Spotlight: “Judgmental Reviews of Common Pasta Shapes”
Writer and cartoonist John Leavitt talks about what we talk about when we talk about pasta.
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Spotlight: Matt Huynh’s The Boat
The Boat is an interactive graphic novel based on the acclaimed story by Nam Le. The project unites hand drawn artwork, animation, text, sound, and archive to explore this important moment in history.
Spotlight: “Domestic Appliance Violence”
Xavier Almeida and Pato Bravo present a dark and surreal comedy about fear and madness.
Spotlight: TJ Murray’s “Pretend”
“Pretend” is the first from a series of mini-comics about children being better adults than adults.
Spotlight: James Kochalka and Sydney Lea’s “LEAF”
LEAF, a collaboration from cartoonist James Kochalka and poet Sydney Lea, can be read as a meditation on change, or on mortality.
Spotlight: Audrey Knight’s “How Not to Be Raped”
Writer and illustrator Audrey Knight examines one way to cope with a rape.
Spotlight: The Old Man’s Illustrated Library, Issues 36 & 5
The Old Man’s Illustrated Library appropriates elements from Classics Illustrated in a series of vignettes depicting elderly male authors alone in their apartments.
Spotlight: “If You Want to Write” by Summer Pierre
Cartoonist and illustrator Summer Pierre reflects on the fantasy and reality of the writer's life.
Spotlight: Peter Witte’s “Bacon, Egg, & Oats”
Visual artist and writer Peter Witte is unsure whether the killing of a sentient being is problematic, but he wishes that bacon, one of his favorite foods, could exist without all the suffering.
Spotlight: The Old Man’s Illustrated Library, Issue 16
The Old Man’s Illustrated Library appropriates elements from Classics Illustrated in a series of vignettes depicting elderly male authors alone in their apartments.
Spotlight: “It Happened So Fast” by Lexie Smith
Artist Lexie Smith explores the relationship between language and visual context.
Spotlight: Will Moore’s “On Nonfiction”
"On Nonfiction" is an attempt to combine comics and the essay. It forms a part of Will Moore's larger work-in-progress that includes, among other topics, meditations on pants, noises, friendship, and Miley Cyrus.