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Author: Lindsay Pereira

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Muybridge – Guy Delisle Brings a Fascinating, Forgotten Figure Back into the Limelight Via Drawn & Quarterly

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • June 23, 2025

There are some people who are as familiar with the life and work of Eadweard Muybridge as most of us are with what Hollywood stars seem to be working on….

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Punk Rock in Comics – NBM’s Celebration of a Genre that Emerged in the 1970s and Never Fully Went Away

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • May 15, 2025

If you have to look up what it means, you probably aren’t very punk. That idea has been around for almost as long as the music, which is a long…

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John Muir: To the Heart of Solitude – Lomig’s Biography of the American Naturalist is More Important Than Ever

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • April 21, 2025

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…

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There’s No Time Like the Present – Time-Travelling Isn’t All it’s Cracked Up to Be in Drawn & Quarterly’s Reissue of Paul B. Rainey’s Graphic Novel 

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • April 15, 2025

“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…

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We All Got Something – Lawrence Lindell’s Drawn & Quarterly Graphic Novel is a Reminder that the Simplest Stories Can also Be Profound

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • April 9, 2025

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…

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The Legend of Kamui Vol. 1 – Half a Century After Its Publication in Japan, Shirato Sanpei’s Manga Series is Available in English and Well Worth the Wait

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 28, 2025

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…

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I Ate the Whole World to Find You – Rachel Ang’s Stories Examine the Hidden Nuances of Romantic and Familial Relationships

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 27, 2025

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…

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Land of Mirrors – María Medem’s Dreamlike Graphic Novel from Drawn & Quarterly is a Feast for the Eyes as Well as the Soul

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 24, 2025

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…

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Holy Lacrimony – Michael DeForge Continues to Share His Uniquely Skewed Perspective of the World

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 12, 2025

“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…

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Aya: Face the Music – The Story of Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie’s Feisty Heroine Continues from Drawn & Quarterly

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 7, 2025

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…

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Milk White Steed – Michael D. Kennedy’s Drawn & Quarterly Collection is a Bittersweet Exploration of the Meaning of Home that Rewards Patient Reading

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 4, 2025

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,…

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A Treasury of XXth Century Murder Compendium II – Rick Geary and NBM Bring Together More Trials, Convictions and Crimes from Our Recent Past

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • February 10, 2025

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…

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Willie Nelson: A Graphic History – A Graphic Biography Strictly for Those Who Know Nothing About the Legendary Musician

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • February 4, 2025

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…

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The British Invasion! – Hervé Bourhis Documents the Long Cultural Shadow Cast By the United Kingdom

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • December 17, 2024

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…

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The Incredible Story of Cooking – Benoist Simmat and Stéphane Douay Help Make Sense of What We Eat and Why, from NBM

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • November 21, 2024

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…

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Audrey Hepburn – Michele Botton and Dorilys Giacchetto Revisit the Life and Times of the Film Star for NBM

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • November 5, 2024

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…

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The Road – Manu Larcenet’s Abrams Graphic Novel Adaptation is as Harrowing and Unforgettable as Cormac McCarthy’s Novel

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • October 22, 2024

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…

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Final Cut – Charles Burns Gives Fabulous New Life to Old Preoccupations

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • October 8, 2024

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…

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