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PG Previews:March 2011
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: January 16, 2011
Moebius & Jean Giraud:Leading a Double Life - Part 2
Two of France's geniuses of contemporary comics are in fact one man. More...
Posted: January 9, 2011
PG Tips - The Best Of 2010:Something Old, New, Borrowed & Blue
A year end review of the best comics, graphic novels and manga of 2010. More...
Posted: January 2, 2011
PG Tips No. 33:After Tintin & The Little Prince...
A number of current graphic novels literally let us see inside another person's head. More...
Posted: December 26, 2010
Moebius & Jean Giraud:Leading A Double-Life - Part 1
From sci-fi fantasies to gritty westerns, welcome to the incredible double life of France's comics geniuses. More...
Posted: December 19, 2010
Mustashrik:Smoke Outside Please
Like his comics and art, Mustashrik comfortably bestrides multiple media and cross-cultural influences. More...
Posted: December 12, 2010
PG Previews:February 2011
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: December 5, 2010
Great British Comics Now:Part 3
A review of recent British comics to co-incide with the events at the 2010 Comica Festival. More...
Posted: November 29, 2010
A Graphic Cosmogony:In The Beginning...
Two-dozen cartoonist-shamans devise their own creation myths to explain how we all got here. More...
Posted: November 21, 2010
John Russell:Vermillion Vortex
Addressing the visual-verbal interplays of comics, Russell has developed an arresting short 'drawn film'. More...
Posted: November 14, 2010
PG Previews:January 2011
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: November 7, 2010
Great British Comics Now:Part 2
Explore today's homegrown, hand-crafted, human-scale, heartfelt comics 'Made in Britain'. More...
Posted: November 2, 2010
That’s Novel:Lifting Comics From The Page!
Surveying today's innovators in the comics medium with a special emphasis on the British-based cutting edge. More...
Posted: October 24, 2010
Indian Comics:A Visual Renaissance
Several interesting trends have been emerging in recent years in Indian comics. More...
Posted: October 18, 2010
PG Previews:December 2010
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: October 10, 2010
From Iky Mo To Lord Horror:Representations Of Jews In British Comics
How have representations of Jewish characters in British comics changed over the years? More...
Posted: October 3, 2010
Manga Impact:How Manga Reinvented Comics
For the 5th Anniversary of this site, an essay on how manga continues to enrich the medium today. More...
Posted: September 26, 2010
Adam Dant:Doctor London
Dant's drawings, as seen in Hypercomics, are puzzles layered with apocryphal theories and arcane references. More...
Posted: September 19, 2010
PG Previews:November 2010
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: September 12, 2010
Hypercomics:The Shapes Of Comics To Come
Hypercomics push against the traditional constraints of the printed comics page. More...
Posted: September 5, 2010
VIZ:Rude Britannia
Although no longer selling over a million copies an issue, Viz remains as funny and merciless as ever. More...
Posted: August 29, 2010
PG Previews:October 2010
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: August 22, 2010
PG Tips No. 32:Graphic Novel Reviews
Paul Gravett reviews the very best of the latest graphic novel releases. More...
Posted: August 15, 2010
Oliver Frey:Men Of Flesh & Fantasy
From Dan Dare to Bike Boy, Frey brings a distinctive masculinity and sensuous physicality to his art. More...
Posted: August 8, 2010
Great British Comics Now:Part 1
There's a genuine vibrancy and variety to homegrown, UK-originated comics today. More...
Posted: August 1, 2010
Dave McKean:The Weight Of Words
For over twenty years he has been unlocking the possibilities of comics. More...
Posted: July 25, 2010
PG Previews:September 2010
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: July 18, 2010
Frames Of Reference:The Progress Of British Comics
Paul Gravett charts the early origins and traditions of British humorous comics. More...
Posted: July 11, 2010
War Comics:Reinforcing The Military's Propaganda Machine?
A faded 60s war comic proves to be a time capsule of its era and a mirror reflecting onto our own. More...
Posted: July 4, 2010
PG Previews:August 2010
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: June 26, 2010
David Hughes:Walking The Dog
Confounding expectations, there is no preparing for what will confront you with each turn of the page. More...
Posted: June 20, 2010
Comica Argentina:A Rich Culture Of Cartoons & Comics
Comica celebrates Argentina's unusually rich culture of cartoons and comics. More...
Posted: June 13, 2010
Simone Lia:Fluffy
Her disarmingly simple-looking comics wittily question pre-conceived ideas and pose philosophical puzzles. More...
Posted: June 6, 2010
AX:Alternative Manga
How cutting edge and alternative can comics get in Japan when they are so much a part of everyday life? More...
Posted: May 30, 2010
PG Previews:July 2010
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: May 23, 2010
VV Brown & David Allain:The City Of Abacus
Comics meet music in a dark, futuristic tale of corruption and rebellion in the city of Abacus. More...
Posted: May 16, 2010
John Broadley:John Broadley's Books
His magpie instincts provides material for his hand-crafted limited-edition comics. More...
Posted: May 9, 2010
Jack Kirby:The House That Jack Built
No other single creator has had such a powerful impact on 20th century American comic books as Jack Kirby. More...
