Author Archives: Nicholas Burman
“At A Grassroots Level Comics Creators Are On Their Own”: A Conversation On Compensation With Hannah Berry & Katriona Chapman
UK Comics Laureate Hannah Berry and cartoonist Katriona Chapman talk about the financial state of making comics, the UK Comics Creators Research Report, the lack of diversity in the top earning categories and the need for expanding the comics audience beyond its current niche. Continue reading
“The Moment You Try To Point To It On The Map, Your Finger Starts To Drift.”: An Interview With Owen Pomery
Owen Pomery’s comics combine a fascination with place, architecture and analysis, but that doesn’t mean they are intended to be sterile exercises in design. In this interview with Nicholas Burman, he explains why, for him to better express a theory of architecture, comics are “the best tool for the job”. Continue reading
Fatbottom
Nicholas catches up with Nico Rodríguez about how things have been at Fatbottom, the popular Barcelona comic shop in the wake of Spain’s response to the spread of COVID-19. Continue reading
Lambiek
Nicholas Burman visits Amsterdam’s legendary comic shop Lambiek for a bit of their history, as well as their prescription for handling their COVID-19 influenced present. Continue reading
Adopt to Resist: When Comics Embrace Internet Aesthetics
The internet is where so many of us live, and it’s a world with its own aesthetics, language and texture. What happens when those begin to bubble up in comics? Nicholas has a theory for just that question! Continue reading
Setting An Antitype
An exploration of risograph printing inspired by a visit to Amsterdam’s AGA LAB. Continue reading
Re-Writing the Revolution: In Conversation with Jesús Cossio and Carla Sagástegui
The Peruvian duo discuss their latest work, Ya nadie te sacará de tu tierra, and the role of comics in political discourse. Continue reading
“The Paper Was The Place Where We Could Play”: An Interview With Simon Grennan
Dr. Simon Grennan talks with Nicholas Burman about his work in comics, and how that work drew him and his collaborators to the work of graphic medicine, exemplified in the recent publication “Parables of Care”. Continue reading
