Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Monday, April 20, 2026

Crazy for You

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I recently took advantage of Fantagraphics ' annual Fantabucks sale, and  Crazy for You  is the first book I've received and read f...
Sunday, April 5, 2026

In the Garden of Earthly Delights

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I am a member of Rich Tommaso's Patreon page, where he publishes an anthology of comics called  Black Phoenix . These comics feature al...
Friday, August 15, 2025

Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams

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Being contacted by the Louvre , one of the most well known and prestigious museums in the world, to collaborate on a comic seems a highly un...
Friday, June 10, 2022

Caravaggio: A Light Before The Darkness

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To say that the pandemic has affected my life, work, and productivity is an understatement. This graphic novel I have been meaning to read a...
Monday, November 15, 2021

Teaching Artfully

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Earlier this year I reviewed Alex Nall's Are Comic Books Real? , and one of the things that struck me about that book was just how visce...
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Are Comic Books Real?

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Teaching can be maddening, frustrating, exhausting, rewarding, surprising, and rejuvenating, and Are Comic Books Real? captures those emotio...
Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Cyclopedia Exotica

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Cyclopedia Exotica is an amazing graphic novel that explores issues of identity in an intriguing way. The book starts off as a series of enc...
Thursday, May 20, 2021

The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott

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The title The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott gives away a lot of information about this book. It is about a young woman named Billie S...
Friday, April 30, 2021

Seen: True Stories of Marginalized Trailblazers

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I have noted that these days are the Golden Age of Comics, as there are so many different genres, topics, and audiences being catered to by ...
Sunday, January 10, 2021

Doodleville

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In part, Doodleville is a book about creativity and how it relates to people's emotions. Its protagonist is Drew, a young girl who lov...
Friday, March 20, 2020

Noisemakers: 25 Women Who Raised Their Voices & Changed the World

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Noisemakers is an impressive collection of stories, 25 mini-biographies of notable women who have left profound marks on the world. This ...
Saturday, January 25, 2020

Giraffes on Horseback Salad

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Today, I look at another book that is emblematic of the ways I feel Derek helped broaden my thinking and experiences with comics. Every mon...
Tuesday, February 5, 2019

The Be-Bop Barbarians: A Graphic Novel

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The Be-Bop Barbarians is a fascinating, gripping look at life in the 1950s for three African-American artists living in New York City. ...
Sunday, May 20, 2018

Awkward

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I came to read this book, Awkward , in a backward way. While judging books for the Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards , I got a copy ...
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Sunday, August 20, 2017

The Shape of Ideas

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Social media made me read this book. I follow this book's author on Instagram and also saw a shout-out to this book on Twitter from on...