Today on the site:
Ken Parille brings us Six Observations about Alison Bechdel’s Graphic Archive Are You My Mother?:
Bechdel subtitled Fun Home (her previous graphic novel) “A Family Tragicomic.” Are You My Mother?’s subtitle, “A Comic Drama,” echoes this phrase. Both genre terms (comedy and drama) are curious words to preface this book with. Though it includes a few lightly comic scenes, Are You My Mother? is relentlessly serious. Its non-linear structure often moves rapidly between scenes, excerpts from other writers, and personal archival materials —usually without identifying the chronology.
Elsewhere:
-Paul Gravett scoops us all with a check-in with the great Mark Beyer.
-Designer, illustrator and the author of a couple recent graphic novels, Seymour Chwast, has a new children's book out.
-Paul Tumey dissects a classic Milt Gross Sunday page.
-Of course. What could be better?
-I may be late to the party, but I really enjoyed Angie Wang's Girl Apocalypse mini-comic. Great imagery and pacing.
