While you may not know his name, you undoubtedly know the work of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), who, as Hokusai, created such classic work as the iconic woodblock print series “The Great Wave Off Kanagawa.” But ...CONTINUE
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While it’s been fifty-five years since Frank Herbert published his epic sci-fi space opera novel Dune, its influence is still being felt. And no, not just in Star Wars stories. Not only is the novel being adapted into ...CONTINUE
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With Harmony, Vol. 1 (hardcover), Insight Editions are bringing Mathieu Reynès sci-fi comic of the same name to the U.S. for the first time. In the following email interview about it, Reynès discusses what inspired and influenced both ...CONTINUE
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In her new graphic novel memoir Kimiko Does Cancer (paperback, Kindle), writer Kimiko Tobimatsu shows what happened when she found out she had breast cancer. But as she and artist Keet Geniza explain in the following ...CONTINUE
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Like in a lot of video games, the co-operative “Escape” mode in last year’s Gears 5 added some colorful characters to the sci-fi shooting series. Now players of that game, and “Escape” mode, can learn more about those characters ...CONTINUE
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For her first graphic novel, Nicnevin And The Bloody Queen (paperback, Kindle), writer Helen Mullane has come up with a coming of age story that — as she explains in the following email interview — draws ...CONTINUE
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At the rate technology is advancing, it seems inevitable that humans will one day be able to improve themselves with cybernetic enhancements. But this will also inevitably lead to a day when some people are augmented and other people ...CONTINUE
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When not writing and drawing Spy Vs. Spy for Mad Magazine or cartoons for The New Yorker, writer and artist Peter Kuper has done graphic novel adaptations of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle and Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis. ...CONTINUE
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While Western comics have been deeply influenced by their Japanese counterparts over the years, some comic writers and artists have gone a step further and been influenced by Japanese culture well. Take Honor And Curse, a comic from ...CONTINUE
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