Sentences with phrase «alternative comics»

I love reading these old interviews because I have such affection for alternative comics of this era.

For those who love the underground comics scene, especially those who like movies about alternative comics (Crumb and Ghost World come immediately to mind,) American Splendor is as entertaining and interesting a movie you'll find.

They are also employing a lot of young cartoonists, like Johnny Ryan and others, who are very popular in alternative comics.

I've been a fan of Dave Kiersh «s wistfully randy teen - nostalgia comics for nearly as long as I've been reading alternative comics at all.

Portopia's willingness to incorporate adult themes into a callow art form has echoes of Japan's gekiga alternative comics movement of the»50s and»60s.

When younger artists such as Laylah Ali and Olav Westphalen represent cultural conflict in a language colored by alternative comics, they risk turning politics and identity into a cartoon.

A Canadian comic book publishing company focusing on graphic novels and underground or alternative comics.

Williams devoted his life to alternative comics and his love for the medium shone through some of the most important indie titles of the past decade and projects like the Portland Zine Symposium.

The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) is a weekend - long celebration of independent comics, inspired by Chicago's rich legacy as home to many of underground and alternative comics» most talented artists — past, present and future.

By contemporary standards, the underground and alternative comics that were targeted in that case weren't much different from what you'd see in any mature readers section today, but at the time comics were regarded as a kids medium, and comics that strayed from that perception were targets for prosecution.

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With Wong, David Wojnarowicz, David Altmejd, and George Condo, too, cartoons transpose easily into fantasy, symbolism, and camp: And again, if their work looks awful now, alternative comics are thriving.