Tag: biographies
INDIE VIEW: ‘Irena’ gives a Polish World War II hero the tribute she deserves
The bravery of Irena Sendlerowa gets an intoxicating, invigorating graphic novel treatment
Review: Michael Kupperman’s haunting quest for ‘All The Answers’
Often in our history, but especially right now, popular culture is an obstructive thing, and one of the main things it keeps us from seeing is what happened before whatever is happening now. It’s...
Review: The Bursting Beauty of Niki de Saint Phalle
When the biographies of so many celebrated male artists are revealed as chronicles self-destruction where the subjects too often allow themselves to become awash in their weakest points, this biography of painter and sculptor...
Review: Two successful bios of very different men
It’s always a pleasure when a new graphic novel biography comes out about someone I know absolutely nothing about, and I certainly had no clue about the existence of Roger Casement. Fionnuala Doran's The...
Dark Horse to published Muhammed Ali graphic novel by Titeux and Ameziane
Dark Horse will be publishing an English language version of Muhammad Ali by writer Sybille Titeux and artist Amazing Ameziane, a graphic novel biography which was originally published in France. It looks spectacular, and...
