well as Comics Academe, where educators, academics, and librarians come together to share their perspectives on comics.

We continue to offer in-depth essays on various topics. Some are hard-hitting, like Nola Pfau's questioning of queer representation in Marvel's X-Men, Kelly Richard's thoughts on transformative fiction after AO3's monumental win at the Hugo Awards, Kate Tanski's appreciation of Fat Thor, and Rachel Bolton's look back at the misused character of Padme Amidala.  

While some of our features are just lots of fun, like Emily Lauer and Wendy Browne answering the age old question, Is She Warm Enough? or a roundtable discussion of Batman's sex life.

All in all, we've published almost 800 pieces this year alone, with more to come before the decade draws to a close in a few weeks. That's pretty impressive for an all volunteer team working around our various busy schedules. We're very proud to be able to continuously provide the quality content that we do and, as always, are grateful to you for helping us do it.

Wishing you all the best for the holiday season and for a fantastic start to the new year and the new decade.