Robert Smalls published a newspaper, established a transportation company and served five terms in the United States Congress ...

Let’s be real, reading books and graphic novels as an animal lover can be challenging. While there’s that flash of excitement upon seeing a dog wander through a comic book, what follows is a lingering ...

Newly announced guests heading to the Lakes in September are, in alphabetical order, Abbigayle Bircham, Matthew Dooley, Kate ...

Whether creating sympathy for animals or using aliens to comment on society, Gary Larson's best Far Side comics gave readers ...

Alison Bechdel has been worried about selling out for decades. Not selling out of books — the award-winning graphic novelist has more than enough to go around — but selling out to capitalism for the ...

Gabfest Reads is a monthly series from the hosts of Slate’s Political Gabfest podcast. Recently, David Plotz talked with ...

Copyright © 2025 by Alison Bechdel. Reprinted by permission. In the early aughts, Alison Bechdel was a struggling cartoonist.

Sugar Shack, Lucy Knisley's concluding graphic novel in the Peapod Farm series for middle grade readers, is out in August.

The Village Voice looks at three graphic novels that artfully and entertainingly delve into past and present political battles.

A Blues Brothers archival concert recording, 'The Lost Album,' accompanies a new graphic novel, 'The Escape of Joliet Jake,' out this fall.

Demetrios Nicolaides said the examples of graphic content the government was alerted to originated from four books in ...