the low value of writing about comics
Jan. 20th, 2025 12:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynlingWomen Write About Comics (WWAC) is going on hiatus
https://www.comicsbeat.com/women-write-about-comics-wwac-is-going-on-hiatus/
WWAC was an essential site, presenting strong writing and opinions by women and other marginalized genders. Despite being exactly what every loudmouth on social media platforms said they wanted – viewpoints long missing in comics discourse, insightful reviews, and occasional fearless reporting – WWAC struggled to reach its Patreon goals. This disconnect (to put it kindly) or hypocrisy (to put it bluntly) always distressed me. If there was any site that deserved support from every level of the industry, it was WWAC. Unfortunately it’s a particularly stark example of the low value of writing about comics.
Yeah. That's the gist of it.
An unfortunate truth about comics writing is that it's a very tough market. I hate to say this, but it's definitely the sort of environment where most people won't respond to your pitch emails if your name reads as female. It truly was something special to have a website where the editors were always open to new perspectives. And now it's... hopefully not gone, but not doing great at the moment. It's a shame, but uncompensated labor is fun until it isn't.
https://www.comicsbeat.com/women-write-about-comics-wwac-is-going-on-hiatus/
WWAC was an essential site, presenting strong writing and opinions by women and other marginalized genders. Despite being exactly what every loudmouth on social media platforms said they wanted – viewpoints long missing in comics discourse, insightful reviews, and occasional fearless reporting – WWAC struggled to reach its Patreon goals. This disconnect (to put it kindly) or hypocrisy (to put it bluntly) always distressed me. If there was any site that deserved support from every level of the industry, it was WWAC. Unfortunately it’s a particularly stark example of the low value of writing about comics.
Yeah. That's the gist of it.
An unfortunate truth about comics writing is that it's a very tough market. I hate to say this, but it's definitely the sort of environment where most people won't respond to your pitch emails if your name reads as female. It truly was something special to have a website where the editors were always open to new perspectives. And now it's... hopefully not gone, but not doing great at the moment. It's a shame, but uncompensated labor is fun until it isn't.
