Ancco, who became famous for her diary-like webcomics, has published a collection of stories that ripple through domestic violence, social oppression, and rebellion.
Comics
Yayoi Kusama Gets Her First Graphic Novel Biography
In this excerpt of Kusama: The Graphic Novel, illustrator Elisa Macellari time travels to Kusamaโs life in 1960s New York City, when the artist became โthe high priestess of love and pacifism.โ
Enter the Humorously Awkward World of a โLong-Distance Cartoonistโ
Brilliantly paced, Adrian Tomineโs latest graphic novel takes readers from discomfort to laughter in just a few panels.
A Comics Series Offers an Exercise in Optimism
An Instagram project by Desert Island Comics, Rescue Party offers poetic renderings of the world beyond our current reality. According to these artists, itโll be beautiful.
Cartoonists Take on the Coronavirus With Sympathy and Humor
As Covid-19 takes the world by storm, cartoonists and illustrators express statements of solidarity, share experiences (and grievances), and laugh a little.
In India, a Wave of Political Webcomics Are Chronicling Huge Nationwide Protests
In a fierce information and ideological battleground online, Indiaโs webcomic creators and illustrators are cutting through the noise with style and wit.
Beloved Comic Series The Far Side Is Now Legally On the Web
After decades of eschewing the internet, creator Gary Larson is releasing daily batches of the classic strip.
โThe Hardest Story I Have Ever Doneโ: Autobiographical Comics Illustrated by Sexual Abuse and Harassment Survivors
Some of the contributors to Drawing Power: Womenโs Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival maintain a โstraightforwardโ style of testimony, while others employ creative license to convey the lasting psychological effects of sexual violence.
Revisiting Watchmen and the Lessons We Have (and Havenโt) 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 hasnโt fully recovered.
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.
Read Joe Saccoโs โBitumen or Bust,โ 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.
A Feminist British Illustrator Who Satirized the British Middle Class
Posy Simmonds was known for her particularly wry voice, but Paul Gravettโs book gives its namesake short shrift, not placing her clearly enough in the context of other illustrators.