Look. After working for a university for the past few years, I’ve become well-acquainted with the hectic and rapid change that is a New School Year. Being on the other side as a faculty member has meant that the transition and change I experienced from the first time I stepped on campus is a similar…
2018: The World of Graphic Novels Expands
The world of original graphic novels is a diverse landscape of wonderfully told stories. This world of titles showcased in 2018 that comics isn’t just the direct market – not by a long shot – and that the medium is filled with beautiful storytelling in other avenues. All ages of readers were graced with this…
Transmycira: ARCHIVAL QUALITY Is Worth Giving Up Avocado Toast For
Probably my favourite quote about criticism as a discipline is Peter O’Toole as Anton Ego’s closing monologue in Ratatouille. His ode to the discovery and defense of the new as the highest calling of the critic is what I try as much as possible to use as my guiding principle, but the discovery and defense…
Interview: Ngozi Ukazu Hits the Ice with CHECK, PLEASE!
If you’re a fan of web comics about good hockey boys, baking, friendship, or any joyous combination of the 3, chances are your are also a fan of Ngozi Ukazu’s hit webcomic Check, Please! Having garnered a huge online following and two massively successful Kickstarter campaigns to bring Check, Please! to print, Ukazu has signed…
Out, Online, and Proud: 40 LGBTA Webcomics to Know and Love
We’ve talked about indie comics and what they are doing for the LGBTA community of fans… but what could be more independent than webcomics? Often the product of a single cartoonist, webcomics offer a unique opportunity to showcase the queer community in all its glory. With hundreds of possible comics out there, this list barely…