Coloring Outside D’Lines: On D’Israeli and the Continued Evolution of British Cartooning Robert Smith
Coloring Outside D’Lines: On D’Israeli and the Continued Evolution of British Cartooning Robert Smith A look inside what makes British artist D'Israeli such a perfect example of color and the evolution of British comics cartooning.
An Assortment of Really Great Bowties: The Art of Steve Lieber Chloe Maveal After just a moment of taking stock, it's undoubted that Steve Lieber is one of the best illustrators working today.
Quality Jollity: The Moldable Forms of Kyle Baker Tom Shapira From Why I Hate Saturn to Plastic Man to The Shadow, Kyle Baker is an artist who is as uncompromising in his form as he is masterful of it.
Bill Savage VS. a Twelve Year Old Girl: Examining Gender Norms in 1970s British Comics Charles EP Murphy With boys and girls comics of mid-20th century Britain split down the middle, how did writers handle the difference with identical topics?
Packing Power: The Art of June Brigman Chloe Maveal A celebration of the legendary artist June Brigman, whose crisp linework has helped shape comics as a medium
Nixon’s Favorite Sci-Fi: A Peak of the Genre During Turbulent Times Keith Roysdon A look into the pinnacle of sci-fi movies particular to the era of Richard Nixon's time in the White House
Rolling Back the Clock: ‘Wednesday Comics’ and Bringing Comic Anthologies Back to America Chloe Maveal Through list of powerhouse creators, DC Comics revived the American superhero anthology through the 12 issues of Wednesday Comics.
Bona To Vada: How John Smith Mastered Queer Code Switching In Comics Chloe Maveal From Devlin Waugh to Indigo Prime, queerness is a theme that permeates John Smith comics...even when audiences weren't ready for it.
We Shall Fight Them in The Strips: Dudley Watkins, Lord Snooty, and the Battle of Britain Charles E.P. Murphy From air raids to making Hitler a giant baby, Dudley Watkins offered comfort and vigor to the children of Britain in WWII with his comics
Queer Love for Pulp Women: On Barbarella/Dejah Thoris and the Value of Modern Pulp Romance Christa "Cabbage" Harader With roots in old sexploitation pulp, Barbarella/Dejah Thoris from Leah Williams and German Garcia offers a new and vital take on pulp romance
Ghosts of Laura: On Twin Peaks, Singapore Sling, and Men Who Fall in Love with Corpses Sam Moore From Preminger's classic Laura to Singapore Sling to Twin Peaks, there's something to be said for men who fall in love with the corpses or Lauras.
Black Metropolis and the Rise of Afrofuturism: An Interview with Tim Fielder Alex Dueben An interview with artist and afrofuturist Tim Fielder about the evolution of the genre, his exhibition Black Metropolis, and his influences.