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OK, maybe you don't have to be that old, but the last newsstand comics stopped appearing in the early '00s, so it's not ...
DC Comics created the superhero, and has revitalized the concept multiple times over the decades. The best example of this is ...
There are definite elements of Morrison’s book in the marketing materials for Superman, from the hero’s perpetual battles ...
It turns out Superman puts a twist on Clark Kent's classic disguise of a pair of glasses – and it's borrowed from a comic book published decades ago. Instead of just wearing regular glasses in the DCU ...
In my freshman year of high school, I came across an eccentric-looking comic book titled Persepolis. What a strange and ...
BOOK REVIEW R. Crumb helped invent modern comics, but we haven’t known much about his life … until now In Dan Nadel’s thorough new biography, a look behind the man behind the art ...
American comic book creator Becky Cloonan has the quote printed on the back cover of her books. And many creators in India agree with it. It’s not only production costs, but also plotlines that ...
Then came a backlash. Comics of this era were often written for adults, depicting violence, drugs, and sex. In 1954, the psychologist Fredric Wertham wrote the book, Seduction of the Innocent: The ...
D uring my first year of English and History studies at Warwick, my literary ‘veil’ was lifted on a few giants of the graphic novel form. Here, I’ll discuss why two of them in particular matter – Art ...
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10 Best Indie Comic Memoirs
Unforgettable graphic novels like Maus, Persepolis, and American Splendor were iconic memoirs that elevated the genre and ...
This is also the name of a new graphic novel, conceived by Marjane Satrapi, best known for “Persepolis” (2000), a memoir in graphic-novel form that illustrated the oppression of Iran’s regime.
The French Iranian author and artist, best known for her graphic novel Persepolis, edited and contributed to a new graphic anthology titled Woman, Life, Freedom, inspired by Iran's recent protests.