Graphic Novels and Comics

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Record Heat: The Hangover by Brad Dwyer

See also: Record Heat, "Meta Commentary" Like a haiku, the classic comic strip is a simple, direct, and brief thing. There's not room for the kind of exposition or development found in full-sized comics or graphic novels. It's direct and to the point, a quick shot at a joke or a feeling. Like Mar ... More >>

Fantasy Camp

See also: Record Heat, "Meta Commentary" Like a haiku, the classic comic strip is a simple, direct, and brief thing. There's not room for the kind of exposition or development found in full-sized comics or graphic novels. It's direct and to the point, a quick shot at a joke or a feeling. Like Mar ... More >>

An Open Letter to Ray Fawkes, Graphic Novelist and Creator of One Soul

​Introducing Explicitly Graphic, a new column from Cynthia Clark Harvey (who's working on a graphic novel of her own). From time to time, Harvey will review graphic novels, talk to artists, and dive into the scene of all things explicitly graphic. Today, she writes a letter to writer and fine ... More >>

The Hip-Hop/Comic Book Connection by Ed Piskor

Ed Piskor​American comic book artist Ed Piskor has a keen eye pop culture. His 2009 collaboration with Harvey "American Splendor" Pekar, The Beats: A Graphic History, turned its eye to the Beat poets, and his Brain Rot series for Boing Boing touched on vintage Nintendo Entertainment Systems, ... More >>

A Life of Science @ Yucca Tap Room

Ed Piskor​American comic book artist Ed Piskor has a keen eye pop culture. His 2009 collaboration with Harvey "American Splendor" Pekar, The Beats: A Graphic History, turned its eye to the Beat poets, and his Brain Rot series for Boing Boing touched on vintage Nintendo Entertainment Systems, ... More >>

Mighty Morphin'

Ed Piskor​American comic book artist Ed Piskor has a keen eye pop culture. His 2009 collaboration with Harvey "American Splendor" Pekar, The Beats: A Graphic History, turned its eye to the Beat poets, and his Brain Rot series for Boing Boing touched on vintage Nintendo Entertainment Systems, ... More >>

mc chris

Ed Piskor​American comic book artist Ed Piskor has a keen eye pop culture. His 2009 collaboration with Harvey "American Splendor" Pekar, The Beats: A Graphic History, turned its eye to the Beat poets, and his Brain Rot series for Boing Boing touched on vintage Nintendo Entertainment Systems, ... More >>

Peanuts Gallery

Ed Piskor​American comic book artist Ed Piskor has a keen eye pop culture. His 2009 collaboration with Harvey "American Splendor" Pekar, The Beats: A Graphic History, turned its eye to the Beat poets, and his Brain Rot series for Boing Boing touched on vintage Nintendo Entertainment Systems, ... More >>

Flights of Fantasy

Ed Piskor​American comic book artist Ed Piskor has a keen eye pop culture. His 2009 collaboration with Harvey "American Splendor" Pekar, The Beats: A Graphic History, turned its eye to the Beat poets, and his Brain Rot series for Boing Boing touched on vintage Nintendo Entertainment Systems, ... More >>

Geek Mythology

Ed Piskor​American comic book artist Ed Piskor has a keen eye pop culture. His 2009 collaboration with Harvey "American Splendor" Pekar, The Beats: A Graphic History, turned its eye to the Beat poets, and his Brain Rot series for Boing Boing touched on vintage Nintendo Entertainment Systems, ... More >>

Kofi O. Okyere

Ed Piskor​American comic book artist Ed Piskor has a keen eye pop culture. His 2009 collaboration with Harvey "American Splendor" Pekar, The Beats: A Graphic History, turned its eye to the Beat poets, and his Brain Rot series for Boing Boing touched on vintage Nintendo Entertainment Systems, ... More >>

Monster Mashup

Meet local celebrities at adult toy shop

Costume Party: Phoenix Comicon Is Here

Meet local celebrities at adult toy shop

The Slants

Meet local celebrities at adult toy shop

Nerdapalooza: 5 Geeky Events to Look Forward to in 2010

We're done with resolutions to eat healthfully and quit our vices. This year we're resolving to reconnect with our nerdolicious self -- basically to let our geek flag fly. And it looks like we won't be alone. 2010 is shaping up to be the year of the geek, with scores of ... More >>

Hall of Femme

Michelle Tea’s queer-core tour makes a pit stop at Trunk

On Garfield Comic Strips and William Barrett Travis

Michelle Tea’s queer-core tour makes a pit stop at Trunk

Killer Serials: J. Scooter Harris, the Tarantino of Comic Books

X-Men. Archie. Sailor Moon. If you thought comic books were limited to namby-pamby superhero tales, Manga and All-American "good guy" serials like Richie Rich and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, take a peek at local artist J. Scooter Harris' graphic novel/comic book serie ... More >>

Raven Gregory

X-Men. Archie. Sailor Moon. If you thought comic books were limited to namby-pamby superhero tales, Manga and All-American "good guy" serials like Richie Rich and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, take a peek at local artist J. Scooter Harris' graphic novel/comic book serie ... More >>

Geek Beat: G.I. Joe Movie to Suck Big Time?

Since the release of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra was announced, geeks everywhere have been gearing up for the movie with previews, Comic-Con spoilers and of course toys. Not to say that G.I. Joe is a nerd-only endeavor -- every self-respecting American kid in the decades between 1960-1990 had at ... More >>

Muttpop Star

Tcho! toy designer makes a Robot pit stop

Captain Marvel

Comic-book kingpin makes a pit stop in Chandler

Fun With Goth

Theatrical act is like a goofball version of Dresden Dolls

Hit the Books

All 600,000 of ’em

The “Greatest American Hero” William Katt flies through the Valley this weekend

All 600,000 of ’em

Monster interview with Tony Millionaire, creator of the Maakies comic strip.

All 600,000 of ’em

Playthings That Go Bump in the Night

It's Christmas in October for hard-cores

Comic Genius: Tony Carrillo

It's Christmas in October for hard-cores

Party Animals

Get that poo-flinging monkey off your back at Phoenix Zoo

Men of Steel and Yarn

The best of times? The worsted times

Big Draw

C'mon and take a free comic

The Vandals

C'mon and take a free comic

Still Smilin'?

Part Disney, part Barnum, the man who saved comics is all Stan Lee

Flame On

Out of financial and creative bankruptcy, Marvel Comics is mighty once more

Totally Bizarro

Can superheroes and alternative comic authors really get along?

Custody Battle

Marvel Comics isn't going to give Joe Simon his son, Captain America, without a fight

Cough It Up

The man who created Josie and the Pussycats can't understand why his girls don't belong to him

Dream Weaver

Sandman author Neil Gaiman finds magic in the damnedest place

Fatman and slobbin'

DC Comics places its superheroes in the RealWorlds