W.I.T.C.H.: The Graphic Novel, Part VIII. Teach 2b W.I.T.C.H., Vol. 1

W.I.T.C.H. Graphic Novels #23

by Walt Disney Company (Creator)

Time to Hit the Road!

​At her first day on the job, Hay Lin is surprised to discover that the child she is babysitting has powers! After consulting with the new Oracle of Kandrakar, the girls receive an important mission—teach the next generation of Heatherfield how to control their magic. But little do they know that the head of Takeshita, Inc., is up to something…and he seems to have a personal vendetta against W.I.T.C.H.!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Middle Grade, Fantasy, Graphic Novels Manga, Manga, Childrens

226 pages, Paperback

Published April 20, 2021

About the author

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Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.

Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.

Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.

The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.

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Reviews

[CraftyChara]

After this there are three more arcs. Arc 9: 100% Witch,
Arc 10: Ladies VS. W.I.T.C.H. and Arc 11: Magical Sovereign.

[Severind Alexander]

I had so much fun with this volume. Unfortunately, the last arc of W.I.T.C.H. felt like the weakest among them, like it was lacking whatever made this series special in the past. But this one more than makes up for it. It's only the first volume of the new arc, but it's already a huge improvement on the last one.

I don't have any formal review on this one, but these were my thoughts while reading:

We're on volume 23, so of course the girls are growing up. But I love how well you can see it. They're really coming into their own. Especially Tara. They're finding themselves. They're more grown up, even though they're still kids (and definitely still act like a bunch of teenage girls at times). It's cool to see that.

I love the throwback to the very first book and Will's first day at Sheffield Institute. You can also see how young they looked, compared to how they look now. Really made me nostalgic for the first book, and now I want to reread it. There's something magical about those first ones that the new ones can't quite capture.

I thought it was funny that they put the logo of the series on the bus they're going to be teaching in. Kind of breaks the fourth wall, in a way?

The new outfits have grown on me. Maybe because they're looking a lot more grown up and mature in them.

The magical artifacts are kinda fun. I'd forgotten about those.

I like Matt more again, but his stuff with Kandrakar still bugs.

Hay-Lin's relationship with Yan-Lin is one of my favorite things about this series. I love how that's one thing that HASN'T changed since the first book. Yan-Lin is still such an important figure in her life, and I love it.

It's kinda fun seeing them realizing they're supposed to be teachers.

I love the non-serious moments so much. This book is extremely lighthearted, kinda girly, and FUN. I expected nothing less from a W.I.T.C.H. book. And given how the last arc went, I think this one even exceeded my expectations. Very excited for the next volume.

[Amelia Ūkas]

Buvo vienas labai cringe momentas, kai Metas eina iš paskos Vilei ir zyzia, kad vienas čiuvas pavojingas, visaip ant jo besiraudamas. Kai gauna į kuprą nuo to čiuvo, teškia lyg niekur nieko:
- Matai? Juk sakiau, kad jis pavojingas. Tikiuosi įrodžiau.
Facepalm. O šiaip nesitikėjau, kad su TOKIA idėja komiksas pavirs į Hario Poterio fanfiką.

[Narra]

Review will follow soon

[Anniken Haga]

I didn't have much hope after the last ARC, and I have to admit that I really didn't have much hope once I realized this would be a series with a lot of other magical humans on Earth, and the girls becoming their teachers.

I'm still not the biggest fan of that plot, but I think it's a good way to deal with the events of William in the last ARC - which all felt very random.
Then there's the Mariko-ARC, which I'm finding very interesting, and am generally enjoying.

There are some weak parts of this ARC as well. Like how they don't talk any more about why Liam is there, and how gullible the girls are in that regard.

One of them being the art. The first chapter in this book actually had the original artist from the first ARC, which I loved! And I was feeling very hopeful about the art in this book from that, only to discover that they kept switching artists from chapter to chapter?
While most of the chapters aren't too bad, they're still very simple compared to the art in the original ARC, and I have to admit that the art did a lot of it for me. Without, I don't think I'd have been as invested in the series as I was.

[Cristina]

Este inicio si que me gustaaaaaa! La trama de la escuela mola muchoo 10/10✨

[Hannah Belyea]

First baby William, then the little boy Hay Lin babysits: children with powers are popping up across Heatherfield, and newly appointed Oracle Yan Lin tasks the Guardians with finding and teaching them all, unaware that a vengeful businessman seeks to eradicate magic - starting with W.I.T.C.H. Gnone is back with another intriguing mystery, shaky in the characterization but brimming with humour and expression. Just how are the girls going to find, recruit and educate every magical child in their town and still keep their secret identities intact?

[Kelly Louise Borg]

I liked the part where Will remembers her first day at Sheffield whilst looking at the new kids. I liked seeing Yan Lin boss up and her relationship with Hay Lin continue to flourish. I liked the new villain and his icy lair. I think it was one of the more consistant volumes, and I’m looking forward to the rest, and how I do like the idea of magic coming to earth I can’t help but not enjoy w.i.t.c.h. becoming teachers. It just seems like they’ve ran out of ideas. The magical items they have are silly, especially if you compare them to the beautiful jewels and amulets they’ve had previously. It would’ve been way more impressive to see them actually develop their powers than to have like a ball and a tambourine to help somehow. The heart of kandrakar is beautiful and even the key in this volume was pretty, but those items are boring and look like they’d just get in the way (also probably won’t see them in the next arc). I like the inside of the bus and the idea of the magic bus but the outside is breaking a forth wall and also it just looks lame. I felt like overall it was a good volume and I enjoy seeing the girls grow magically and personally, but the direction it’s going in with them becoming magic teachers is a little weak for me. I’m hopeful that by the next volume it’ll be less about teaching and more about the main plot.

[L'Abri des Pages]

Ça faisait 1 an déjà que j'avais acheté toute la série jusqu'au Tome 31, le dernier paru. Sauf qu'on le sait, le reste ne verra jamais le jour, pour sortir un rework ignoble à la place.

Ce nouvel arc Teach 2b voit les filles devenir profs de magie dans leur propre école, cachée dans un van. Un peu comme la tente des Weasley à la Coupe du Monde de Quidditch, un bus magique aussi grand qu'un manoir ! Sauf qu'ici, les pièces changent de place, c'est trop stylé !

Quand les filles sont en vacances, ce sont mes chapitres favoris et on y a droit dans cet arc ! Leur magie a évolué avec leurs apparences, chacune doit manipuler un objet/artéfact enchanté, j'aime trop.

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[Citybones]

Nuevo arco, esta vez con un autobus increíble. Lo mejor de esta nueva historia. El concepto de que haya muchas personas con poderes en Heatherfield y que las witch tengan ahora que enseñarles a controlarlos me parece en principio aburrida, pero a ver como avanza. También está el CEO empeñado en destruir magia para salvar a su hija que parece que está en una relacción con un ente de otro mundo, y en coma. No el mmejor comienzo, pero ya veremos.

[Jenna Alcock]

As an adult it's great to see the characters grow and now pass on their knowledge as I'm a mum teaching my daughter. (Not magic though)

[Catherine Fitzsimmons]

I liked the idea of this story, but something about the execution felt a little weird. Perhaps it was the magic school van. Also, the art in the two middle chaprers was quite disappointing.

[ReadingFrog]

2.5 stars.

[Sara]

Magic teenage girls start a magic school.
Sure.

Their new powers are cool looking. I didn't like the villains.

[Sweetener ™]

I was a bit scared that I wasn't gonna like this whole 'teaching kids who have magic', but I enjoyed reading this. It turned out a bit different than I expected, which I'm happy about :)