The Man reigned over our year, but newcomer Olivia Jaimes made her voice heard.
GRAPHIC NOVEL CLUB: Lisa Hanawalt Reveals the Secret to Drawing Awkward Animals
The BoJack Horseman producer sits down to discuss her latest surreal and hilarious comic, Coyote Doggirl
REVIEW: It’s A Rollicking, Howling Fever Dream with COYOTE DOGGIRL
A beautifully rendered vision of the Old West as seen through the singular vision of Lisa Hanawalt.
Lisa Hanawalt and Tiffany Haddish team for animated TUCA & BERTIE for Netflix
Cartoonist/animator Lisa Hanawalt is moving into the show creator role with Tuca & Bertie, a 10-episode animated series set to run on Netflix. Girls Trip star Tiffany Haddish is also on board as the voice of a lead character, Tuca, and an exec producer, THR reports. Hanawalt has been a supervising producer on Bojack Horseman since it […]
‘Rolling Blackouts’ wins the Lynd Ward Prize
Sarah Glidden’s Rolling Blackouts: Dispatches from Turkey, Syria and Iraq has won the 2017 Lynd Ward Prize for Graphic Novel of the Year. The prize, sponsored by the Penn State University LIbraries, is presented to the best graphic novel, fiction or non-fiction, published in the previous calendar year by a living U.S. or Canadian citizen […]
Comic Arts LA will rekindle your love for comics
Comic Arts LA was a show to make you happy about comics and inspire you for the next 12 months.
Epic win nice art: Lisa Hanawalt + Tim Kreider + cats
Yesterday’s Sunday NY Times contained a seminal essay by sometime cartoonist Tim Kreider on the subject of his love for his cat. Yes there are “cat dudes” too, and Kreider is one, as revealed by the elegantly written piece. Plus it contained creepy cute illustrations by Lisa Hanawalt of men and cats. Hanawalt (My Dumb Dirty Eyes) is known for her anthropomorphic humor comics so this was a win all the way.
Reviews: Comics from Comic Art Brooklyn and beyond
Here for your perusal, I examine a pile of worthy comics and graphic novelish books that I have found in my travels to Brooklyn; from a few book release parties at Bergen Street Comics, The Brooklyn Book Festival and most recently, Desert Island owner Gabe Fowler’s brand spanking new Comic Arts Brooklyn festival. ______________________________________________________________ […]
To do tonight: Brooklyn Comes to Morningside Heights
It’s been a busy, busy few weeks of comics events in the NYC area, and here’s one more: the final event for the year in Columbia’s graphic novel program. Heidi MacDonaldHeidi MacDonald is the founder and editor in chief of The Beat. In the past, she worked for Disney, DC Comics, Fox and Publishers Weekly. […]