![Joe Matt](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/joematt-2002-san-diego.jpg)
Farewell to a Poor Bastard Farewell to a Poor Bastard
Joe Matt (1963–2023) made hilarious comedy of his own misery.
![Copyright © 2023 Chantal Montellier](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Lalami-Social_Fiction.jpg)
Chantal Montellier’s Prescient Dystopias Chantal Montellier’s Prescient Dystopias
A new volume collects the pioneering French comic artist's work.
Sep 18, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami
![When Phallocrats Go Limp](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/shortcomings-1.jpg)
When Phallocrats Go Limp When Phallocrats Go Limp
Adrian Tomine’s dark comedy of ethnic self-hatred and male inadequacy.
Aug 4, 2023 / Jeet Heer
![Illustration from Art Spiegelman’s MAUS](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Steinhauer-Spiegelman-MAUS.jpg)
The Many Afterlives of Art Spiegelman’s “Maus” The Many Afterlives of Art Spiegelman’s “Maus”
Book bans have shined a new spotlight on the graphic novel. What does that mean for the comic's legacy?
May 3, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jillian Steinhauer
![A Comic That Captures the Antic Energy of a Post-Truth World](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/8.jpg)
A Comic That Captures the Antic Energy of a Post-Truth World A Comic That Captures the Antic Energy of a Post-Truth World
A conversation with the makers of The Department of Truth, a comic series that examines the intersection of American conspiracy and Western propaganda.
Mar 1, 2023 / Books & the Arts / ML Kejera
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Jay Jackson’s Audacious Comics Jay Jackson’s Audacious Comics
Written during World War II, Bungleton Green and the Mystic Commandos offered its readers a science-fiction epic that imagined a future liberated from racism and inequality.
Feb 23, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jeet Heer
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The Radical Internationalism of the Spanish Civil War The Radical Internationalism of the Spanish Civil War
A new graphic history charts the exploits of those Americans serving in the war’s International Brigades.
Dec 14, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Bill Fletcher Jr.
![A panel from Love That Bunch, by Aline Kominsky-Crumb](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Kominsky-Crumb-NPR_Bunch.jpg)
The Queen of Candor: Aline Kominsky-Crumb 1948–2022 The Queen of Candor: Aline Kominsky-Crumb 1948–2022
Her fearless autobiographical stories revolutionized cartooning.
![Astro Boy](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/astro-boy-1-1.jpg)
Manga Hulks Its Way to the Top Manga Hulks Its Way to the Top
Japanese comics have become an undisputed juggernaut of the publishing industry.
Sep 9, 2022 / First Person / Viken Berberian
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Don’t Fear a Red Planet: The Story of the World’s Only Native Comic Shop Don’t Fear a Red Planet: The Story of the World’s Only Native Comic Shop
Lee Francis IV turned an empty hair salon into a space for “Indigenerds” to let their imaginations run wild.
May 4, 2022 / Cecilia Nowell