From ‘Superman’ to ‘Maus’, why Jewish creators are a fundamental part of comic book history

Contemporary Jewish creators have adapted the comics into different art forms.

Alex Fitch, The Conversation

· Sep 10, 2023 · 05:30 pm

Banning ‘Maus’ only exposes the significance of this searing graphic novel about the Holocaust

With editions flying off the shelves and comic book stores giving away copies, the ban has renewed interest in this masterly work.

Biz Nijdam, The Conversation

· Feb 14, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘Graphic medicine’: How autobiographical comics artists are changing our understanding of illness

They inject a human element into medicalised spaces, pushing back against data-driven, objective notions of the human condition.

Shannon Sandford, The Conversation

· Aug 13, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Marjane Satrapi’s ‘Persopolis’ was published 21 years ago. What does reading it today in India mean?

With a Hindi edition published, the graphic novel acquires a fresh urgency in India’s current sociopolitical climate.

Angana Moitra

· Jun 27, 2021 · 05:30 pm

In love with your superheroes? ‘The Boys’ graphic novel series shows you what they’re really up to

Here’s the original origin story of the breakthrough web series.

Nair DA

· Sep 28, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Nandita Basu’s graphic novel ‘The Piano’ is an unusual story of a woman’s friendship with music

The narrative follows a century-old German piano travelling from pre-war Europe through colonial India to Mumbai in 2012.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Aug 30, 2020 · 08:30 am

What (and how) to read and write without guilt during a pandemic: A graphic narrative

‘We tend to turn to art in dark times...and the times sure are dark now.’

Anoushka Shyam

· May 22, 2020 · 08:30 am

A UN aid worker took the horrors of Sri Lanka’s civil war and turned conflict into a graphic novel

‘Vanni’, by Benjamin Dix and Lindsay Pollock – takes the viewer into environments, such as torture cells, inaccessible to most.

Benjamin Dix, The Conversation

· Dec 23, 2019 · 05:55 pm

‘Pashmina’: How a graphic artist reads and responds to a graphic novel

Nidhi Chanani’s book follows the life of an Indian-American teenager and sees hope amidst confusion.

Udeshi Basu

· Dec 01, 2019 · 08:30 am

‘Adult comics, for adults’: Will Eisner and the break-out story of the graphic novel

In the ’70s graphic novels had little in common – a form popularised by American cartoonist Will Eisner they were alike in what they were trying not to be.

Jean-Matthieu Méon, The Conversation

· Aug 01, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Season Three of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ is on, but the graphic novel is a unique way to read the book

Renée Nault’s storyline and art hark back to the original novel rather than mining the film or the series.

Arunima Mazumdar

· Jun 08, 2019 · 08:30 am

Filmmaker Q’s provocative movie ‘Gandu’ gets a second life – as a graphic novel

‘Gandurmundu’ tells the story of an an outsider, his fears, nightmares, existential confusion and carnal cravings.

Abhishek Sikhwal

· Feb 22, 2019 · 11:30 am