Welcome back to Explicitly Graphic, a monthly by 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 sits down with author and artist…
Welcome back to Explicitly Graphic, a monthly by 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 sits down with journalist and cartoonist…
So what do you do if you wake up one day with a strange new urge to make comics? How do you learn to write and draw what legendary cartoonist Will Eisner dubbed “sequential art”? If you’re under 14, you can probably find a comics workshop at your branch library,…
Those late afternoon kids’ TV specials of the 80s and 90s about Really Important Stuff left their mark on comics artist Dave Kiersh. So much so, that his new book, Kiersh’s first full-length graphic novella, is titled Afterschool Special. Growing up on Long Island, Kiersh found the topic-driven shows on…
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend a very different kind of comicon. Organized by University of Chicago associate professor Hillary Chute (Graphic Women, 2006), “Comics: Philosophy & Practice” brought together 17 heavy hitters in comics (aka cartooning, aka graphic novels, aka illustrated manuscripts, aka well, thankfully…
Art Spiegelman (Maus) calls teachers and librarians today’s foremost allies of the graphic novel. Sounds right to me. Last summer, there were more than a few high school teachers learning alongside me at the Center for Cartoon Studies. An amazing bonus to being at CCS was browsing and borrowing from…
I am not one of Rush’s feminazis. Really. Putting aside that I would never claim to be one of Rush’s anythings, I do admit to a little female bias: I browse a list or a bookshelf of graphic novels by first checking out the ones written by women. It’s a…
Welcome to Explicitly Graphic, a 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. I have a confession: until yesterday, I’d never, ever been…
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 artist…
