Comics
Collecting the World One Day at a Time
Every day offers up a new palette.
Comics
Art
Revisiting Watchmen and the Lessons We Have (and Haven’t) Learned From It
One of the defining texts of the superhero genre, the graphic novel also broke the genre in such a way that, after more than 30 years, it still hasn’t fully recovered.
Art
Centering the African Diaspora in Comics and Cartoons
A new exhibition recognizes the importance of representation both on the comics page and in the hands of the artists making them.
Comics
What’s in the Stars for Artists in November
Astrological advice to free your artistic soul.
Comics
A Black Woman With Tenure
"We filter Black women's voices. They're like mines full of gold. And if your stories ain't perfect? Then your stories ain't told."
Film
Joker Is a Thinly Veiled (and Thin) Take on '80s NYC
The film is far too derivative, far too wedded to juvenile mythology, and far too tentative to deserve its elevated profile.
Comics
What’s in the Stars for Artists in October
Astrological advice to free your artistic soul.
Comics
Read Joe Sacco's "Bitumen or Bust," a Harrowing Comic on Climate Change
The comic, reprinted from the forthcoming The Best American Comics 2019, is an unsettling look at the oil sands of Alberta, Canada.
Books
A Feminist British Illustrator Who Satirized the British Middle Class
Posy Simmonds was known for her particularly wry voice, but Paul Gravett's book gives its namesake short shrift, not placing her clearly enough in the context of other illustrators.
Books
A Graphic Novel Looks at the Limits of Freedom in Revolutionary Cuba
By approaching Castro’s Cuba from the margins, author Anna Veltfort creates a unique lens through which to observe the mechanisms by which a political system acts upon those who live within it.
Comics
What’s in the Stars for Artists in September
Virgo: Take a break, go to a museum.
Comics
Save Your Ideas From Burning on the Back Burner
Finish that project before it burns to a crisp.