Review: ‘Sovereign Traces Vol. 1’ propels Native American voices brilliantly with no artistic compromise
This recent anthology from Michigan State University, Sovereign Traces Vol. 1, edited by Gordon Henry Jr. and Elizabeth PaPensee, presents work from a number of Native American cartoonists paired with Native American writers to...
YALSA Announces the 2019 Great Graphic Novels for Teens List!
"The Golden Age of Science Fiction is 12." —Peter Graham
The Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association, has announced the titles of their Great Graphic Novel for Teens list for...
Review – The Disappointment of Roman Muradov’s Vanishing Act
The Disappointment of Roman Muradov's Vanishing Act
Review: Humankind never learns in ‘Fraternity’
There’s something about North America that has inspired multiple stabs at utopianism.
Review: Mortality from all sides in ‘In The Future, We Are Dead’
Death is a multi-faceted subject and German cartoonist Eva Müller’s In The Future We Are Dead gives it the treatment it deserves. Müller comes at the subject from a number of vantage points that range...
Review: Brotherhood as artistic evolution in ‘Piero’
Edmond Baudoin is a relatively obscure figure in America, looming under whatever radar we have that detects French cartoonists. As explained in Matt Madden’s excellent introduction to Piero — Madden also did the translation...
Review: As ‘Alt-Life’ shows, even limitless virtual pleasure has its downsides
Human beings have always wanted to believe in a re-set. In more traditional terms this has taken the form of an afterlife, but as technology has progressed, some form of virtual reality alternative to...
Review: ‘270°’ and ‘To Build A Fire’ honor different aspects of nature in beautiful...
Is nature our friend or our enemy, or maybe a little of both? Perhaps it’s not even measurable against the human experience, since we are the only creature that has willfully left it behind...
Interview: Liana Finck is surprised she’s relatable, but she’s getting used to the idea
Since 2015 Liana Finck has been a rising star in her role as a New Yorker cartoonist thanks to her singular presentation and sensibility, but also thanks to a boost that most cartoonists never...
Review: The skewed colors of manhood in ‘Tumult’
The noir genre has one dynamic at its center that repeats so often it’s hard to tell if it’s a cliche or an archetype — a man searching for something more in life encounters...
Review: German guilt and the nature of mundane evil in ‘Belonging’
What is it like to be of the most despised nationality in modern history? I’m not talking about being an American, though it’s not outrageous to think our history of slavery and treatment of...
NYCC 2018 Event Guide: Signings and meet-ups and art and more!
Whether it's a signing, an art show, a panel about comics - or just enjoying Happy Hour - we got you covered.
