Article Archive
CAB 2017
All new digs for this NYC art comics festival make for a great show all around
Excerpt: Showtime
An extended look at Antoine Cossé’s Showtime, courtesy of Breakdown Press.
Twilight of the Bat
This is the second unauthorized Batman comic to be written by Josh Simmons, that unsparing specialist in physical, emotional and moral breakdown. The first one was a self-published minicomic printed in 2007 under the simple title of Batman and subsequently posted online; it depicted the caped crusader at his most ideologically severe, lecturing a disgusted… Read more »
“People Are Very Deep”: An Interview with Zachary Braun
The creator of the science fiction webcomic Nature of Nature’s Art talks psychology, manga, animation, painting software, and effective communication.
Voices in the Dark
Ulli Lust’s North American debut, Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life, was a harrowing, heartbreaking and incredibly powerful work. Her 2013 graphic novel, Voices in the Dark, released recently in the U.S. by New York Review Comics, strives to be just as ambitious and emotionally wrenching. It unfortunately isn’t, but… Read more »
Excerpt: I Am Not Okay With This
The latest in Chuck Forsman comics, brought to you by Fantagraphics!
Mini Kuš! Comics #55–58
The tenth anniversary of the Latvian micro-publisher Kuš! brings with it these four mini-comics by four different artists.
“It’s Hard To Sleep”: An Interview with CAB’s Gabe Fowler
A conversation with the founder of Comic Arts Brooklyn before the festival this weekend.
Reading How to Read Nancy
Talking mysteries, grails, and hoses with Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden, authors of the best book ever written about comics.
Tittychop Boobslash
As a trans woman, I’m always on the lookout for good trans comics. The field is smaller than you might think, so I’m excited to pick up new work that approaches gender and bodies from a radical perspective. I’m happy to tell you: Tittychop Boobslash is an extremely good, extremely trans comic. It might be… Read more »
Punisher: The Platoon #1
When you have characters bludgeoning you with the thematic context of the story every five pages, at a certain point you have to take them at their word.
