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I Won’t Pretend These Missiles Are Stars: Life in Iran During the 12-Day War
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Mark Gruenwald
University Press of Mississippi
Palookaville 25
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The Horrors Of Noroi Michiru – Volume 1
Glacier Bay Books (Starfruit Books)
Recent Articles
Excerpt: Box Garden Beetle
Today we are bringing you an excerpt from Box Garden Beetle, the first volume of manga by Kondoh Akino to be released in the U.S. (Nothing Whatsoever All Out in the Open, a 50-page magazine-sized comic, was published by Retrofit in 2014). The manga is now available from Glacier Bay Books for $25. Here’s the The Editors | July 3, 2026
Her Wit Flowed Long: Two Recent Jane Austen Graphic Biographies
Two recent graphic biographies of Jane Austen, reviewed by Hank Kennedy.
The Wild Colonial Boy Conquers Rome
For example, Suat Yalaz. the Turkish comics artist rose to fame by successfully establishing an adventurous series named Karaoğlan featuring a scout in the services of conqueror Genghis Khan. Those tales made it across the borders of his home country, a rather rare thing to happen in Turkish comics. With cinematic adaptations and more prominence… Read more »
Joshua Kendall Goes Inside Garry Trudeau
Zach Rabiroff talks Garry Trudeau with biographer Joshua Kendall.
‘This One Actually Has A Bit of Truth In It’: How Kim Deitch Makes Comics
Kim Deitch interviewed by John Kelly.
Excerpt: Bimbo Agitprop
Today we are pleased to bring you an excerpt of Raquelle Jac’s debut graphic novel, Bimbo Agitprop.
Hot Hot Heat — This Week’s Links
We hit the halfway point of the year sweltering under the omega block and a humidity dome.
There is Hope For Your Embittered Heart: Zine Dump 2025 Scene Report
Zine Dump 2025: resetting the standard for community-building in the comix world? Luis Ramirez-Liberato investigates.
‘The art elves come up with ideas, and I just follow them’: Mia Wolff & her hundreds of paintings
Mia Wolff flies through the air with, in conversation with Ann Matsuuchi.
Can the cartoonist be a critic? An examination of Sethphemera
Hagai Palevsky provides an in-depth look at a new collection of critical writings and essays by the cartoonist Seth.
Recalling the family that disappeared: A conversation with Joanna Rubin Dranger
Fredrik Strömberg talks to the Remember Us to Life author about the recent book, which chronicles her search for her family’s history and how the Holocaust continues to affect survivors, generation after generation.
Turn Up the Good, Turn Down the Suck — This Week’s Links
Well, after four long years of waiting, it’s finally that time again.
Arrivals and Departures — June 2026
Despite the fact that it only takes two pages to walk up a flight of stairs in high heels, you and I both know the foot feels it as an eternity- here’s this months’ Arrivals and. Departures from RJ Casey.
Making Hay? Dark Horse Layoffs on the Heels of Union Recognition
Dark Horse layoffs (sans severanamid negotiations with Dark Horse Workers United.
Life, Love, Liberty: The spirit of Marjane Satrapi
“Don’t be ashamed; call them comics “, Marjane Satrapi (1969-2026)
‘If I could have just written love stories I would have preferred that’: A 2006 interview with Marjane Satrapi
Courtesy of PA Media Group, here is a interview with the late Chicken With Plums author done 20 years ago.
[Annoyed Grunt] – This Week’s Links
The end of the financial and academic years approach, here at Links HQ, with a full audit required of every single one of this week’s links.
The last time I saw Don Donahue
Patrick Rosenkranz shares the last interview he did with the seminal underground comics publisher and printer.
The Mad Panic Snafu: An American moment of hit-and-run consumer capitalism
Frank Young looks at two recent collections of 50s-era Mad imitators, Panic and Snafu.
Heavy Metal: A magazine in transition
Like any publication pushing 50, Heavy Metal has had its fair share of ups and downs, especially in the past decade.
Fires after 40: An interview with Lorenzo Mattotti about his landmark work
Valerio Stivé talks to the legendary Italian artist about one of his most significant comics, as well as several other things.
Newly Sprung in June — This Week’s Links
Summer looms, thanking spring for its service, and so we head deep into the heart of convention season, hacking away at the overgrowth to uncover this year’s comic-con bingo card.
Hanna and The Hells vs. The Beatles/Animan
Freaks Inheriting the Earth: Hanna and The Hells vs. The Beatles + Animan
Frank Young reviews two new comics about some oddball characters.
