MINOR AT HEART
The Velvet Underground takes Boston
The revolutionary 1960s New York City rock band, which eventually found a second home in Boston, occupies a lot of space in the new issue of Maggot Brain.
Harmony above all: Visiting jazz kissas
Alex Halberstadt writes for Stereophile about the jazz kissas—both new and old—he visited on a recent trip to Japan.
One of the last bastions of wordless storytelling
The New Yorker’s art editor Françoise Mouly discusses Adrian Tomine and other contributors.
It was safer to put your head down
A comic by Matt Huynh called "Cabramatta" draws on his experiences as the son of refugees and spending his childhood near an open-air drug market.
Pencil and paper, drawing and writing
At PRINT magazine, Steven Heller talks to Washington University American Culture Studies professor and illustrator DB Dowd.
A notorious mind-weirding origin story
Journalist Jesse Jarnow has some characteristically smart stuff to say about cartoonist Brian Blomerth and his vibrant graphic novel Bicycle Day.
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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.