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'The Graphic History of Hip Hop' combines art and history to examine a music revolution. Check out our interview with the creators, interdisciplinary scholar Dr. Walter Greason and Afrofuturist artist Tim Fielder.

“Hip hop isn’t just beats and rhymes…it’s a movement that fought to redefine the times.” And The Graphic History of Hip Hop by interdisciplinary scholar Dr. Walter Greason and Afrofuturist artist Tim Fielder brings that movement to life through text and images, examining a music revolution that unfolded over five decades and continues to unfold today. The two creators originally met in 2015 at a…

Comic artist, writer, and illustrator Liana Kangas has come a long way in the past few years. Since participating in ComicMix’s Mine! A Celebration of Liberty and Freedom for All Benefitting Planned Parenthood—which came out in early 2018 and won the Ringo Award for Best Anthology—they have gone from primarily doing illustrations to having seven series come out through various publishers like…

Artist Brianna Garcia, who is an illustrator for comics publisher IDW Publishing, became interested in drawing for comics thanks to a childhood trip to San Diego Comic Con after a family friend noticed her penchant for drawing. “I was obsessed with the movie Jurassic Park at nine years old,” Garcia explained, speaking about her work from her table in New York Comic Con’s Artist Alley. “I was nine…

At NYCC 2023, acclaimed comic book artist and writer Dean Haspiel discussed Covid Cop, Billy Dogma & Jane Legit, and why romance is essential to stories. Read our interview.

This weekend at New York Comic Con 2023, you can find acclaimed comic book artist and writer Dean Haspiel in Artist Alley at Table F-16—which, he commented, sounds like “a fighter plane or something.” Haspiel has worked with multiple publishers over his career, including Marvel, DC, Archie Comics, Dark Horse, IDW, and more. He also did a series with Webtoon, The Red Hook; Image Comics later…