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A Kaleidoscope of Images in My Mind
Generally anyone who reads comics has probably come across a Chick tract at least once in their life. Heck, even people who don’t read comics might across one, as they’re distributed in churches,...
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Don’t Risk Your Health for Cigarettes, Go Surfing Instead
Looking at the comic ads in my previous post reminded me of this anti-smoking ad from 1966, featuring art by the late Frank Frazetta: It’s got everything you could ever want, including squinty-eyed...
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The Curious Art of Science
If Mary Roach created comics, they would be exactly the kind of comics we cover on this blog. But she is not a comic creator, merely a writer of prose works, though her topics are far from “mere”—like...
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Working Characters, Smiling Politely
Japan has a very visual culture—not only in the prevalence of manga, which makes up almost half of all publishing sales in Japan—but also in their language, where kanji often resemble the actions or...
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To the Moon and Back
Some people, despite all evidence to the contrary, will still believe what they believe. That includes conspiracies, usually involving the government in way, like 9/11 or the Kennedy assassination....
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Hey Ladies,
Even though comics are still fighting a public misconception that they are “just for boys,” that hasn’t stopped marketers from aiming their laser sights at girls using comics. It’s certainly not a new...
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Beyond Hicksville
Dylan Horrocks might be best known for his mainstream work as the writer of Hunter: The Age of Magic for DC/Vertigo, or for his Harvey and Ignatz Award-nominated graphic novel, Hicksville. But his body...
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World Comics Power
Comics are a great communications tool for people in impoverished areas because of their highly visual nature and ease of access; even people who don’t know how to read can still enjoy a comic, and...
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Out and About: Alternative Press Expo 2010
This weekend is Alternative Press Expo, and while we won’t be attending due to being on the opposite coast, there are two panels of interest to nonfiction fans: Saturday, October 16 4:00-5:00...
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Smoke ‘em if You Got ‘em
Smokers are used to seeing the warnings on packs of cigarettes that tell them why they shouldn’t be smoking—smoking causes cancer, smoking causes heart disease, secondhand smoke can be harmful to...
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A Little More Conversation
A good comic should have the right balance of words and images, working with each other to tell a story. One should not be more important than the other, because otherwise you’ve just written a novel...
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Draw an Angry Comic
People living in cities are accustomed to experiencing all manner of unpleasant sights and sounds as they traverse through their daily lives, but there are few that are as aggressively disgusting as...
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The Vampires of New York
New York City has an abundance of bogeymen for New Yorkers to scorn or fear, but there are few that engender as much hysteria as the common bedbug. Apartments, hotels, subway stations, Abercrombie...
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Cap Does Suicide Prevention
Continuing off of their previous effort where Spider-Man helps New Yorkers get a job in these tough economic times, Marvel is now handling an issue that exists independent of the economy, education, or...
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Teeth and Consequences
When I was a kid my mother used to constantly mention my crooked teeth, never sparing an opportunity to say I would probably need to get braces. That day never came—though my brother did have to get...
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Explaining Health Care
We’ve been talking a lot about how comics are a great way to boil down complex topics, conveying these topics in a form that will get people to actually read and understand them. Publisher Hill and...
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Would You Like Fries With That Shake?
Back in 2004, Morgan Spurlock went on a mission. For 30 days, he decided to eat and drink nothing but food bought from McDonald’s for breakfast, lunch and dinner. In the process, Morgan’s arteries...
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Accidents Don’t Just Happen
This series of safe sex ads from MTV Switzerland reminds me a lot of the ridiculous stories that patients will often tell doctors (many in the emergency room) about why they need medical treatment for...
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Fight Back Against Bullying with the Power Within
Today’s the last day to donate to the Kickstarter campaign for The Power Within, an anti-bullying and anti-suicide comic by Charles “Zan” Christensen and Mark Brill, with new additional pages by Gail...
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Survival stories
Graphic journalism continues to make headway into the field of “serious” comics, and this time it’s available on the format/medium of our times, the iPad. Symbolia is a bi-monthly digital magazine...
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