MINOR AT HEART
The Eternaut and Héctor Oesterheld
In 2016, I wrote for Hyperallergic about The Eternaut and creator Héctor Oesterheld, who was kidnapped by Argentine death squads in 1977. Ahead of the Netflix adaptation of The Eternaut, here are some notes on its history.
One of the last bastions of wordless storytelling
The New Yorker’s art editor Françoise Mouly discusses Adrian Tomine and other contributors.
It was safer to put your head down
A comic by Matt Huynh called "Cabramatta" draws on his experiences as the son of refugees and spending his childhood 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.
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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. Get in touch.