Graphic Novel

Authors

Marjane Satrapi: Reading Her Name Was Already an Act of Resistance

Marjane Satrapi, creator of Persepolis, died on June 4, 2026, at 58. She made collective trauma intimate and redefined what a graphic memoir could do. Her loss is immense.

Literature

Fifty Years at the Edge of the Panel: What Fantagraphics Got Right

Fantagraphics turns 50 this year. Founded in 1976 with a barn and a printer, the publisher spent half a century proving that comics are literature. It was not always a comfortable position to hold.

News

Comics, Children, and the Courage to Stay Human: Notes from Bologna 2026

The Bologna Children's Book Fair gathered its community this week with the kind of quiet insistence that has characterized the event for sixty years. Some numbers from inside the fair that seem worth keeping.