Browsing: Comics

Halfway through Marvel Dimensions, the new graphic novel by comics legend Alex Ross for Abrams Marvel Arts, the whole book turns on its head. First, it happens literally: The sequence of splash-page retellings of Marvel superhero origin stories concludes with Jean Grey, a.k.a. Phoenix, whose story is told vertically instead of horizontally, and requires readers…

Comics in the form of editorial cartoons, comic strips, digital comics, comic books, and graphic novels have combined words and images to tell stories of hundreds of years.

Comics and graphic novels are one of the best ways to transport yourself while reading. Artists use style and detailed flourishes to show their readers both the familiar and the strange. When it comes to fish-out-of-water graphic novels, artists utilize these elements to strike the balance of explaining what the perspective character knows and showing…

We’ve made it to the best reading month of the year! At least, it is in my life. I save up horror and horror-adjacent books all year and marathon them during Halloween month. The theme and time limit mean I typically read way more than usual, especially since I also celebrate Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon in…