Who won the Pulitzer? Who will win the Reuben? What about those Doug Wright Awards?
Five Graphic Novels nominated for the LA Times Book Prize
Awards season is here!
Review: ‘On A Sunbeam’ is a heartfelt sci-fi tour de force
The past is filled with unresolved issues, incidents, relationships for most people, and in many ways Tillie Walden’s On A Sunbeam is about moving forward to work on what’s past. It’s apt that this is a science fiction adventure, but while storywise it concerns itself with space travel, time travel is just as crucial to […]
Review: Different sides of empowerment in ‘Terrible Means’ and ‘A City Inside’
Terrible Means is a prequel to B. Mure’s Ismyre book from a couple years ago, but you don’t need to have read the previous book to understand it. As the book begins, there is something wrong in Ismyre, but those who notice it can’t quite put their finger on what is causing it. Ex-biologist Henriett […]
Review: Technology as the agent of change, good or bad, in ‘I Feel Machine’
In some ways aiming to be the Black Mirror of graphic anthologies, I Feel Machine features six cartoonists each exploring the intersection between humanity and technology, and how humans change because of their encounters with the fruits of technological advance. Unlike Black Mirror, though, the creators behind I Feel Machine don’t necessarily try to start […]
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/11/18: How to take a bath
§ I got a bath bomb for Christmas and wondered if I should take one of those fancy baths with wine and candles and a book. This idea has never appealed to me since the candles will fall into the water and go out, the book will get all wet, and you’ll get […]
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 12/15/17: Nice art for days
§ Nice art! Joe Quinones. look! look! it's SO PRETTY pic.twitter.com/83OSOxShft — Chip Zdarsky (@zdarsky) December 13, 2017 § Nice art! Arielle Jovellanos particular standouts. ✨ pic.twitter.com/oNu8EgnlFa — Arielle Jovellanos ✨ (@joviellety) November 28, 2017 § Nice Art: I *think* you can read Sophie Goldstein’s review of Last Days of an Immortal by Fabien Vehlmann […]
PW kicks off Best Books season with five picks
As is tradition, Publishers Weekly has kicked off the end-of-year Best Books lists (which I contributed to as the PW Graphic Novels Review Editor). Five comics were selected for the 2017 list: Boundless, Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly) Sex Fantasy, Sophia Foster-Dimino (Koyama) My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics) My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness, Nagata […]
SPX 2017: The year of getting woke
This was an SPX unlike any previous SPX, as the tumult of the outside world has reached even Camp Comics. But the welcoming spirit of unity and creativity was still there, and strang as ever.
INTERVIEW Pt. 2: Tillie Walden discusses homophobia & how the internet shaped her sexuality
“There was definitely a point where I realized I could google gay things.”