graphic novels

Comic still of woman against yellow backdrop holding up a book and pen

Author Saladin Ahmed has found mainstream success in the US — while being ‘unapologetically Arab and Muslim’

April 5, 2018Books

His latest series is about a black journalist in 1970s Detroit, building on his work which crosses cultures and time.

Shakespeare and Sandman

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Neil Gaiman Continued

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

“The Sculptor”: An Artist Makes a Deal with the Devil

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Gene Luen Yang, Ambassador from the Land of Comics

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Aha Moment: “My New York Diary”

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Graphic novelist Julia Wertz found her calling on a trip to the library.

Marjane Satrapi

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

When “Persepolis” creator Marjane Satrapi grew up in Iran during the 1979 Islamic revolution, listening to music was a political act.

Two black and white illustrations featuring a dancing Josephine Baker, arms raised.

Bio shows how Josephine Baker ‘shattered notions’ of black artistry

November 16, 2017Culture

Josephine Baker was a superstar on the French stage. But she was also a member of the French resistance in World War II and an American civil rights activist. A new graphic biography chronicles her many identities.

The cover image of the New Super-Man comic by DC Comics and writer Gene Luen Yang.

DC Comics’ Chinese Superman rights a wrong dating back to 1937

October 28, 2016Books

Kenan Kong is the New Superman. He’s a kid from Shanghai. And he represents a huge change in the DC universe.

This is one cool, epic, black cat detective

December 9, 2014Culture

The Blacksad series of noir graphic novels stands out for two reasons. All the characters are animals. And the series is set in 1950s America, even though its original creator has never been to the US.