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Gaijin Mangaka:A Constant Light
A generational shift has come from the realisation that there are many alternative approaches to manga. More...
Posted: September 18, 2016
François Boucq:Twisted Tales
This French virtuoso brings to life Jodorowsky's Westerns, Charyn's mysteries & his own delirious fantasies. More...
Posted: September 5, 2016
Marcel Ruijters:Hieronymus Bosch
In his graphic biography Ruijters takes great pleasure in debunking myths about Bosch. More...
Posted: August 27, 2016
Top 22 Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga:October 2016
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, graphic novels & manga from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: August 19, 2016
Alexander Tucker:In The Forcefield
Running through his work is an undertow of separation, loss & longing, perhaps for transformation or transcendence. More...
Posted: August 2, 2016
Blutch:American Dreaming
With Peplum finally in English, the cartoonist's cartoonist, Frenchman Blutch, talks about his career so far. More...
Posted: July 25, 2016
Igort:Capturing Life
For the Italian graphic novel maestro Igort, both Russia & Japan have coloured his life and his multi-faceted creativity. More...
Posted: July 10, 2016
Top 25 Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga:September 2016
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, graphic novels & manga from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: July 4, 2016
Comic Invention:Interview with Co-Curator Laurence Grove
From hieroglyphics to Frank Quitely’s originals, this exhibition explores how comics are constantly being reinvented. More...
Posted: June 19, 2016
Top 28 Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga:August 2016
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, graphic novels & manga from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: June 4, 2016
Top 18 Best Graphic Novels:July 2016
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, graphic novels & manga from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: May 1, 2016
Asian Comics:A Book Review
The first book-length treatment in any language of comics from almost the entirety of the region. More...
Posted: April 26, 2016
Top 16 Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga:June 2016
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, graphic novels & manga from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: April 18, 2016
Aline Kominsky Crumb:Me and Mr Crumb
Aline Kominsky's love affair with Robert Crumb began before they met and 45 years on it's still going strong. More...
Posted: April 3, 2016
Top 25 Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga:May 2016
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, graphic novels & manga from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: March 13, 2016
Tillie Walden:That In-Between State
Close enough to her childhood & adolescence to recapture their intensity, yet with a maturity that belies her youth. More...
Posted: March 6, 2016
Best Graphic Novels of 2015:An International Perspective Part 2
Six of my correspondents pick their favourites from Argentina, Finland, Italy, Spain, Sweden & Switzerland. More...
Posted: February 29, 2016
Charlotte Salomon:Life? Or Theatre?
Her 1940-42 masterpiece anticipated frank autobiographical graphic novels and the rise of women cartoonists. More...
Posted: February 21, 2016
Top 21 Graphic Novels:April 2016
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: February 14, 2016
Best Graphic Novels of 2015:An International Perspective Part 1
Widen your horizons & explore the best of last year's comics from around the world... More...
Posted: February 8, 2016
The Secret History of Wonder Woman:An Interview With Jill Lepore
The Harvard historian digs deep into the story behind our favourite Amazon’s unconventional creator. More...
Posted: January 10, 2016
My Top Ten Comics Of 2015:Graphic Novels, Manga & More
Paul Gravett selects seven Top Tens of his favourite graphic novels, manga, reprints & books about comics. More...
Posted: January 1, 2016
Pablo Holmberg aka Kioskerman:Re-Entering The Gates Of Eden
The Argentine cartoonist shows how four panels can build up over time into a world of ideas and feelings. More...
Posted: December 29, 2015
Top 17 Best Graphic Novels:March 2016
Paul Gravett selects his 17 most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: December 26, 2015
Miriam Katin:Coming To Terms
Aged 62, Katin sketched out her first graphic novel about her and her mother's escape from the Nazis. More...
Posted: December 17, 2015
Top 14 Best Graphic Novels:February 2016
Paul Gravett selects his 14 most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: December 10, 2015
Top 12 Best Graphic Novels:January 2016
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: November 7, 2015
Marcello Quintanilha:A Brazilian in Barcelona
Though based for years in Barcelona, the gritty graphic novelist never feels even 10 centimetres away from Brazil. More...
