Tag: james sturm

A commentary on the social structures that existed at the time of Fantastic Four's creation.

The Beat catches up with James Sturm and Joe Sutphin to learn more about Watership Down: The Graphic Novel.

This Awards Roundup is filled to the brim with nominees and finalist declarations - as well as the winners of the recent Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards

Four vital comics artists come together to discuss how their teaching aims to make comics accessible to a wider audience.

A piquant guide to other places on the internet.

Alay-Oop By William Gropper New York Review Comics William Gropper’s 1930 graphic novel Alay-Oop predates its actual form — “graphic novel” — by decades, but as a prehistoric example of the development of the form, it stands...

By Nancy Powell James Sturm has never been shy about tackling the complexities of race and ethnicity in his graphic novels. Recently, Sturm turned his observant eye on the 2016 election season and set it...

By Nancy Powell The Presidential election of 2016 was an emotional and grueling time for many of us. Its aftermath left such animosity and despair that it was hard to imagine a future without doom....

Artists of the realm, prepare to take up your swords and pencils once more! I

Here's the second part of our annual creator survey, and this time out we have some exclusive peeks at some new projects for 2016, as well as what might be hit of something cool to happen...but you'll have to read everything figure out what that is. Thanks to all for taking the time to participate in this survey especially during the busy holiday time. You can find Part 1 here.

Back in November there was a stirring in the interwebs when James Sturm posted a one page comic called "The Sponsor" that dealt with issues of jealousy and competition amongst cartoonists. There was quite...

Today is a day to send shout-outs to the Center for Cartoon Studies, located in White River Junction, VT and recognize it's many good deeds. While my shout out should be a loving essay on how teaching comics has had a strong effect on storytelling and how the bucolic yet isolated campus in rural Vermont allows students to focus in on making comics, or the print room or the other great things about the faculty which includes James Sturm and Steve Bissette, I don't have time for that. Instead I will just direct you to Rob Clough's series looking at the WORK of CCS grads and spotlight a few of them: