COMICS

“Street Cop” and Cartoon Controversies: A Conversation with Art Spiegelman

Jon Wiener speaks with Art Spiegelman on his latest illustrations, lockdown, and not looking for controversy (but finding it anyway)....

JON WIENER

COMICS

Troy Is Burning: Anne Carson and Rosanna Bruno Reimagine Euripides’s “The Trojan Women”

Bob Blaisdell is engrossed in Anne Carson’s reimagining of Euripides’s “The Trojan Women,” illustrated by Rosanna Bruno....

BOB BLAISDELL

COMICS

A History of Cyberpunk Comics

David M. Higgins and Matthew Iung consider the complicated history of cyberpunk comics....

DAVID M. HIGGINS, MATTHEW IUNG

COMICS

“Holy Shit, The Earth Is Fucked!”: On Inio Asano’s Manga

Inio Asano’s anime is rife with images of apocalypse longed for but deferred....

AUSTIN PRICE

AROUND THE WORLD

COMICS

Carl Barks: The Last of the Dinosaurs

Exploring the super-abundant comic world of Scrooge McDuck....

SCOTT BRADFIELD

COMICS

They Wanted to Bury Us: A Conversation with Andalusia Knoll Soloff

Andalusia Knoll Soloff reflects on the sixth anniversary of the Ayotzinapa forced disappearances....

ANNIE ROSENTHAL

AROUND THE WORLD

NONFICTION

POLITICS

COMICS

Riding the Wave: The Steady Rise of Korean Manhwa

DW McKinney surveys the latest major works of manhwa to be published in the United States, including “Grass,” “Uncomfortably Happily,” and “Bad Friends.”...

DW MCKINNEY

AROUND THE WORLD

COMICS

A Journal of the Plague Decade: On Howard Cruse’s “Wendel”

Paul Morton revisits the late Howard Cruse's groundbreaking comic, "Wendel."...

PAUL MORTON

COMICS

GENDER & SEXUALITY

Marvelous Belief

Cass R. Sunstein looks at Liel Leibovitz’s recently published biography of Stan Lee....

CASS R. SUNSTEIN

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY

COMICS

Land of Milk and Money

Mark Goble tries "The Dairy Restaurant," the new graphic history from Ben Katchor....

MARK GOBLE

FOOD & DRINK

COMICS

CULTURAL STUDIES

Each Moment Bleeding into the Next: On Yoshiharu Tsuge’s “The Swamp”

Nathan Scott McNamara gets bogged down in “The Swamp,” a collection of manga by Yoshiharu Tsuge....

NATHAN SCOTT MCNAMARA

AROUND THE WORLD

COMICS

Making Something That Feels Good to Read: An Interview with Ari Yarwood

Colin Beineke talks to graphic novel editor Ari Yarwood....

COLIN BEINEKE

COMICS

GENDER & SEXUALITY

Fence Jumping: An Interview with Frank Santoro

Brianne Jaquette talks to comics artist Frank Santoro about his latest book, “Pittsburgh.”...

BRIANNE JAQUETTE

COMICS

Watchwomen

Paul Morton falls in love with “Return to Romance: The Strange Love Stories of Ogden Whitney,” recently released by New York Review Comics....

PAUL MORTON

COMICS

Does Chris Ware Still Hate Fun?

Gerry Canavan reviews "Rusty Brown," the recently published collection of Chris Ware's comics....

GERRY CANAVAN

COMICS

The De-Colonization of Miles Morales

Vincent Haddad on the promise of Miles Morales....

VINCENT HADDAD

COMICS

Relevant at a Slant: A Conversation with Joseph Mosconi

Kate Durbin discusses typography, worldbuilding, and knowledge clusters with fellow poet Joseph Mosconi....

KATE DURBIN

ART & ARCHITECTURE

COMICS

CULTURAL STUDIES

POETRY

Evening Wood

Paul Morton reviews "Cons De Fée: The Erotic Art of Wallace Wood," out now from Fantagraphics....

PAUL MORTON

COMICS

GENDER & SEXUALITY

A Utopian Space Within the Dystopian World: On Tina Horn and Michael Dowling’s “SFSX”

JB Brager reviews “SFSX,” written and drawn by Tina Horn and Michael Dowling....

JB BRAGER

COMICS

GENDER & SEXUALITY

“Writing Superficially Is Easy”: An Interview with J. Michael Straczynski

Alex Dueben talks to writer J. Michael Straczynski about his new memoir, "Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood."...

ALEX DUEBEN

MEMOIR & ESSAY

COMICS

Keep Even Man Where He Belongs

John W. W. Zeiser on the graphic adaptations "The Epic of Gilgamesh" by Kent H. Dixon and Kevin H. Dixon and "Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories" by Peter Kuper....

JOHN W. W. ZEISER

COMICS

It Takes a Deep Reading. And an Obsession.: An Interview with Paul Karasik

Alex Dueben talks to Paul Karasik about teaching, Art Spiegelman, Martha's Vineyard, and his latest book, "How to Read Nancy."...

ALEX DUEBEN

COMICS

Self-Exposure: Two Retrospectives by Autobiographical Comics Pioneers Julie Doucet and Ariel Schrag

Frederik Byrn Køhlert reviews two new collections from Ariel Schrag and Julie Doucet....

FREDERIK BYRN KØHLERT

MEMOIR & ESSAY

COMICS

My Bookish Upbringing

In "Between Pen and Pixel," Aaron Kashtan argues that comics are the medium that offers the most insights about the present and the future of the book....

VINCENT HADDAD

LITERARY CRITICISM

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

COMICS

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