Books
How a Chatbot Became a Conceptual Poet
In a conversation with poet Ulf Stolterfoht, a chatbot pushes language towards its breaking point in a way no human could.
Megan N. Liberty
Interview
The Creators of the Comics Newspaper RESIST! Are “Picturing the America We Want”
Françoise Mouly and Nadja Spiegelman will release the second issue of their free periodical that centers women's voices on July 4.
Art
The Chopped-Up Novels and Appropriation Poetry of an Artist and Bookmaker
Printed Matter’s exhibit Sally Alatalo: Narrative in Revision includes experimental magazines, printed ephemera, and newer digital works.
Books
A Graphic Novel Turns the Unpredictability of Grief into a Superhero Tale
Coco Picard’s The Chronicles of Fortune is a story about learning how to grapple with the role of death in life.
Art
From a Beirut Lit Journal to a Kim Kardashian Tabloid, Highlights from BABZ Fair 2017
In a new space for its fifth edition, the art book and zine fair renewed its focus on independent publishers and had a strong community ethos.
Art
The Tactile Temptation of Ray Johnson's Assemblages
Ray Johnson's exhibition at Matthew Marks is proof that the eccentric collage and mail artist's works were never meant for gallery walls.
Art
The Color Palette of Materialism, from Rose Gold iPhones to Millennial Pink Shopping Bags
In her latest exhibition, Sara Cwynar probes our complicated relationship with image-saturated advertising.
Books
A Graphic Memoir About Learning to Cope with What's Left Behind
Kristen Radtke’s graphic memoir uses photos and the death of her uncle as touchstones to illustrate parallel forms of decay and loss.
Books
The iTunes Terms and Conditions as an Eclectic Comic
With appropriative text and visuals, the book is full of single-page mash-up vignettes of obtuse techno-speak and familiar graphics.
Books
The Radical Posters of a British Women’s Art Workshop
The See Red Women’s Workshop, which ran from 1974 to 1990, began with a newspaper ad calling for female visual artists "to combat images of the ‘model woman.’”
Art
The Loving, Self-Deprecating Comics of Aline Kominsky-Crumb and Robert Crumb
An exhibition at David Zwirner brings together the artist couple's individual and collaborative autobiographic comics.
Books
Comics Tales of a Perpetually Horny and Lonely Millennial Girl
Gina Wynbrant's comics are pleasantly uncomfortable and brash.