Comics

"All lurid, unsavory, gruesome illustrations shall be eliminated." — Comics Code, 1954

The Contours of Negative Space: On Tessa Hulls’s “Feeding Ghosts”
Martin Dolan reviews Tessa Hulls’s “Feeding Ghosts.”
Martin DolanMar 7
- Comics
- Memoir & Essay
Art, Freedom, and a Menagerie: On Ai Weiwei’s “Zodiac”
Melissa Chan reviews “Zodiac” by Ai Weiwei.
Melissa ChanJan 30
Telling an Honest Story: A Conversation with Sammy Harkham
Kevin Koczwara chats with Sammy Harkham about his grindhouse-inspired new graphic novel “Blood of the Virgin,” the burdens of balancing family life...
Kevin KoczwaraNov 14, 2023
- Comics
- SF
What Drove Popeye to the Picket Line: The Story of “Fleischer’s Animated News”
“Fleischer’s Animated News,” an animation industry comic from the 1930s, satirized working conditions similar to those motivating the Hollywood...
Paul MortonSep 19, 2023
- Comics
- Film
Plight and Parody: On Charles Johnson’s “All Your Racial Problems Will Soon End”
Andrew Montiveo examines the impact of award-winning author Charles Johnson’sfearless political satire cartoons from the 1960s to the 2010s, finding...
Andrew MontiveoApr 25, 2023
- Comics
Graphic Medicine: Comics Redraw Health Narratives
DW McKinney explores a recent spate of graphic-medicine narratives that deal with mental health and other medical issues.
DW McKinneyFeb 4, 2023
- Comics
Memento Mori: On Lauren Haldeman’s “Team Photograph”
Lee Thomas takes a look at Lauren Haldeman’s experimental graphic novel “Team Photograph.”
Lee ThomasDec 7, 2022
To Read a Carpet: An Interview with Reimena Yee
Reimena Yee talks with M. L. Kejera about the intersection of carpets and comics in “The Carpet Merchant of Konstantiniyya: Volume II.”
M. L. KejeraOct 8, 2022
- Comics
To Die Alone: On Coco Picard’s “The Healing Circle”
Babi Oloko delves into Coco Picard’s evocative ruminations on authentic living and authentic dying in her resonant and original novel “The Healing...
Babi OlokoSep 17, 2022
- Comics
- Fiction
Julie Doucet: How a Zine Author Went Canonical
Aubrey Gabel reflects on comics artist Julie Doucet's career and legacy.
Aubrey GabelJul 23, 2022
- Comics
Comics as Social Media: On Julie Doucet’s “Time Zone J”
In focusing her new work on the merger of past and present, Doucet shows the comic book medium to be as much about time as anything else.
Laura PaulMay 14, 2022
- Comics
The Art of Translating Comics: A Conversation with Hannah Chute
The translator of several French graphic novels discusses the challenges involved in translating comics.
Alex DuebenApr 29, 2022
- Comics