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My piece on the sustainability of Artist Alley got a lot of comments, and brought up a lot of additional points. Most of the comments on social media were along the lines of “Yeah, it’s getting too expensive to table,” which is no surprise but is a bummer. A few more points that I should…

Dogs rarely explain themselves. They sprint after their own tails, greet a returning owner as if decades have passed and somehow look guilty before anyone has even found the chewed slipper. In Doggonit, cartoonist Anthony Smith finally gives them a chance to speak up, through a small yellow dog with a big personality and an…

A few days ago I was wondering if supershow comic cons were sustainable, but as I noted earlier in the year, with rising costs due to inflation, tariffs and everything else, Artist Alley is also a daunting financial investment these days.  

Anime Herald:What was the exact moment or memory that made you decide to pick up this medium?Megan Suran Kim: For every single medium I’ve tried or used, the memory or situation has always been the same: I think it looks cool or fun, and I want to try it! I remember being a very young…

Anime Herald: What was the exact moment or memory that made you decide to pick up this medium?

From 1961 to 1997, Roy Lichtenstein copied the imagery of DC Romance Comics artist Tony Abruzzo over forty times. This included Lichtenstein’s paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture. 

Former stand-up comedian Ben Davis, children’s author and illustrator Zehra Hicks and manga artist Sonia Leong attended a variety of events this week, both at the library and within schools, giving more than 5,000 children from Reception to Year 9 the opportunity to meet an author.

Anime Herald: What was the exact moment or memory that made you decide to pick up this medium?

There are heroes and villains, each of whom has his own backstory in the opening pages of each week’s comic book flutter. Tension rises. The final climactic battle arrives, one that is flashy and colorful. The motive is clear. The stakes mean absolutely everything. 

Sometimes, a single image is all it takes to turn an ordinary situation into something completely ridiculous. That’s something cartoonist Vaughan Tomlinson has mastered with his clever, often absurd single-panel comics. Whether he’s poking fun at everyday habits, imagining bizarre scenarios, or giving familiar situations an unexpected twist, his cartoons catch readers off guard with…