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"Welcome to the New World" by Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan. (Metropolitan Books)
Art Greg CookJanuary 17, 2021 0

In 'Welcome To The New World,' Syrian Refugees Land In Trump's America

A family of refugees from the Syrian war makes their harrowing escape to New Haven, Connecticut, in the non-fiction comic “Welcome to the New World,” with words by Jake Halpern…Continue Reading →

From "Dias de Consuelo" by Dave Ortega. (Courtesy)
Books Greg CookJuly 23, 2020 0

In ‘Dias de Consuelo,’ Dave Ortega Recounts His Grandmother’s Immigration Story

This article was originally published at DigBoston: “Dias de Consuelo,” Dave Ortega’s nonfiction comic book account of his grandmother Consuelo Castañon Herrera’s childhood, begins with the courtship of her parents…Continue Reading →

Phoebe Potts performs "Too Fat for China" at Gloucester Stage Company, Nov. 19, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)
Performance Greg CookNovember 20, 2019 0

‘Too Fat For China’: Phoebe Potts’s One-Mom Comedy About The Sordid, Racist Adoption Industry

“Every baby is born into a story of how they got there,” Phoebe Potts says at the start of “Too Fat for China,” her one-woman “comic look at the agony…Continue Reading →

MICE (Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo) at Lesley University, Oct. 19, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)
Art Greg CookOctober 26, 2019 0

What We Saw At MICE (Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo)

MICE, the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, was founded in 2010 to focus on the artists—with creators selling their own works and presenting talks and workshops. Below are some delightful people…Continue Reading →

From "Off Season" by James Sturm. (Courtesy Drawn and Quarterly)
Books Greg CookJune 6, 2019 0

In Vermont Cartoonist James Sturm’s ‘Off Season,’ Things Are Only Getting Worse

“Off Season” (Drawn and Quarterly) starts off depressing and heads toward despair. In this new graphic novel from Vermont cartoonist James Sturm, co-founder of both the Seattle Stranger and the…Continue Reading →

Patricia Marx And Roz Chast's 'Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?' (Celadon Books)
Books Greg CookMay 18, 2019 0

Patricia Marx And Roz Chast's 'Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?'

Patricia Marx and Roz Chast have a delicious premise for their slim illustrated humor/advice book “Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It? A Mother’s Suggestions”…Continue Reading →

MICE Comics Expo, 2018.
Art Greg CookOctober 19, 2018 0

Eight New England Cartoonists To Meet At This Weekend’s MICE Comics Fest

Many comics conventions are basically trade shows focused on selling books and memorabilia, but this weekend’s Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE) was founded in 2010 to focus on the artists—with…Continue Reading →

Drawings from the Providence Comics Consortium Sketchbook Church at Ada Books. (Courtesy)
Art Greg CookMay 18, 2018 0

Providence Comics Consortium Invites You To Draw Mutants And Monsters At 'Sketchbook Church'

The Providence Comics Consortium’s “Sketchbook Church,” writes artist Walker Mettling, is “not church in the religious way, church in the Sunday morning way. Maybe in the coffee and bagels way.” It’s…Continue Reading →

Director Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” movie. (Courtesy of Marvel Studios)
Art Greg CookFebruary 21, 2018 0

You’ve Seen ‘Black Panther,’ Now Check Out Our Guide To More Comics With Diverse Visions

The debut of director Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” movie last weekend and its vision of the utopian African nation of Wakanda has sparked black joy around the world. “When I…Continue Reading →

Antis Puriņš's exhibition “Super Magic Forest." (Courtesy)
Art Greg CookDecember 30, 2017 0

Last Day To See Ansis Purins’s ‘Super Magic Forest’

“Yogi Bear meets ‘Night of The Living Dead’” is how Boston-area artist Ansis Puriņš describes his drawings, paintings and comic books in his exhibition “Super Magic Forest” at Somerville’s Washington…Continue Reading →

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