Some comics have both the good fortune and burden of being wholly unfamiliar in form and tone to readers. Bad…

There’s something extraordinary about how comic books depict environments. Because pages are composed of individual…

Computers changed the way comic-book art is created, opening up new possibilities for character posing,…

Netflix had a surprise success with The End Of The Fucking World, the adaptation of Charles Forsman’s graphic novel…

In a year full of hate, there’s a lot of love in the world of comics. Romance is a shared theme among many of this…

For the mother and son at the center of Max de Radiguès’ Bastard, quality family time comes from being on the lam.…

Comic books provide infinite opportunities for creative expression in the interplay between text and artwork, and…

Every two weeks, Big Issues focuses on a newly released comic book of significance. This week, it is Love And…

The Italian cartoonist Gipi is still an unfamiliar name for most American readers. His work first became available…

In Blackbird Days (Fantagraphics Books) the Italian master Manuele Fior plays with form and style in a series of…

Music is a notoriously difficult artform to depict on the comic-book page, but French cartoonist Blutch gives a…

Every two weeks, Big Issues focuses on a newly released comic book of significance. This week, it is Why Art?…

“[I]n its latest move, 2 Dope Queens retains more than just its title. The show also maintains the same warmth,…

The world of alternative/indie comics is so big that it helps to have a tour guide, and anthologies are a great way…

In comics, bodies can contort and shift and slide in every way imaginable—changing in size, proportion, color, or…

The world of comic books is always expanding, and as more creators push the boundaries of the medium, they inspire…

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Every two weeks, Big Issues focuses on a newly released comic book of significance. This week, it’s Zegas, a graphic…

Most comic readers will know Michel Fiffe from his self-published superhero series Copra, which reimagines DC’s…

Over the course of the Atlantic slave trade, Brazil received more enslaved Africans than any other country in the…