Part memoir, part travelogue, and all lushly drawn, I MOVED TO LOS ANGELES is simply a wonderful book for those who want to learn the finer details of the animation industry.
The TCAF Interviews – Shee Phon on Colours, Competition & Autobiography
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is one of the most influential and important comic book event in North America. It’s mission is to “promote the creators of comic books in their broad and diverse voices, for the betterment of the medium of comics”. In the spirit of this mission, the Comics Beat has conducted a […]
The TCAF Interviews – Iona Fox on Autobiography, Farming & Experimentation
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is one of the most influential and important comic book event in North America. It’s mission is to “promote the creators of comic books in their broad and diverse voices, for the betterment of the medium of comics”. In the spirit of this mission, the Comics Beat has conducted a […]
Yuko Ota and Ananth Hirsh talk cultural identity and intimacy in a Must-Read Interview on OUR CATS ARE MORE FAMOUS THAN US
Ananth Hirsh‘s and Yuko Ota‘s Our Cats are More Famous than Us: A Johhny Wander Collection, is an awe inspiring book. A playful and ruminating collection of autobiographical comics, the stories told inside swing between hilarious anecdotes and insightful commentary on what it means to develop an identity as an artist, minority, and nerd in modern America. […]
Interview: Jonathan Baylis’ SO BUTTONS and the art of the auto-bio comic
To step into the world of writer Jonathan Baylis’ So Buttons is to step into the best of pure comics storytelling. The acclaimed anthology series—now out in a new edition from Alternative Comics—present slices from the life of Baylis. Sometimes surreal, sometimes poignant, the vignettes that constitute the book are always absorbing and wonderfully rendered. […]
Fall Preview: Merry Misadventures in Julia Wertz’s Drinking at the Movies
Continuing our look at this fall’s top graphic novels, Koyama Press is reissuing Julia Wertz’s Drinking at the Movies, originally published by Three RIvers press but here reissued with all new material and an intro by Janeane Garaofolo. Wertz’s comic strips are autobiographical, but fearless in their honesty, and forgiving in bringing a light touch to […]
24 Hours of Webcomics: SCHMUCK
SCHMUCK is the brain-child of pop culture man about town and award-winning photographer Seth Kushner. He sets out to tell a semi-autobiographical story in the hands of a host of talented comic artists featuring the brutal honesty of real life when looking for love. One of the dominant themes is coming from a Jewish background, […]