In a troubled year, it’s tempting to say comics are just the break we need from…pretty much everything. That’s a reductive view, though, in that the medium can do so much more than just entertain. The year’s great comics and graphic novels include some works that challenge, some that inspire, and some that are, not […]
It’s one thing to get book recommendations from your friends. Getting them from people who actually make stories for a living is something else entirely. At this year’s New York Comic-Con, comics creators Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine), Elsa Charretier (Unstoppable Wasp), and Jeremy Whitley (Princeless) convened the “Get Started Reading Comics” panel […]
Over the course of a relatively short (so far) career, Canadian-born artist Jeff Lemire has developed one of the most broad-ranging resumes in comics. Canada gets mentioned a lot when his name comes up, not because it’s such a distinctive origin for an artist (what else are you going to do when you’re stuck inside all […]
Summer might mean vacation to you, or it might mean wistfully staring out the window and watching others enjoy the sunshine. Either way, it’s a pretty great time to check out some brand-new comics. The hottest season is almost upon us, and there are some pretty cool graphic novels on the way—at least one, in […]