Charlie Hebdo: News and Notes
The Charlie Hebdo murders, and the subsequent shoot outs and man hunts, have led to an unprecedented discussion over the role of satire, art...
Sacred and Sequential group releases statement on the Charlie Hebdo attack
Sacred and Sequential, a group of scholars who study the intersection of religion and comics has released a statement on Wednesday's still reverberating attack...
12 killed including four cartoonists in attack on Charlie Hebdo offices
In an act of unspeakable horror, three gunman are at large in France after a brief deadly attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo,...
Thanks, Obamacomics!
A graphic novel has become Exhibit A in the latest Obamacare controversy.
Clear, simple, understandable, useful - those are just a few of the words...
NYCC ’14 panels you missed: Geeks of Color Go Pro
by Edie Nugent
The main stage spectacles of NYCC saw panels filled with celebrity actors and moderators alike, whipping thousands of screaming audience members into...
Broken legs, death threats and fatwas: the trials and tribulations of THE 99
By Naif Al-Mutawa
Many years ago, I was the volleyball counsellor at a summer camp in New England. It was 1990 and I was fit...
Conservative comics: if only we hadn’t gotten rid of the Comics Code
Last week I told you about The Forgotten Man, a graphic novel adaptation of Amity Shlaes' history of the Great Depression by Chuck Dixon...
“But where are the conservative mangas and graphic novels?”
A graphic novel is dropping this week called The Forgotten Man Graphic Edition: A New History of the Great Depression . It's a 320...
Top Shelf to donate MARCH BOOK ONE to every member of Congress.
Well, a digital copy anyway. MARCH BOOK ONE, the comics autobiography of civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, has had a heck of a...
Rick Geary announces crowdfunder for Obama conspiracy chapbook
Rick Geary's first Kickstarter for The Elwell Enigma has just shipped—and I was just enjoying my digital comic bonus last night— but no rest...
Preview: “The History of Nonviolence” from Occupy Comics #3
Occupy Comics #3, the final issue of the Kickstartered anthology, came out today, and to celebrate the release — as well as the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech—Black Mask Studio made a preview of "The History of Non-Violence" by Caleb Monroe and Theo Ellsworth available.
SDCC ’13 safety tip: stay away from San Diego’s creepy, sex-harassin’ mayor!
Even as Comic-Con descends on our hearts and minds each year, like a monstrous kaiju from the rift, sometimes real world concerns affect the...
