MINOR AT HEART
It was safer to put your head down
An autobiographical comic from Matt Huynh called "Cabramatta" draws on the artist's experience as the son of refugees and a childhood spent near an open-air drug market.
A notorious mind-weirding origin story
Journalist Jesse Jarnow has some characteristically smart stuff to say about cartoonist Brian Blomerth and his vibrant graphic novel Bicycle Day.
Sue Coe's incisive political art
Activist and graphic artist Sue Coe has been producing some fierce political art for The Nation magazine.
Brazil through the eyes of comics artists
Reporting from Brazil, Shasta Darlington profiles a handful of comics artists for American Airlines' in-flight magazine American Way, which includes a discussion with award-winning artist and writer Marcelo D'Salete.
About
Dominic Umile lives, writes, and drinks in Brooklyn, NY. His criticism and features have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Reader, Hyperallergic, and more. Send him an email.