Comics

"All lurid, unsavory, gruesome illustrations shall be eliminated." — Comics Code, 1954

People of the World: Relax!
“People of the World: Relax!” is excerpted from “The Complete C Comics,” a collection of Joe Brainard’s innovative work, and featured in LARB Quarterly no. 47: “Security.”
Joe BrainardDec 2
- LARB Lit
- Comics
And Then What? The Road After “Success” in the Arts
Alexis Clements uses Alison Bechdel’s new graphic novel “Spent” to meditate on the predicament of the creative artist today.
Alexis ClementsNov 29
- Comics
- Art & Architecture
Edward Steed’s Posthuman Comedy
Ivan Kreilkamp “blasts through ordinary perception” in Edward Steed’s “Forces of Nature: A Book of Drawings.”
Ivan KreilkampOct 30
- Comics
Common Roots
Martin Dolan explores labor, trade, and shared humanity in Craig Thompson’s “Ginseng Roots.”
Martin DolanOct 12
Revolution of Our Times
Graham J. Murphy considers Badiucao and Melissa Chan’s “You Must Take Part in Revolution.”
Graham J. MurphyAug 28
The Common Man Is Coming into His Own
Michael Kobre considers the Fantastic Four superhero “The Thing” and Jack Kirby’s relationship to his own Judaism.
Michael KobreAug 4
Intuitive, Impractical Passions
Dan Nadel on the work of legendary underground cartoonist, artist, and sculptor Michael McMillan.
Dan NadelJul 21
- Art & Architecture
- Comics
Mafalda
The LARB Quarterly presents an excerpt from Quino’s “Mafalda,” translated by Frank Wynne, in issue no. 44, “Pressure.”
Quino, Frank WynneApr 5
- LARB Lit
- Comics
The Comforts of Horror
Daniel Lukes reviews Charles Burns’s “Final Cut” and “Kommix.”
Daniel LukesNov 17, 2024
- SF
- Comics
A Reluctant Übermensch
D. Harlan Wilson reviews Keanu Reeves and China Miéville’s “The Book of Elsewhere.”
D. Harlan WilsonSep 2, 2024
- SF
- Comics
The Contours of Negative Space: On Tessa Hulls’s “Feeding Ghosts”
Martin Dolan reviews Tessa Hulls’s “Feeding Ghosts.”
Martin DolanMar 7, 2024
- Comics
- Memoir & Essay
Art, Freedom, and a Menagerie: On Ai Weiwei’s “Zodiac”
Melissa Chan reviews “Zodiac” by Ai Weiwei.
Melissa ChanJan 30, 2024