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The classic graphic biography of Che Guevara–the most iconic revolutionary of the twentieth century This dramatic and extensively researched book breathes new life into the story of Ernesto “Che” Guevara. It portrays his revolutionary struggle through the appropriate medium of the underground political comic–one of the most prominent countercultural art forms since the 1960s. Spain…
A real-life mystery of books and basketball. Frankie King was a precocious student and a promising basketball player at Brooklyn’s James Madison High School in the early 1950s. Sportswriters were comparing Frankie to the greatest college and professional players of all time, and he was recruited as a starting guard at the University of North…
Fawkes’ is a deeply personal story and inventive study of girlhood, womanhood, and motherhood, through memory, history and mythology.
“If there’s a more thoroughly brilliant and exciting new writer than Blake Butler . . . well, there just isn’t.” –Dennis Cooper From Blake Butler, one of the most challenging young writers of our time and the acclaimed author of the novel There Is No Year, comes a thrillingly wide-ranging and provocative book about insomnia–from…
The autobiographical stories in Gig Line are all two-pagers, which forced me to be concise in my story-telling and to focus intently on the imagery necessary to convey a meaningful lesson that I’ve learned in life. I’m a history teacher and have been for more than thirty-four years. It’s my main gig. Comics are my…
We commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passing of Darwyn Cooke, in a special double-size issue, which features two comprehensive interviews with the brilliant artist–one from 2004 conducted by Jon B. Cooke and another from 2010 by Tucker Stone. We also feature numerous testimonials and tributes from many of Dar’s friends and fans. Behind Darwyn’s…
Long before the Age of Instagram, a solo traveler without a cell phone or a credit card could fall right off the map. It’s 1974. A shy young woman yearns to stop watching life and start living it. With zero travel experience and very little money, she strikes out on her own to see the…
IGNATZ AWARD Nomination for OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC NOVEL What prevents you from finishing your life’s work? Josh Bayer finds a manuscript of an unfinished play inside his deceased father’s desk. The play tells the story of Josh’s mother’s early death (age 37) and his father’s struggle with single parenthood. When he attempts to adapt the play…
One of the brightest new talents in Europe creates her first autobiographical work, focusing on taxi rides from four cities: Los Angeles, Paris, Jakarta, and Washington, D.C. Despite the stunning streetscapes she passes, de Jongh finds herself more interested in the cab drivers than the view from the back seat.
A global history of women’s contributions to the world of cartooning. Mira Falardeau explores the work and experiences of great women artists in this heavily illustrated volume. Decades of research reveal advice and positive encouragement for future cartoonists. The book asks serious questions about the underrepresentation of women in visual humor and whether the digital…
In Guy Colwell’s first full graphic novel in over 30 years, we see one painter, Colwell himself, consider another, Hieronymus Bosch, and the story behind the latter’s most notable work told in sequential panels. The known details of Bosch’s life, and the commissioning of his enormous triptych, “The Garden of Earthly Delights,” are scant. Colwell…
For years, acclaimed artist Drew Friedman has chronicled an oddball, alternate history of American pop culture, where forgotten character actors, old Jewish comedians, comic book artists, and liver-spotted elevator operators are afforded the spotlight over Hollywood starlets and heartthrobs. This latest collection showcases a wide range of recent color and black-and-white portraits of comedians (Gilbert…
What does choice really mean for a woman? In I Don’t Want to Be a Mom, Irene Olmo recounts her coming-of-age transformation from assuming she will one day start a family to realizing that she just doesn’t want to be a mom. With an affecting mix of humor and introspection, she describes the subtle and…
In this intimate and moving graphic memoir, Teresa Wong writes and illustrates the story of her struggle with postpartum depression in the form of a letter to her daughter Scarlet. Equal parts heartbreaking and funny, Dear Scarlet perfectly captures the quiet desperation of those suffering from PPD and the profound feelings of inadequacy and loss….
Writer and artist Schrag opens her heart and examines it with a magnifying glass to reveal the emotional turbulence, pain, and passion of teenage life. “Potential” reveals Ariel’s junior year of high school as well as her artistic maturation. For mature readers.
Funny Misshapen Body is the story of Jeffrey Brown’s evolution as a cartoonist, from his youthful obsession with superhero comics to his disillusionment with fine art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Drawn with Brown’s scratchy, spare, trademark style, Funny Misshapen Body resonates with true-to-life observations on love, fear, and ambition. Through…
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