WWAC was originally published by Purdy as a WordPress blog, with writer Claire Napier joining as a co-editor early into its existence.
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.
[7] 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 the College of William & Mary.