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Abrams ComicArts

Underground Comix

Taking a Look at Dirty Pictures (without the pictures)

John Kelly | August 17, 2022

The Nate Powell Interview

Irene Velentzas | July 19, 2021

Reviews

Queenie: Godmother of Harlem

Elizabeth Colomba & Aurélie Lévy

Abrams ComicArts

Irene Velentzas | February 23, 2023

Joseph Smith and the Mormons

Noah Van Sciver

Abrams

Laura Paul | August 25, 2022

Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio

Derf Backderf

Abrams ComicArts

Leonard Pierce | September 15, 2020

Fire On The Water

Gary Dumm & Scott MacGregor

Abram ComicArts

Leonard Pierce | May 12, 2020

The Labyrinth: An Existential Odyssey with Jean-Paul Sartre

Ben Argon

Abrams ComicArts

Leonard Pierce | May 5, 2020

Commute

Erin Williams

Abram ComicArts

Robert Kirby | January 23, 2020

Articles

Hare Tonic

A Great Work Of Imagination: But All The Facts Are There, Too

Bob is here, with a look at Derf Backderf’s Kent State comic from earlier this year for the latest installment of Hare Tonic!

R.C. Harvey | December 8, 2020

“We Seem To Just Be Steamrolling Toward Tragedy.”: An Interview With Derf Backderf

Initially delayed by COVID-19, Derf Backderf’s work of graphic nonfiction Kent State arrives now, even as the lessons that its subject matter once taught America about the horrific dangers of state power seem to have been horrifically forgotten. He discusses the history behind the book and how he makes comics with Irene Velentzas.

Irene Velentzas | August 31, 2020

Excerpt

Excerpt: A Gift For A Ghost

Check out a 6 page excerpt from Borja González’s A Gift For A Ghost, published by Selfmadehero!

The Editors | May 22, 2020

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