Posted: October 29, 2015
Top 12 Best Graphic Novels:December 2015
Paul Gravett selects his 12 most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: September 25, 2015
Books To Read: Best Graphic Novels:November 2015
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: September 1, 2015
Books To Read: Best Graphic Novels:October 2015
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: August 17, 2015
Keiji Nakazawa:Barefoot In Hiroshima
With its powerful anti-nuclear and anti-war message, would Barefoot Gen be published in the Japan of today? More...
Posted: August 5, 2015
Pulp Festival:Comics Art At The Crossroads
What position do comics occupy today as an art form? A Paris contemporary art festival maps uncharted territories. More...
Posted: July 30, 2015
Sung-hee Kim:Seeking Truths in Korean Manhwa
This conscientious Korean cartoonist dares to tackle politicians, corporations & injustices in her comics journalism. More...
Posted: July 20, 2015
Learning To Read From Comics:Comics As Gateways To Literacy
Two schoolteachers reveal how The Arrival & Mouse Guard instilled their students with a love of reading. More...
Posted: July 12, 2015
Books To Read: Best Graphic Novels:September 2015
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings.l More...
Posted: July 5, 2015
Karrie Fransman:Death Of The Artist
Fransman's latest asks if youthful dreams are inevitably snuffed out by adulthood's encroaching responsibilities. More...
Posted: June 21, 2015
Woodrow Phoenix:Empathy Generators
Phoenix keeps setting himself challenges to refine & re-define the medium, and exceeding them. More...
Posted: June 13, 2015
Books To Read: Best Graphic Novels:August 2015
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: June 1, 2015
Hervé Di Rosa:The Last Comic
The French artist doesn't cite comics in a superficial way, he incorporates their techniques into his work. More...
Posted: May 13, 2015
Books To Read: Best Graphic Novels:July 2015
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: May 2, 2015
Sonny Liew:The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
Liew's comics of recovery & discovery can connect us to pasts that may be forgotten or never remembered. More...
Posted: April 24, 2015
Comics & Politics:Reading Between The Panels
From Tintin to Persepolis, here are five key examples of politically significant comics & graphic novels. More...
Posted: April 14, 2015
“Dell Comics Are Good Comics”:Donald Duck, Pogo, Little Lulu & more
In such a profit-driven industry, certain writers & artists crafted lasting triumphs of the medium. More...
Posted: April 7, 2015
Books To Read: Best Graphic Novels:June 2015
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: March 29, 2015
Malcy Duff:Playing With The Rubble
Duff detonates comics into unexpected shapes, eager to let each reader join the dots... More...
Posted: March 21, 2015
Ken Niimura:Global Mangaka
The Spanish-born artist of I Kill Giants discusses his new solo book Henshin & making global comics in Tokyo. More...
Posted: March 15, 2015
Sotheby’s Comics Art Auction:Nearly Four Million Euros of Originals
From Hergé to Chris Ware, this Paris sale reveals the shifting status & value of original comics art. More...
Posted: March 8, 2015
Yoshihiro Tatsumi:The Man, The Manga, The Movie
Remembering the 'sensei' or grand master of 'gekiga', whose life & tales are animated in Eric Khoo's documentary. More...
Posted: March 8, 2015
Books To Read: Best Graphic Novels:May 2015
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: March 1, 2015
Top Ten Sheep Comics:Wild, woolly & wonderful!
Celebrate the Chinese New Year with these baa-rilliant, ram-paging, sheep-tastic comics just for ewe! More...
Posted: February 21, 2015
Books To Read: Best Graphic Novels:April 2015
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: February 15, 2015
My Kirby Favourite:The Girl Who Tempted Me!
Emotional subtlety and steamy sexuality permeate many of the romance comics of Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. More...