Posted: May 2, 2010
Daniel Clowes:Wilson
Wilson's bitter diatribes and cringe-inducing encounters, reflect his compromised, disappointing life. More...
Posted: April 25, 2010
PG Previews:June 2010
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: April 18, 2010
Graphic Novels & Digital Comics:New Opportunities
Has the proliferation of digital comics over the last few years been a force for good or evil? More...
Posted: April 11, 2010
Frank Hampson:The Man Who Drew Tomorrow
Six decades on from the launch of Eagle, what is the legacy of the art of Frank Hampson on comics today? More...
Posted: April 4, 2010
Mangaphobia:Don't Make Those Manga Eyes At Me!
"Will a single manga style suffocate originality in comics in the same way that Marvel and DC have for so long?" More...
Posted: March 28, 2010
PG Previews:May 2010
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: March 14, 2010
Moomin:Tove Jansson's Dreamworld
Paul Gravett curates an exhibition celebrating the artistry and imagination of a unique, visionary storyteller. More...
Posted: March 7, 2010
Barron Storey:Life After Black
He has inspired generations of graphic novel innovators such as Bill Sienkiewicz, David Mack and Dave McKean. More...
Posted: February 28, 2010
PG Previews:April 2010
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: February 21, 2010
Revelations At Angoulême 2010:Robert Crumb On Genesis
A surprise guest at the French comics festival, Robert Crumb discussed his Biblical opus. More...
Posted: February 14, 2010
Angoulême International BD Festival 2010:The Annual French Celebration of Comics
This global convergence of amateurs, pros, comics creators and consumers, is the biggest in the world. More...
Posted: February 7, 2010
PG Tips No. 31:The Best of 2009: Classic Comic Reprints
Paul completes his round-up of 2009 with his selection of reprinted classics. More...
Posted: February 7, 2010
Steve Ditko:Strange Suspense and The Art of Ditko
Here are some of Ditko's finest four-colour forays reprinted faithfully in two fancy volumes. More...
Posted: February 1, 2010
PG Previews:March 2010
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: January 27, 2010
PG Tips No. 30:The Best Of 2009: Manga
Paul Gravett selects his favourite top eighteen translated manga of 2009. More...
Posted: January 24, 2010
PG Tips No. 29:The Best Of 2009: Graphic Novels
Paul Gravett selects his favourite top twenty-one graphic novels of 2009. More...
Posted: January 17, 2010
PG Tips No. 28:The Best Of 2009: An International Perspective Part 2
More friends from around the world select their choices of the very best local comics of 2009. More...
Posted: January 17, 2010
PG Tips No. 27:The Best Of 2009: An International Perspective Part 1
Paul Gravett asks friends from around the world for their choices of the very best local comics of 2009. More...
Posted: January 10, 2010
Hoshino Yukinobu:Professor Munakata's British Museum Adventure
The British Museum plays host to the fictional ethnologist Professor Munakata. More...
Posted: January 1, 2010
From Wonderland With Love:Danish Comics In The Third Millennium
There is no doubt that this anthology proves the tremendous energy and diversity of Danish cartoonists. More...
Posted: December 27, 2009
PG Tips Special:The Graphic Novelist's Progress
To know where we are going to, we need to know where we've come from. More...
Posted: December 20, 2009
PG Previews:February 2010
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: December 16, 2009
Angoulême 2010:The Best French Comics Of 2009
Which bandes dessinées are in contention to win this year's Angoulême Festival prizes? More...
Posted: December 13, 2009
ComiXmas:The Bigger Picture
Explore an exhibition of fantastic images from contemporary comics, manga and graphic novels. More...
Posted: December 6, 2009
Jerry Moriarty:Memories Of A Father
He remembers his father by reflecting on the everyday incidents in his life. More...
Posted: November 29, 2009
PG Previews:January 2010
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: November 22, 2009
Reinhard Kleist:I See A Darkness
Reinhard Kleist discusses his critically acclaimed biography of Johnny Cash, I See A Darkness. More...
Posted: November 19, 2009
Euro-Visions:From Tintin To Perspolis
In continental Europe an extraordinarily vibrant culture of comics is flourishing. More...
Posted: November 15, 2009
Exhibition:R. Crumb Uncovered
Robert Crumb can no longer be typecast and pigeon-holed in our media circus and public presumptions. More...
Posted: November 11, 2009
Comic Conventions:The Pros Of Cons
What are the benefits of attending and exhibiting at comics festivals and conventions? More...
Posted: November 8, 2009
Comica ‘09:Busted Jesus Comix
This powerfully emotional play reimagines the notorious trial and conviction of comix creator Mike Diana. More...
Posted: November 5, 2009
Paul Gravett:Examining The Politics Of Comics
Paul Gravett discusses the new comics anthology Ctrl.Alt.Shift Unmasks Corruption which launches at Comica '09. More...
Posted: November 4, 2009
Janek Koza:Unmasking Corruption
Part of a boom in alternative comics in his native Poland, he exposes a recent chilling scandal. More...
