It has long turned into a cliché: our collective need to hail books about the environment or environmentalism as timely or relevant. It is a cliché because, despite how good…
“I like the idea of creating comics for people who might not otherwise read them. People who enjoy watching classic British TV soaps, for example.” That’s how Paul B. Rainey…
There may be an easy way of paraphrasing Lawrence Lindell’s new book. Here goes one attempt: Things may sometimes be hard, but we should remind ourselves that there are always…
In April 2024, the Governor of Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture was compelled to announce his resignation after making a speech that sparked debate across the country. Apparently, while speaking to newly…
It takes a while to pull at all the threads running through Rachel Ang’s stories in this, her debut collection. When one does manage it, however, there is a prevailing…
María Medem thinks about colour a lot. This isn’t a speculative statement as much as it is a declaration based on work the Spanish artist has been putting out from…
“I thought being tethered to our computers even more would help push us to demand a more democratic, collectively-owned vision of the Internet, but I’m not sure I really saw…
The last time we saw Aya, much had changed in the life of the young woman and her friends on the Ivory Coast. Claws Come Out was a great, if pithy…
Milk White Steed introduced this reviewer to the existence of the Ligahoo. Also known as Lagahoo or Lugarhou, the mythical shapeshifting monster comes from the folklore of Trinidad and Tobago,…
A decade or so ago, bestselling American journalist David Grann published a collection titled The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession. It brought to light several…
Willie Hugh Nelson, born April 29, 1933, is now 91 years old. Given that he has spent around 81 of those years in the making of music (he joined his…
It sometimes feels as if this began with The Beatles and then simply forgot to stop. By ‘this,’ one refers to the cultural force that was once an Empire. It…
In 2020, French journalist Benoist Simmat delved into one of his country’s oldest obsessions. The result was a graphic history of wine, tracing its origins from the Middle Ages to…
Audrey Hepburn loved comic books. That revelation, from a preface by the Hollywood icon’s second son Luca Dotti, is an apt piece of trivia with which to begin her graphic…
There is a little detail on the first page of this graphic adaptation, a blink-and-miss-it silhouette of a man holding a child’s hand. That it says so much is testament…
Charles Burns offers his readers no clues. There is no subtitle hinting towards a plot, no description or biography, and nothing to give one an indication of what they are…
Legendary cartoonist Adrian Tomine has a wry endorsement of Edward Steed at the back of this, the latter’s debut collection. “I met Steed years ago at a fancy New Yorker…
One of the nicest things one can say about an artist is that their work is confounding. It may seem like a backhanded compliment, but it expresses a willingness to…
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“I Think Comics Have So Much Versatility in the Way They Can Tell a Story” – Zen K. Talks Comics Craft and Language, Manga Inspirations, and Being Published by Koguchi PressApril 16, 2025
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