The crime noir opener to Ho Che Anderson’s latest output via Fantagraphics reveals a man blindfolded and held at gunpoint. Painted contours depict a masked kidnapper, his motivations as shadowy…
Richard Starkings, Tyler Shainline and Shaky Kane set out to stun with their new comic The Beef: Tainted Love via Image. In the making since 2014, this first of five…
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and his Get Jiro! co-writer Joel Rose reunite to cook up Hungry Ghosts #1; the first instalment of a four-part miniseries via new Dark Horse imprint Berger Books. The…
BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST COLLECTION OF CLASSIC MATERIAL NOMINEE! Misunderstood in his short lifetime, mangaka Takashi Fukutani strove to give voice to the downtrodden through his art, drawing candid…
When I first set out to read Best Wishes, I was poised to be both its biggest fan and its harshest critic. Concrete being my favourite comics work of all…
Founded by comics writer and former care manager Jonathan Clode, in conjunction with Cardiff University and with funding from ESRC Impact Acceleration, All Is Not Well (AINW) is a new online space for independent…
Collecting issues #1-6 of Donny Cates and Lisandro Estherren’s southern fried vampire yarn, new trade paperback Redneck Volume 1: Deep in the Heart will jump off comic store shelves for…
SAFARI FESTIVAL FORTNIGHT! I first came across Luke Stuart’s work when tabling next to him at last year’s Safari Festival, whereupon I was struck by his black and neon poster…
ELCAF WEEK! Of all the exhibitors appearing at ELCAF 2017 this weekend, those perhaps travelling the greatest distance are the artists who make up the Organisation of Illustrators Council Singapore, or…
ELCAF WEEK! So deftly crafted and deeply considered is Tillie Walden’s coming of age story A City Inside that those unfamiliar with the artist might fairly assume its wisdom to…
You & a Bike & a Road is a remarkable achievement for both the cartoonist and the amateur cyclist behind it. In March of 2016, Ignatz Award winner Eleanor Davis embarked…
In ‘Covers Album’ each Wednesday we ask comics creators, publishers and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers …but with a small twist. One must be chosen for…
Comprised of the two short pieces ‘The Prime Minister of Canada’ and ‘Talking Sweat’, Michael DeForge’s latest Risograph release via London’s Breakdown Press sees the prolific comics artist operating within…
Inside Look: The Junction – My Error Strewn Path to PublicationMay 25, 2022
“I Wish We Lived in a World Where Honesty and Vulnerability Were the Norm” – R.D. Hunter on ‘Black Boy’s Blues’ and Bringing Life as an African American Millennial to the Comics PageMay 16, 2022
“Religious Groups Claim Moral Superiority but Target the Most Vulnerable” – Jessica Campbell Makes Her Case With ‘Rave’, For Drawn & QuarterlyMay 4, 2022
“Making Art is How I Transcend My Self” – Matthew Thurber on ‘Mr Colostomy’, His New Graphic Novel for Drawn & QuarterlyApril 18, 2022
“I’m Not Surprised Canada Isn’t Helping Us” – Emily Carrington on Confronting Her Painful Past with Drawn & Quarterly’s ‘Our Little Secret’April 1, 2022
