graphic novel

Comic Book Artist Gary Panter on Toys

Arts, Culture & Media

Kurt Andersen and Gary Panter talk about the inspired and sneaky ways artists use toys to create. Panter is a comic book artist and toy devotee. Best known for his witty set design for television’s Pee-wee’s Playhouse, Panter’s punk comic book hero Jimbo has been a cult favorite for decades. His latest graphic novel is […]

Phoebe Gloeckner

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Art School Confidential

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Kalooki Nights

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Kyle Baker’s <em>Nat Turner</em>

Arts, Culture & Media
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The Green Turtle Rises

Arts, Culture & Media

Graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang revives a mysterious figure from the Golden Age of comics — the first Asian-American superhero.

A panel from the new graphic novel, "Mike's Place: A True Story of Love, Blues, and Terror in Tel Aviv."

‘Mike’s Place’ is the gripping new novel of love, blues and terror in Tel Aviv

Books

A new graphic novel tells the story of a blues bar in Israel, and the suicide bomber who blew it up.

Andre

It took a graphic novel to tell the larger than life story of wrestler Andre the Giant

It’s tough to tell the story of Andre Roussimoff, a man who lived in the world of professional wrestling, a culture once built on mass deception. But the graphic novel, or comic, might be the best place for a man larger than life. It’s tough to tell the story of Andre Roussimoff, a man who lived in the world of professional wrestling, a culture once built on mass deception. But the graphic novel, or comic, might be the best place for a man larger than life.

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