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Queer Coming-of-Age Graphic Novel Under the Shadow of Church 

by Coco Picard September 26, 2022September 26, 2022

Using the pressures of adolescence and indoctrination of the church as a framework, Campbell captures the stress endured by young women and their bodies.

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Seeing Through the Eye of Others

Avatar photo by Ysabelle Cheung May 15, 2021May 14, 2021

Aminder Dhaliwal’s new graphic novel, “Cyclopedia Exotica,” challenges stereotypes by delivering broader messages on the complexity of race, gender, and identity.

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How Kuniko Tsurita Broke the Mold for Women Comic Artists in Japan

Avatar photo by Megan N. Liberty March 10, 2021March 10, 2021

The Sky Is Blue With a Single Cloud shines a light on Tsurita’s short but innovative career.

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A Comic Tells the Rebellious, Messy Lives of Teenagers

Avatar photo by Ysabelle Cheung September 23, 2020November 5, 2020

Ancco, who became famous for her diary-like webcomics, has published a collection of stories that ripple through domestic violence, social oppression, and rebellion.

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Enter the Humorously Awkward World of a “Long-Distance Cartoonist”

Avatar photo by Megan N. Liberty July 20, 2020April 18, 2022

Brilliantly paced, Adrian Tomine’s latest graphic novel takes readers from discomfort to laughter in just a few panels.

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Enter Michael DeForge’s World, Where People and Places Alike Get Constant “Updates”

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel April 14, 2020

In the futuristic setting of the graphic novel Familiar Face, the alienation induced by rapid technological advancement is accelerated to a fantastical degree.

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Fighting for the Future in President Zuckerberg’s Dystopian America

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel December 2, 2019November 27, 2019

In her graphic novel The Hard Tomorrow, Eleanor Davis explores how different people react to living in a pressure cooker of rising fascism amidst dire inequality and a collapsing ecosystem.

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A Korean “Comfort Woman” Tells Her Story in a Harrowing Comic

by Dominic Umile August 23, 2019August 22, 2019

Cartoonist Keum Suk Gendry-Kim relays the story in a documentarian manner that isn’t for the faint of heart.

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A Potent, Personal Comic on Women’s Work and Anger

by Christine Ro February 12, 2019February 12, 2019

In This Woman’s Work, Julie Delporte reflects on the limitations of being a woman.

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A Cartoonist Takes Aim at the Art World

Avatar photo by Megan N. Liberty November 13, 2018November 12, 2018

Cartoonist Matthew Thurber doesn’t leave us with a clean moral or tidy ending to his series of comic jabs at the art world and its institutions.

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How a Graphic Novel About 1930s Germany Feels Poignant and Prescient

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel September 7, 2018September 6, 2018

Jason Lutes’s epic graphic novel series Berlin, which began in 1996, comes to a close this year. Little did he know how relevant his books would be.

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“Short Stories Are More Liberating”: Jillian Tamaki on Her New Comics Collection

by Bryan Hood June 23, 2017June 22, 2017

Tamaki talks about her latest book, Boundless, working solo, and how she’s found support in the comics community.

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