Serious Funnies
…email. Chapter 16: You’ve said that your love of comics began with Superman. What was it about Superman specifically that sold you on graphic storytelling? Gene Yang: My very first…
…email. Chapter 16: You’ve said that your love of comics began with Superman. What was it about Superman specifically that sold you on graphic storytelling? Gene Yang: My very first…
…Willy’s Wonderama, Miracelle hears a haunting instruction: “If you want to know who you are, you might just find a clue here you can use.” In her job as “wonder-finder,”…
Patrick Radden Keefe’s Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland introduces the mystery at its core in two key scenes: A 38-year-old widowed mother of…
…their connection to Art.” Early in their freshman year, Sarah and David forge a manic bond that is more chemical than relational, and they spend the following summer furiously and…
In A Small Thing to Want, a collection of short stories by Johnson City writer Shuly Xóchitl Cawood, the most vital moments are often the most private. Cawood’s stories occupy…
…Milk — exerted their influence in the city for years before their legacies exploded into the national zeitgeist. Most movingly, we feel Meridy and young Alia’s dismay and heartbreak as…