Posted: February 12, 2015
Maurice Vellekoop:Cockadoodle: The Erogenous Art Of Maurice Vellekoop
The Canadian author & illustrator of comics & erotica is planning his coming-out & coming-of-age graphic memoir More...
Posted: February 8, 2015
Books To Read: Best Graphic Novels of 2014:An International Perspective Part 2
Choices of the 1001 Comics Team from Australia, Belgium, Finland, Italy, New Zealand, The Philippines, Poland & Spain. More...
Posted: February 1, 2015
HETA-UMA & MANGARO:40 Years Of Wild Japanese Graphics
Three generations of Japanese artists are spotlighted in two landmark French exhibitions of underground manga art. More...
Posted: January 23, 2015
Books To Read: Best Graphic Novels of 2014:An International Perspective Part 1
Choices of the 1001 Comics Team from Brazil, Denmark, Germany, Portugal, Serbia, South Korea & Sweden. More...
Posted: January 15, 2015
Dylan Horrocks:All Pens Are Magic
The New Zealand-based author of Hicksville finds his way back to comics in Sam Zabel & The Magic Pen. More...
Posted: January 9, 2015
Books To Read: Best Graphic Novels:March 2015
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: January 1, 2015
PG Tips No.41: My Best Comics & Manga of 2014:Year in Review
Paul Gravett picks his favourite, most interesting superhero-related comics, translated manga & books about comics. More...
Posted: December 28, 2014
PG Tips No.40: My Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2014:Year in Review
My favourites from an astonishing year of innovation in graphic novels from Britain, North America & Europe. More...
Posted: December 18, 2014
Vishwajyoti Ghosh:Comics From A Changing India
From corruption to public kissing, Ghosh uses comics to engage head on with his nation's history & society. More...
Posted: December 11, 2014
Books To Read: Best Graphic Novels:February 2015
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: December 2, 2014
Art-Comics:Artists' Lives As Graphic Novels
Fifty years after the term was coined in English, the graphic novel is flourishing, for example as great artists' biographies. More...
Posted: November 24, 2014
Max:Comics Art in Spain
Vapor, his latest graphic novel, purifies and condenses his cartooning and thinking still further. More...
Posted: November 14, 2014
World War One In Comics:Tardi on Mills, Mills on Tardi
Vital understanding of The Great War from the French graphic novelist & the British comics writer. More...
Posted: November 6, 2014
Books To Read: Best Graphic Novels:January 2015
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: October 29, 2014
Junko Mizuno:Crazy In A Good Way
Now based in the USA, she makes paintings, rock posters, vinyl figures & manga mixing cute with creepy & erotic. More...
Posted: October 17, 2014
Richard Graham:Life Drawing
Making is at the core of the multiple practices of this London-based artist & fabricator. More...
Posted: October 13, 2014
PG Tips No.39 Graphic Novel Reviews:From Music of the Depression to Today's Financial Crisis
Reviews of The Mammoth Book of Cult Comics, Supercrash, Woody Guthrie, Robert Moses & The Motherless Oven. More...
Posted: October 9, 2014
Books To Read: Best Graphic Novels:December 2014
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: September 28, 2014
Jean-Claude Forest’s Barbarella:A Landmark in Adult French Comics
Barbarella was a truly liberating creation, not only for her creator but also for French & international comics. More...
Posted: September 25, 2014
Maciej Sieńczyk:Adventures On A Desert Island
Reading the Polish writer-artist's work is like waking from one dream into another and yet another, never waking up. More...
Posted: September 14, 2014
Keiichi Tanaami:Manga and Pop Art
His childhood experiences would fuel a lifetime of diverse, determined self-expression in a wide range of media. More...
Posted: September 7, 2014
Books To Read: Best Graphic Novels:November 2014
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: August 31, 2014
Matilda Tristram:Probably Nothing, Definitely Something
A funny, moving, forthright diary in comics of her experiences & feelings of being pregnant & diagnosed with cancer. More...
