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Dialogue Balloons

Dialogue Balloons

Dialogue Balloons: Language and Constraint

Jason is chasing that strange alchemy of words and pictures, and with him is cartoonist Oliver East and illustrator/philosopher Helen De Cruz.

Jason Novak | July 18, 2023

Dialogue Balloons

Dialogue Balloons: AI and Soul

Jason chats with Tom Kaczynski of Uncivilized Books about the potential impacts of AI and its “slick magic.”

Jason Novak | June 13, 2023

Dialogue Balloons

Dialogue Balloons: Biking and Philosophy

Jason Novak speaks with Gary Sullivan about making comics with an eye towards collage and memories of defunct message boards, and then Eleanor Davis reveals some of the work method behind her excellent memoir, You & a Bike & a Road.

Jason Novak | May 2, 2023

Dialogue Balloons

Dialogue Balloons: Lucy Knisley

Jason and cartoonist Lucy Knisley talk about shared pencil obsessions, parenting nuances, and comics for children.

Jason Novak | March 14, 2023

Dialogue Balloons

Dialogue Balloons: Consumption and Transformation

Exhaustion. Translation. Breakfast. Smoking. Jason’s ready to talk to cartoonists about these subjects, and more, in this month’s Dialogue Balloons.

Jason Novak | February 9, 2023

Dialogue Balloons

Dialogue Balloons: Getting Medieval On These Cartoons

In this month’s installment of Dialogue Balloons, Jason is heading out to academia to talk about monks, and then back to cartoonists to talk… the Bauhaus!

Jason Novak | January 12, 2023

Dialogue Balloons

Dialogue Balloons: Cartoonists From Brazil

Jason Novak’s new column, Dialogue Balloons, begins with a trip down South…to Brazil, to discuss the scene, the comics, the politics and more with seven of Brazil’s finest cartoonists!

Jason Novak | December 1, 2022

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