Hard NOC Life 343: Predicting ‘AfroFutures’ with Troy-Jeffrey Allen
With Dominic out this week, Keith welcomes Troy-Jeffrey Allen as a special co-host on Hard NOC Life. They discuss Troy’s
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Indie Comics
Randall Park on Connecting to the Story of His Directorial Debut, ‘Shortcomings’
Randall Park makes his directorial debut with Shortcomings! The film, which is officially in theaters, is based on the graphic
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Adrian Tomine’s Classic Graphic Novel is Brought to Life in ‘Shortcomings’ Trailer
During the early aughts, indie comics were the only place to find Asian American stories by Asian American cartoonists. One
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FDI Cast 154: SPX Mofongo Your Own Way
We report in with our homework for our Yacht Rock project, and Jamie recounts his Small Press Expo food adventures!
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FDI Cast 153: It’s Tuesday, Lemon
Technically, it’s Wednesday, but we record Tuesday. We continue our plans for our yacht rock band and Brando has things
Read More‘Bundle for Ukraine’ is a Stellar Deal to Support a Great Cause
Have you been looking for ways to help people in Ukraine? Do you also like playing interesting and unique games
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Ray Fawkes’ ‘One Line’ is a Visual Symphony
There’s something oracular about Ray Fawkes’ One Line — the whole One Soul series, frankly — but this book particularly
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‘Made In Korea’ Review: Parents By Proxy
Every so often there comes a comic that manages to pique my interest almost instantly. A book that catches my
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Top Shelf’s ‘Ballad for Sophie’ Coming September 2021
Top Shelf Productions has announced Ballad for Sophie will be published in September. When a young journalist prompts a reclusive
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Image Comics Goes Way Down to Hadestown with ‘Punderworld’ Graphic Novel
One of my favorite parts of the Tony-Award winning Broadway musical Hadestown is the story of Patrick Page’s Hades and
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Introducing Megascope: a Diverse Line of Graphic Novels Curated by John Jennings
There are some people who like comics. There are others who love them. Then, there are those who live and
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Welcome to Solid Comix
As a comic book writer I have been fortunate enough to work for such incredible publishers as DC, Marvel, Image,
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10 Ways to Really Support Diversity in Comics
We have reached a crucial crossroads when it comes to diversity in comics, and I fear that if things don’t
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Artists Matt Huynh and Yumi Sakugawa Live From #CrossLines
Even though the Smithsonian’s CrossLines pop-up culture lab on intersectionality happened two months ago, we’ve been milking our live artist
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Comics, Culture, and Cooking with Robin Ha at #CrossLines
On the second day of the Smithsonian’s CrossLines pop-up culture lab on intersectionality, artist Robin Ha stopped by the NOC
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Bernard Chang Wants to Give You Original King Art
King, the dystopian sci-fi adventure from Joshua Hale Fialkov, Bernard Chang, and Marcelo Maiolo, is now available in graphic novel
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Kickstart This: Black
Over the years, we’ve been pretty selective about which crowdfunding campaigns to support on this site. Once in a while,
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SPX’s Black Art Matters Panel is Online
Back in September, we tried to get you all hyped for the 21st annual Small Press Expo in Bethesda, MD.
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The Happy Hour Review: Image Comics’ Paper Girls
Paper Girls #1 is a finely crafted, unpredictable marvel. I haven’t been this hooked this instantaneously on a comic since
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Knowing Our Passions: More with Marjorie Liu
Yesterday, we published the first part of my sprawling interview with fantasy novelist and comic book writer Marjorie Liu. She was
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Making Monstress: An Exclusive Conversation with Marjorie Liu
I spent this past weekend at New York Comic-Con. When I wasn’t manning the Epic Proportions booth, I was able
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APAture2015: Interview with Artist Thi Bui
Kearny Street Workshop, one of the oldest and well-known arts organization in the Asian Pacific American community, proudly presents APAture2015:
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How to Be Black in Comics
by Darryl Ayo [Ed. Note: This essay originally appeared as a series of tweets on Darryl’s Twitter timeline.] I’ve tried
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