Tag Archives: Comics

New Year’s Day is Always Kafkaesque

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

comic by Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

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Mental Map

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

Anne Emond is a Brooklyn-based writer, illustrator and comic artist. If you read The Rumpus, you probably have seen her very amusing “comiques”. I had to share her hilarious Mental Map: An Illustrated Guide to A Writer’s Thoughts”. I’m sure … Continue reading →

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Performance Enhancing Drugs for Writers

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

You may have seen Grant Snider’s terrific “Ban This Book” comic created to “celebrate” Banned Book Week this year. You might also be familiar with his brilliant “Haruki Murakami Bingo” comic which appeared in the New York Times , or … Continue reading →

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Life is the Story

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

  Life is the Story is a charming 20 minute illustrated video presentation on the creation of a graphic travelogue by cartoonist/illustrator/travel writer Lucy Knisley. Along with her popular internet comic strip Stop Paying Attention, Chicago-based Knisley is known for … Continue reading →

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MetaMaus

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

This week Art Spiegelman released a new multimedia publication, MetaMaus, which explores the legacy of his groundbreaking, Pulitzer prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust. The following is a press release from the publisher’s website: “In the pages of MetaMaus: A Look Inside A Modern … Continue reading →

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Do It In Public

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Thanks to Brian Heater from Read Comics In Public Day for this post Like so many great things in this world, Read Comics in Public Day has its roots in a joke. I don’t remember the exact wording, but it … Continue reading →

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