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An $R$--band photopolarimetric variability analysis of the TeV bright blazarW Comae, between 2008 February 28 and 2013 May 17, is presented. The sourceshowed a gradual tendency to decrease its mean flux level with a total changeof ~3~mJy. A maximum and minimum brightness states in the $R$-band of14.25$\pm$0.04 and 16.52$\pm$0.1~mag respectively were observed, correspondingto a maximum variation of $\Delta$F = 5.40 mJy. We estimated a minimumvariability timescale of $\Delta$t=3.3 days. A maximum polarization degree$P$=33.8\%$\pm$1.6\%, with a maximum variation of $\Delta$P = 33.2\%, wasfound. One of our main results is the detection of a large rotation of thepolarization angle from 78\degr to 315\degr ($\Delta\theta\sim$237\degr) thatcoincides in time with the $\gamma$-ray flare observed in 2008 June. Thisresult indicates that both optical and $\gamma$-ray emission regions could beco-spatial. During this flare, a correlation between the $R$-band flux andpolarization degree was found with a correlation coefficient of$r_{F-p}=0.93\pm$0.11.  From the Stokes parameters we infer the existence of two optically thinsynchrotron components that contribute to the polarized flux. One of them isstable with a constant polarization degree of 11\%. Assuming a shock-in jetmodel during the 2008 flare, we estimated a maximum Doppler factor$\delta_D\sim 27$ and a minimum of $\delta_D\sim 16$; a minimum viewing angleof the jet $\sim$2\degr.0; and a magnetic field $B \sim$ 0.12~G.

Rotation of the optical polarization angle associated with the 2008 {\gamma}-ray flare of blazar w comae