MINOR AT HEART
One of the last bastions of wordless storytelling
The New Yorker’s art editor Françoise Mouly discusses Adrian Tomine and other contributors.
Pencil and paper, drawing and writing
At PRINT magazine, Steven Heller talks to Washington University American Culture Studies professor and illustrator DB Dowd.
Sue Coe's incisive political art
Activist and graphic artist Sue Coe has been producing some fierce political art for The Nation magazine.
Work, a source of vitality and well-being
For Push Pin Studios co-founder and New York City graphic design legend Milton Glaser, the idea of retirement is repulsive.
Infected by the cold of the graves
A new volume from Fantagraphics debuts in English the complete run of horror/science fiction comic Mort Cinder.
Documenting subway station design for 40 years
Philip Ashforth Coppola has been creating painstakingly detailed ballpoint pen drawings of the design work at New York City subway stations—their decorative elements, the tile patterns, the typefaces, and more—since 1978.
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Dominic Umile lives, writes, and drinks in Brooklyn, NY. His criticism and features have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Reader, Hyperallergic, and more. Get in touch.