This e-book contains dog's story named Biscuit.
Newcommers to Tokyo are often blissfully deluded that not only are they surviving, they are thriving in the Big Sashimi. Nothing could be further from the truth, a harsh reality soon enough discovered by American couple Larry and Lily (and their everbaffled friend, Buck) once confronted with the inscrutable instructions on a bank ATM or computerized toilet. Navigating the lanes of Japan's capit…
On the first day of Christmas day, my true love gave to me A partridge in a pear tree.
In view of the mercurial nature of one half of the dual-fold topic of this analysis, perhaps it would hold both me, as the author, and you, as the reader, jointly in good stead to open with an attempt at a definition. What is sincerity? Sincerity is a noun. Among other things, it refers to the absence of pretense, deceit, and/or hypocrisy. Its synonyms include the followi…
he book deals with the everyday activities of a comic book artist called Miriam, and the process of her learning to accept that her son plans to settle in Germany, a country that she still associates with the Holocaust and her childhood traumas. I remember marveling at the courage Katin has in drawing caricatures of herself, showing the character that stands for her in a series of unflattering …
Despite claiming to offer surveys of “world comics,” global histories of graphic narrative replicate some of the aporias present in the relatively impossible category of “world” or “global” literature.2 Even more narrowly defined surveys of European comics focus primarily on the “Franco-Belgian” tradition, thus swiftly setting aside …
ver the past two decades Latin America has seen an expansion in the publication and consumption of comics. This renaissance is benefiting from transnational dialogues and exchanges: in 2017, for example, the publishing house :e(m)r;, based in Rosario, Argentina, produced a groundbreaking compilation of comics by artists from over 10 Latin American …
This book is for people interested in drawing cartoons, whether they’re novices unsure where to start or pros who want to improve their art or find better ways to market themselves. Every top-selling cartoonist in the world started out as a beginner. It takes time, practice, and some talent to become a successful cartoonist, but it also takes determination and the desire to stick to it until …
In 2018 I had the chance to talk about photo novels during the international conference ECHIC 2018 – Equip & Engage. Research and Dissemination Infrastructures for the Humanities. My presentation was preceded by two speeches, one about digitizing ancient papyri recently found in Egypt, the other on the digitization of works by Shakespeare. During the Q&A that followed the panel, the first que…