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.
The end of MAD, once a boon in comics' end-times
At The Nation, Jeet Heer writes about the impact of MAD magazine and references its origins, which came at a tumultuous time for the comic book industry and for EC Comics publisher William Gaines.
Gordon Parks's photography of a "Harlem Gang Leader"
In marking a forthcoming remake of Shaft, Maurice Berger at the New York Times reports that Gordon Parks hoped to "challenge how mainstream media portrayed African-Americans and crime.”
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.