Posted: November 1, 2009
Comica Festival 2009:London Is Bubbling Over With Comics!
Comica Director, Paul Gravett discusses with Matt Badham his ambitions for this year's Comica Festival. More...
Posted: October 30, 2009
Willy Linthout:Years Of The Elephant
In his poignant, unflinchingly candid memoir he describes the sudden loss of his son through suicide. More...
Posted: October 25, 2009
John Harris Dunning & Nikhil Singh:Salem Brownstone
This new century demands a new charismatic comic-book magician to weave his spells on us. More...
Posted: October 18, 2009
Seriously Funny Business:The Art Of Cartooning & Its Curious Power
At the margins of the mainstream, cartoonists represent the last bastion of freedom of speech in print. More...
Posted: October 11, 2009
Laura Oldfield Ford:Savage Messiah
Punk's provocation and politicisation has fuelled her low-tech, high-touch, photocopied, self-published zine. More...
Posted: October 4, 2009
Make Mine Manhwa!:Exporting Korean Comics
Can manhwa compete in an English-language market dominated by Japanese manga? More...
Posted: September 27, 2009
Exhibition:The Great War In Comics
We forget too easily that wars are not fought by the generals and commanders, but by ordinary people. More...
Posted: September 20, 2009
Javier Mariscal:Mariscal's Miracles
He's an unstoppable force, bringing his natural spontaneity to everything he touches. More...
Posted: September 13, 2009
Simon & Kirby’s The Sandman:A 1940s Revival
Joe and Jack devised some nuttily boistrous crime thrillers with bonkers criminal schemes. More...
Posted: September 6, 2009
Anton Kannemeyer:Bitterkomix
Does resurrecting racist imagery to condemn racism also serve to feed prejudices further? More...
Posted: August 30, 2009
Josh Neufeld:A.D.: New Orleans After The Deluge
Devastating events can be hard to grasp, but Neufeld pulls us into individual experiences of loss and survival. More...
Posted: August 23, 2009
Daniel Radcliffe:What Comics Does Harry Potter Like Reading?
The Harry Potter actor, Daniel Radcliffe, talks comics with the weekly Belgian comic Spirou. More...
Posted: August 17, 2009
Darwyn Cooke:The Hunter
Parker is harder than hard-boiled; his egg-timer was set for at least one full hour, he's that hard. More...
Posted: August 16, 2009
Bob Lubbers:15 Minutes Of Fame
Not as celebrated as he should be, but thanks to Italian admirers, he is now getting his day in the sunshine. More...
Posted: August 9, 2009
PG Tips Special:Graphic Novels - An Eloquent Allusiveness
Where else can we examine past, present and future all at once before our eyes, and hold a life in our hands? More...
Posted: August 2, 2009
Explorers On The Moon:Nemo, Tintin, Jeff Hawke & Sky Masters
Comics reached the moon long before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took that one small step. More...
Posted: July 26, 2009
Encarta:A Definition Of Comics
An autonomous medium of expression, comics not only reflect life but help to mould it. More...
Posted: July 19, 2009
In Search Of The Atom Style:Part 3
Use the mood of the past to rewire your brain for the future! More...
Posted: July 12, 2009
In Search Of The Atom Style:Part 2
There is no risk of the Atom Style going out of style as international artists continue to use its playfulness. More...
Posted: June 8, 2009
Graphic Novels:An Introduction
What are graphic novels? The term has become distorted with prejudices and preconceptions. More...
Posted: June 6, 2009
In Search Of The Atom Style:Part 1
The 'Atom Style' is a vibrant artistic movement - constantly changing, relevant and truly international. More...
Posted: May 31, 2009
Yuichi Yokoyama:Travel
He transports the reader into limbo, between one place and the next, in a transitory state. More...
Posted: May 24, 2009
Erotic Comics:A Graphic History Vol 2
"This is hardcore", Tim Pilcher alerts us, in his introduction to the sequel to his two-part history of erotic comics. More...
Posted: May 18, 2009
Graphic Novels:The Rise Of The Graphic Novel In Europe
Since early 19th century, graphic novels have existed but their development was cautious and sporadic. More...
Posted: May 13, 2009
PG Tips No. 26:Paul Gravett's Recommended Reading
A selection of books and comics from Paul Gravett's recommended reading list. More...
Posted: May 4, 2009
Rawhide Kid:Your Friendly Neighborhood Gun-Slinger
The Rawhide Kid was the first collaboration between Jack Kirby and Stan Lee on an on-going character. More...
Posted: April 28, 2009
David Mazzucchelli:Asterios Polyp
David Mazzucchelli returns to the medium with one of the most eagerly awaited graphic novels of the year. More...
Posted: April 19, 2009
Gianni De Luca & Hamlet:Thinking Outside The Box
De Luca's innovative solutions in his Hamlet adaptation are an extraordinary achievement in graphic literature. More...
Posted: April 12, 2009
Belgian Comics:Frames Of Reference
An exhibition part of BD Comic Strip: Brussels 2009, a year-long, city-wide programme of comics activities. More...
Posted: April 7, 2009