Posted: August 9, 2014
Jacques Tardi:Goddamn This War!
In Tardi's ongoing oeuvre, the unlearnt lessons of war after war have rarely been so forcefully communicated. More...
Posted: August 4, 2014
PG Tips No.38:Graphic Novels & Memoirs Round-Up
My reviews of Seconds, Through The Woods, Fatherland, Probably Nothing, How The World Was & To End All Wars. More...
Posted: August 2, 2014
Books To Read: Best Graphic Novels:October 2014
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: July 29, 2014
Emmanuel Guibert:Memories And Memoirs
From war-torn Afghanistan to L.A. a century ago, Guibert turns his friends' memories into unforgettable memoirs. More...
Posted: July 21, 2014
Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy In The UK:A Co-Curator's Top Ten Best In Show
Ten outstanding items on display at the British Library's biggest ever exhibition of UK comics in this country. More...
Posted: July 13, 2014
Reinhard Kleist Interview:Harry Haft - The Boxer
Polish Jewish boxer & Holocaust survivor Harry Haft is the latest subject of Kleist's compelling graphic biographies. More...
Posted: July 6, 2014
Books To Read: Best Graphic Novels:September 2014
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: June 30, 2014
Roz Chast:Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
Chast looks back with ambivalent humour and hindsight to the final years of her parents who died in their nineties. More...
Posted: June 21, 2014
Anne Opotowsky:The Walled City Trilogy
The award-winning writer turns her fascination with the Walled City of Kowloon into a remarkable graphic novel trilogy. More...
Posted: June 15, 2014
Books To Read: Best Graphic Novels:August 2014
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: June 8, 2014
Coco Wang:Comics Made in China
Coco Wang thrives as an extraordinary fusion of Chinese & British cultures and as a bridge between the two. More...
Posted: May 26, 2014
Comics and the Critics:A Freakish Kind of Writing
Comics have always had their critics but what lies behind their peculiar resistance to the blending of prose & pictures? More...
Posted: May 18, 2014
Books To Read: Best Graphic Novels:PG Previews July 2014
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: May 10, 2014
Comics Unmasked:A Curator's Perspective
Paul Gravett explains the genesis of the PG16-rated exhibition he has co-curated for The British Library. More...
Posted: May 4, 2014
PG Tips No.37:Comics from the Heart of History
My reviews for The Independent of Sally Heathcote Suffragette, Bohemians, The Boxer & Climate Changed. More...
Posted: April 29, 2014
Francisco Sousa Lobo:The Dying Draughtsman
Like a Kafkaesque 'K', 'Francisco Koppens' is the metafictional persona of the London-based Portuguese artist & writer. More...
Posted: April 23, 2014
Alan Moore:The Exhibitions
Treviso, Charleroi and now Aix-en-Provence host exhibitions of Moore & his co-creators & collaborators. More...
Posted: April 15, 2014
Oscar Zarate:A Lifelong Passion
Comics have shaped his life & fuelled collaborations with Alan Moore & Alexei Sayle and now his first solo graphic novel. More...
Posted: April 8, 2014
Books To Read: Best Graphic Novels:PG Previews June 2014
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: April 1, 2014
Knut Larsson:Mysteries of Life
The Swedish artist's speechless, soundless 'crocotopia' brims over with eerie elegance and eloquence. More...
Posted: March 23, 2014
Comics Unmasked:Art and Anarchy in the UK
The British Library hosts the UK's biggest comics exhibition to date on class, sexuality, violence, politics, heroes & drugs. More...
Posted: March 14, 2014
Books To Read: Best Graphic Novels:PG Previews May 2014
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: March 2, 2014
PG Tips - Best of 2013:An International Perspective Part 2
More of the best comics from around our Comics Planet, from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, India & Sweden. More...
Posted: February 22, 2014
András Baranyai:Comics in Post-Communist Hungary
Baranyai draws on his country’s fine art, illustration & graphic design for his daring constructions. More...
Posted: February 15, 2014
