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- Feb 12, 2019
- 3 min
Horror Comics: Image Comics is on Top
Horror comics are back. The genre hasn’t really raised its severed head since the 1950s, when an atmosphere of falsehoods, fears, and frightful foreboding infested our nation. And now that clandestine forces have managed to make America grating again, illustrated tales of terror have also once again become a thing. Return of the Scary Thing from the 1950s Graven Image Back during McCarthyism 1.0, our country experienced a glut of comic book publishers – Fawcett, Key, Atlas, e
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- Jan 15, 2019
- 2 min
3 Best 2018 Comics and Graphic Novels for Teens
No Downside to These High-Quality Stories The good news is that there’s an enormous wealth of options for young comics lovers making the transition from children’s funnies to more mature fare, with a vast array of high-quality visual literature in a wide variety of categories. The bad news… well, there is no bad news. Here are three of the most recent artistically exceptional works in comic book and graphic novels for teens and young adults that will fascinate and stimulate b
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- May 25, 2017
- 30 min
Talking Comics and Movie Posters with Illustrator Matt Taylor
‘Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan’ Interior Illustration for the Vinyl Soundtrack Release by Matt Taylor for Mondo In 2016, UK-based illustrator Matt Taylor flew to Austin for the opening of INFO•RAMA, the three-artist gallery exhibit hosted by renowned Mondo gallery. Taylor was showing work alongside illustrators Kevin Tong and Tom Whalen, the duo behind the show’s concept—infographics of pop culture subjects done as limited-edition screen printed posters. Taylor was a smart
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