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Review: Marcelo D’Salete finds dignity in Brazil’s ugly history of slavery

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Brazilian cartoonist Marcelo D’Salete offers a different view of slavery in Run For It, focusing on Brazilian plantations and slavery, and celebrating resistance in...

Review: The Cartoonist is ‘Present’

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Near the end of Present, Leslie Stein tells a short tale about a particular long term customer of hers who goes into restaurants, orders...

ONE OR DONE INTERVIEW: Chuck Palahniuk on his new coloring book and what people...

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Comics Beat talks to author and super fun dinner guest (we believe) Chuck Palahniuk about his new novella/coloring book.

Review: B. Mure’s ‘Ismyre’ is a city of magic

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Titled after the city it depicts, Ismyre couples two disparate issues and brings them together for a magical conclusion. Ed is a sculptor living in...

Review: ‘A Castle In England’ gives new life to old lives

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A Castle In England is the latest in multi-faceted explorations of the history behind single structures, having been preceded by Chris Ware’s Building Stories,...

Review: The other realms of epilepsy revealed in ‘Mis(h)adra’

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Mis(h)adra is a hard work to criticize, largely because it’s so personal and so raw in its portrayal of the intimate. Iasmin Omar Ata...

Review: Johnny Appleseed and the Apocalyptic Frontier

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Johnny Appleseed is one of those American historical figures who calls into question the line that divides reality from fantasy. He seems like a...

INTERVIEW: X-Men: TAS story editor & writer Eric Lewald on X-Men:TAS Book

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It's sometimes hard to believe there was a time before the X-Men was the universally recognized franchise and beloved phenomenon that it is today,...

Review: Living the dream in ‘Stardust Nation’

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This mysterious work adapted by Booker-nominated author Deborah Levy from her own story captures the dynamic between two advertising men, Tom and Nikos, who have...

Review: Ulli Lust’s ‘Voices In The Dark’ is a walk on the worst side

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The offerings from New York Review Comics have revealed one challenging work after another with curation of truly elevated works, but as impressive as...

Brooklyn Book Festival announces their graphic novel schedule

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The Brooklyn Book Festival  is not only New York's premiere book event, it's a great showcase for graphic novels. And this year's event is...

Controversial ‘Handbook for Mortals’ author to tell you to how to “Stand Out and...

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The drama that's rocking the YA and publishing world today is the YA novel Handbook for Mortals, an out of nowhere book that suddenly...

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