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Arts & Culture
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Comics
Apr 27, 2020
In defense of clutter
By Rachel Hawley
Tags:
Comics
,
clutter
,
Marie Kondo
,
Parasite
,
AirBnb
,
Home & Plants
Arts & Culture
,
Comics
May 3, 2019
Comics serials farewell (for now)
The last installments of Prairie Pothole, Violet, Private Eye, and P.L. Dermes
By
Reader
staff
Tags:
Comics
Arts & Culture
,
Comics
Mar 22, 2019
Reading the Comments
Take an illustrated journey through the
Reader
's online comments.
By Madeline Hester
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Comics
Arts & Culture
,
Comics
Jan 21, 2019
The amazing adventures of Mike Norton, creator of
Battlepug
and
Lil’ Donnie
The Chicago comics writer and artist finds many ways to indulge his absurdist sense of humor.
By Mark Peters
Tags:
Comics
,
Mike Norton, Battlepug, Lil Donnie, webcomics, Compugdium, Dark Horse Comics, Image Comics, Donald Trump, political satire, Four Star Studios, Revival, Tim Seeley, Eisner Award
Arts & Culture
,
Comics
Dec 19, 2018
Beauty under duress
Movement studies of a woman with multiple sclerosis.
By Anneli S. Henriksson
Tags:
Comics
,
comics
,
Comics journalism
,
comics feature
,
multiple sclerosis
,
Anna May Keisler
,
Blockley Hospital
,
Philadelphia General Hospital
Arts & Culture
,
Comics
Nov 15, 2018
'In these rooms, change does happen'
Artist and poet Karen Finley on hope and Trump.
By Anya Davidson
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Comics
,
Comics journalism
,
comics
,
Anya Davidson
,
Karen Finley
,
Grabbing Pussy
Arts & Culture
,
Comics
Nov 12, 2018
The night of the stripping dead
A comics review of a horror-themed strip show.
By Morgan Claire Sirène
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Comics
,
Comics journalism
,
comics
,
Admiral Theatre
,
Chicago Horror
Arts & Culture
,
Comics
Nov 2, 2018
Let's go bananas
A guide
By Sarah Becan
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Comics
,
comics
,
comics journalism
,
Sarah Becan
,
bananas
Arts & Culture
,
Comics
Oct 31, 2018
Julie Doucet is done making comics
But the comics world is definitely not done talking about her.
By Anne Elizabeth Moore
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comics
,
Julie Doucet
,
Quimby's Bookstore
,
Dirty Plotte
,
Sweet Little Cunt: The Graphic Work of Julie Doucet
,
Drawn & Quarterly
,
Carpet Sweeper Tales
,
feminist
,
feminism
Arts & Culture
,
Comics
Jul 17, 2018
The hard-to-find first arc of
The Shaolin Cowboy
is back!
It’s comics legend Geof Darrow’s gift to his fans as he prepares to leave Chicago for France.
By Mark Peters
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,
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,
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,
Burlyman Press
,
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Frank Miller
,
Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
,
Mike Mignola
,
Hellboy
,
Yojimbo
,
Akira Kurasawa
,
Toshiro Mifune
,
Anthony Mann
,
Jack Kirby
,
Hanna Barbera
Arts & Culture
,
Comics
May 22, 2018
Nick Drnaso’s second graphic novel,
Sabrina
, examines the perils of living too long in your own head
Are you actually deranged? Or is it the rest of the world?
By Mark Peters
Tags:
Comics
,
Sabrina
,
Nick Drnaso
,
graphic novel
,
Beverly
,
conspiracy theories
,
Donald Trump
,
fake news
,
doomsday scenarios
Arts & Culture
,
Comics
Apr 17, 2018
A comics legend teams up with Three Floyds to brew some beer-fueled superhero mayhem
With the brewery collaboration and the ongoing series
Moonshine
, Brian Azzarello has made himself the official Alpha King of booze comics.
By Mark Peters
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,
Brian Azzarello
,
Three Floyds
,
Alpha King
,
Image Comics
,
Hopleaf
,
Nick Floyd
,
Simon Bisley
,
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Michael Roper
,
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,
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,
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,
Eduardo Risso
,
Lee Bermejo
,
Batman: Damned
,
DC Comics
,
beer
,
microbre
Arts & Culture
,
Comics
Apr 4, 2018
Comic fans meet their heroes, impress the kids, and form lifelong bonds of geekdom at C2E2
Here's our guide to this weekend’s festivities
By Mark Peters
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,
C2E2
,
Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo
,
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,
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,
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,
comic books
,
cosplay
,
Selene Idell
,
Alleycat Comics
,
Sarah Lane
,
Crown Champions of Cosplay
,
Christopher Priest, Black Panther, Jason Aaron, Jason Latour, Southern Bastards
,
Tula Latoy
,
Supreme Blu
Arts & Culture
,
Comics
Apr 4, 2018
130 comic artists team up to finish friend's graphic novel after he dies at 43
There will be fund-raising for Ed Siemienkowicz's
(Fucking) Forty
at C2E2 this weekend.
By KT Hawbaker
Tags:
Comics
,
Ed Siemienkowicz
,
Fucking Forty
,
C2E2
,
Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo
,
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,
Vanessa Walilko
,
Derrick Maasen
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