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Author Archives: Dominic Umile

Posted inArts & Culture

Creatures invade 1960s Chicago in My Favorite Thing Is Monsters

by Dominic Umile January 18, 2017August 18, 2021

Emil Ferris’s new graphic novel depicts the spooky imagination of a ten-year-old girl.

Posted inArts & Culture

Comics can also be documentary

by Dominic Umile January 27, 2016August 18, 2021

In her latest book, U. of C. professor Hillary Chute establishes a new field of study: “drawn witnessing.”

Posted inArts & Culture

Architecture and comics unite at the Biennial with ‘Imaginary Worlds’

by Dominic Umile November 10, 2015August 18, 2021

Edie Fake and Keiler Roberts discuss how they use space and design in their work.

Posted inBlogs

The Oven imagines a dismal future on a desert commune

by Dominic Umile July 2, 2015August 18, 2021

Sophie Goldstein’s new graphic novel imagines how historical subjugation of women might play out in a primitive, post-civilization setting.

Posted inBlogs

The ordinary magic of Jillian Tamaki

by Dominic Umile June 4, 2015August 18, 2021

In SuperMutant Magic Academy, growing up is far more interesting than mastering telekinetic powers.

Posted inBlogs

John Lewis’s struggle for civil rights continues in March: Book Two

by Dominic Umile March 25, 2015August 18, 2021

The second installment of the activist-turned-congressman’s graphic memoir looks back at the nonviolent protests of the 60s and his time as a Freedom Rider.

Posted inArts & Culture

A graphic novel grapples with Andre the Giant

by Dominic Umile June 8, 2014August 18, 2021

Box Brown’s Andre the Giant: Life and Legend is, like pro wrestling, a mix of both truth and histrionics.

Posted inArts & Culture

Ants in dialogue in the work of Michael DeForge

by Dominic Umile February 2, 2014August 18, 2021

Indie comic artist Michael DeForge’s new graphic novel depicts a chatty, grotesque, anthropomorphic Ant Colony.

March: Book One
Posted inArts & Culture

John Lewis’s long march

by Dominic Umile August 4, 2013August 19, 2021

With the help of illustrator Nate Powell, a civil rights legends’s memoirs become a striking graphic novel.

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