Browsing: Comics

The fight for freedom of expression and freedom of the press continues. For the past three years, I’ve reported on the rise in censorship in books in the United States. Earlier this year, I wrote a piece about HR 7661 and how to stop it from getting past committee and onto the House floor for…

Sometimes, a small creative experiment can lead an artist in an entirely new direction. That is what happened to Anselmo A. Peretto, an Italian-Brazilian cartoonist based in Dois Vizinhos, Paraná, who spends his days working in software development and his free time drawing. After years of creating polished, colorful comic strips with recurring characters, Peretto…

Image Comics has some villains whose power makes many in Marvel and DC pale in comparison. In 1992, several high-profile artists broke away from Marvel Comics and founded Image Comics, a company where they published creator-owned properties where they kept all copyrights. The three creators who launched the company included Todd McFarlane (Spider-Man), Rob Liefeld…