‘Dancing After TEN’ Graphic Memoir Will Move You
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Juan Sasturain and Alberto Breccia's graphic novel, 'Peraramus: The City and Oblivion', is an absurd and existential odyssey about a political dissident who can't remember his name.
View ArticleIsolation Resonates in Tomine’s Ode to Loneliness
Adrian Tomine's talent in communicating the intimate, minute details of his life serves to make them universal, even more in these times of COVID-19
View ArticleLeslie Stein’s Thoughtful and Honest Memoir About Abortion
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View ArticleTomine’s Anti-Memoir, ‘The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist’
Few comics artists are more highly regarded than Adrian Tomine. Though none of his books
View ArticleGraphic Novel ‘Cuisine Chinoise’ Is a Feast for the Eyes and the Mind
There are few books of which it can be said they’re worth buying for the
View ArticleSikoryak’s ‘Constitution Illustrated’ Pays Homage to Comics and the Constitution
Sikoryak's satirical pairings in Constitution Illustrated breathe new and sometimes uncomfortable life into the United States' most living document.
View ArticleManga ‘The Sky Is Blue with a Single Cloud’ Is a Superb Collection of Kuniko...
Concomitant with the explosive global popularity of manga and its permeating global markets and languages,
View ArticleJoe Sacco’s ‘Paying the Land’ Reflects Journalistic Nuance in a Way Other...
If anyone doubts the urgency of the subject matter in Joe Sacco‘s latest work, his
View ArticleComics Artists Yanow and Hanawalt Draw Vastly Different Self-Portraits
“Cartoon” can mean a lot of things. As a drawing style, those things usually include
View Article‘The Art of Drag’ Captivates and Unites
As the LGBTQ+ movement for equality increasingly shifts its focus from mainstream representations of the
View ArticleIt’s Funny, Reading the “Funnies” in a Newspaper in 2020
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View ArticleC.C. Tsai’s ‘Dao De Jing’ Has Visual Rhythm
Chih-chung Tsai, a renown Taiwanese cartoonist, publishes as C. C. Tsai in English. Dao De
View Article‘World War 3 Illustrated #51: The World We Are Fighting For’
In spite of everything that’s happened since Trump joined the stage of the 2016 Republican
View ArticleHeathen’s Queer Feminist Vikings Are the Heroines Pop Culture Needed
The world of pop culture is awash in Vikings these days. From streaming television shows
View ArticleTommy Siegel’s Comic ‘I Hope This Helps’ Pokes at Social Media Addiction
In early 2018, 12 February specifically, musician and comics artist Tommy Siegel embarked on an
View ArticleBishakh Som’s ‘Spellbound’ Is an Innovative Take on the Graphic Memoir
Bishakh Som‘s graphic memoir, Spellbound, is an innovative and captivating tale, an attractively drawn and
View ArticleHow ‘Watchmen’ and ‘The Boys’ Deconstruct American Fascism
“And imperfect men, possessing superhuman material power, are not a reassuring prospect.”— Marshall McLuhan,The Mechanical
View ArticleThe Power of Restraint in Sophie Yanow, Paco Roca, and Elisa Macellari’s New...
They say you can’t judge a book by its cover, and the maxim is even
View ArticleAre Marjane Satrapi’s Works Comics or Graphic Novels?
Marjane Satrapi is a complicated woman at the intersection of overlapping identity factors. Persepolis and Embroideries provide facets through which to view these complexities.
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