Etelka Lehoczky
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These fall graphic novels reflect the diversity of the genre
The comics renaissance continues this season with all sorts of great graphic novels in every genre imaginable — from Below Ambition to The Night Eaters to All Your Racial Problems Will Soon End. → Read More
These fall graphic novels reflect the diversity of the genre
The comics renaissance continues this season with all sorts of great graphic novels in every genre imaginable — from Below Ambition to The Night Eaters to All Your Racial Problems Will Soon End. → Read More
With 'Ducks,' the creator of Hark! A Vagrant reveals her shadow side
Kate Beaton, the mind that gave us perky revolutionaries and a roly-poly Napoleon, now tells the darker side of her life story: how she suffered during the two years she worked in Alberta's oil field. → Read More
Creators on the Cusp: Meet Gina Gagliano, comics crusader
At a time when comics and graphic novels were seldom released by mainstream publishers, Gina Gagliano worked tirelessly to put the genre on the radar. Now she's head of the Boston Book Festival. → Read More
Through art, 'Smahtguy' tells life story of former Rep. Barney Frank
Eric Orner's book isn't just a great story, it's an enveloping visual experience crafted by a terrific artist; even if one paged through it without looking at the words, it would be a good read. → Read More
Creators on the Cusp: Meet Roye Okupe, father of African superheroes
Okupe incorporates African myth and history into his books –- his "YouNeek YouNiverse." Here he weighs in on creating Afrocentric comics for a global audience — and on his new book WindMaker Vol. 1. → Read More
Creators on the Cusp: Mariko Tamaki makes and curates LGBTQ-focused graphic novels
Our Creators on the Cusp series brings you people revolutionizing the world of comics and graphic novels. Mariko Tamaki's won a slew of awards for graphic novels and has worked in mainstream comics. → Read More
Graphic novel 'Tunnels,' about archaeology in Israel, excavates human motivations
Through her work, Israeli comics artist Rutu Modan suggests that only cartoon characters can possibly reflect the cartoonish levels of greed and self-deceit revealed as her tale unspools. → Read More
James Tynion continues to surprise in 'Something Is Killing the Children'
The monster-fighting series has become a huge hit since its 2019 launch, so Boom! is releasing the first 15 episodes in this deluxe hardcover. → Read More
3 YA graphic novels that highlight the timelessness of teenage themes this autumn
Among the flood of titles aimed at the high-school set this fall, a few stand apart for their unorthodox stories, deft artwork and potent themes. → Read More
3 YA graphic novels that highlight the timelessness of teenage themes this autumn
Among the flood of titles aimed at the high-school set this fall, a few stand apart for their unorthodox stories, deft artwork and potent themes. → Read More
The Greek gods — they're just like us in 'Lore Olympus'
Rachel Smythe's smash hit webcomic, out now in graphic novel form, transports the follies of the Greek pantheon — particularly Hades and Persephone — to a modern setting of suits and sports cars. → Read More
New Graphic Novel 'Celestia' Wanders An Earth That's No Longer Home
Manuele Fior's latest, Celestia, is set on a far-future Earth, wracked by climate change — but the terrors of flood and fire stay under the surface of his dreamy, hazy, philosophical story. → Read More
A Stunning Graphic Novel Uncovers The History Of Enslaved Women Who Fought Back
Wake, by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martínez, blends passion and fact to set a new standard for illustrated history: Not just action scenes of daring, desperate women, but the struggle to make them known. → Read More
Comics Hero Barry Windsor-Smith Is Back, And He's Brought Something Monstrous
Windsor-Smith is known for his work on Conan the Barbarian and lots of X-Men titles. Now, he's back with a passion project about a man subjected to ghastly secret government experiments. → Read More
An Author Replies To The Unspeakable In Her 'Elegy' For Lynching Victim Mary Turner
Using original illustrations, archival documents and handwritten text, Rachel Marie-Crane Williams memorializes one black woman, and 10 men, who were killed by white residents in Georgia in 1918. → Read More
King Cat John Porcellino On Comics, Zines And Trying To Make The World Less Crazy
Cartoonist and zine-maker John Porcellino has been a hugely influential figure in the world of zine-making. As several of his classic books are reissued, we talk to him about his life and work → Read More
To Adapt 'After The Rain,' Artists Cross All Kinds Of Boundaries
A new graphic novel adaptation of Nnedi Okorafor's story "After the Rain" sets straightforward art against scattered, skewed panels to produce a sense of primal struggle between order and chaos. → Read More
Inks And Colors Rescue 'Blue In Green' From Plodding Plotting
Writer Ram V takes on a classic music-biz myth in his new graphic novel: The devilish crossroads deal. But it's illustrator Anand RK's loose, jazzy, clever art that really makes this book sing. → Read More
Underestimating These 'Maids' Is A Fatal Mistake
Katie Skelly's uncanny new graphic novel retells the real-life story of sisters Christine and Léa Papin, who were working as maids when they brutally murdered their employers. → Read More