Compelling Grotesquery in Graphic Novel 'Vivisectionary'
In Kate Lacour's graphic novel of imagined medical oddities, Vivisectionary, the viewer is the main character and the images the deranged antagonist.
15 Aug 2019
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Box Brown Takes on the Ultimate Weed Killer in 'Cannabis'
As cannabis legalization spreads, Box Brown's graphic novel, Cannabis, examines the sordid and racist history of how it became demonized in the first place.
17 Jun 2019
Trapped by Circumstance: 'Guantánamo Kid: The True Story of Mohammed El-Gharani'
Jérôme Tubiana and Alexandre France have created a powerful work in Guantánamo Kid that brings attention to the humanity of people who are accused as terrorists.
20 May 2019
'Blame This on the Boogie' Blurs the Lines between Graphic Novel and Songbook
Passion defines Rina Ayuyang's life as Blame This on the Boogie explores the pleasures and pitfalls of pop culture devotion.
08 May 2019
Graphic Novel 'Is This How You See Me?' Carries on the Legacy
The Hernandez Bros.' Love and Rockets graphic fiction series has created a community of misfits filled with as much anger as warmth, with as many mistakes as wisdom, and with as much sadness as joy.
23 Apr 2019
Manuele Fior's 'Red Ultramarine' Evokes Picasso -- to a Point
While Manuele Fior's Red Ultramarine is far from abstract expressionism, it is a pleasure to find an artist-writer who regards the art of his images to be equal to the narrative they convey.
17 Apr 2019
Nora Krug's 'Belonging' Could Serve as a Model for Understanding Collective Responsibility
In graphic novel Belonging, Nora Krug takes a single idea – her family's involvement in the Second World War and Nazi Germany – and pursues it with relentless, forensic determination.
04 Feb 2019
Michael Cho's 'Shoplifter' Showcases What He Does Best
Existential loneliness and small comforts are perfectly conveyed in three simple colors in Michael Cho's graphic novel, Shoplifter.
17 Jan 2019
Graphic Novel 'The Beatles Yellow Submarine' Is Pure Delight
Bill Morrison's The Beatles Yellow Submarine mixes its psychedelia to fully represent the strange combinations found in George Dunning's 1968 film.
16 Nov 2018
Zacchilli Sketches the Future One Day at a Time in 'Space Academy 123'
Mickey Zacchilli's scribbled artistic and literary style undermines expectations.
02 Nov 2018
'Undocumented' Is a Paean to America's Embattled Migrants
The struggle for recognition and rights assumes heroic proportions in Duncan Tonatiuh's innovative graphic novel, Undocumented: A Workers Fight.
29 Oct 2018
Nick Drnaso's 'Sabrina' and Affronts to Truth
Drnaso's Sabrina explores how isolation, both psychic and social, fuels the evolution of tragedy into social paranoia and a dehumanized narrative of fraud.
17 Oct 2018
Really, Really Loving the Beatles: Carol Tyler's 'Fab4 Mania'
Tyler's excitement and seemingly never-ending thrill from the point of view of her younger self as a Beatles fan nearly leaps from the page.
20 Aug 2018
'Red Winter' Weathers the Heartbreaks of Communism
Swedish graphic novelist Anneli Furmar paints a bright window into a gray corner of political history.
10 Jul 2018
Stage to Comics Page: George O'Connor's Adaptation of Adam Rapp's Dystopic Play, 'Ball Peen Hammer'
Adam Rapp's characters have to kill and bag children to earn their keep. How does one depict that on stage and on page?
07 Jun 2018
Michael Comeau's Winter's Cosmos Explores the Fringes of the Comics Universe
If Winter's Cosmos is Comeau's Alpha Centauri, I look forward to what fruits his new planets will bear next.
24 May 2018
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