MINOR AT HEART
One of the last bastions of wordless storytelling
The New Yorker’s art editor Françoise Mouly discusses Adrian Tomine and other contributors.
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.
Edits to a eulogy for editorial cartooning
Jack Shafer writes at Politico about our "entering the end times of the editorial cartoon." I’m not sure this is the whole story.
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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. Send him an email.