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‘The Comics Page’

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Posted 07/06/09 in Vulture

The Comics Page

Read Eight Pages From the ‘Masterpiece’ Graphic Novel Reviewed in This Week’s New York

An exclusive excerpt from the graphic novel of the summer, 'Asterios Polyp.'

Posted 06/24/09 in Vulture

The Comics Page

What’s Under Those Bandages? Exclusive Comics Excerpt From The Nobody

A creepy, pulpy story of small-town secrets and scientific experiments gone, natch, horribly awry.

Posted 06/17/09 in Vulture

All for Pagus!!!

More Thrizzling Than Usual: This Week’s Comic Features 4-Playo, the Amazing Foreplay Robot

Plus: Uncle Jimmy's Bitter, Drunken Guide to the Animal Kingdom!

Posted 06/10/09 in Vulture

Cotton-Eyed Joe

Swamp Creatures and Jim Crow: Comics Excerpt From Bayou

A fable full of dirty magic, like an Angela Carter story transplanted to the Deep South.

Posted 06/03/09 in Vulture

Muppets

Exclusive Excerpt: The Muppet Show Returns, in Comic-book Form

The most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational comics excerpt we've ever run.

Posted 05/28/09 in Vulture

Crusty Seamen

Nautical Adventure and Extreme Drunkenness: Exclusive Comics Excerpt From Far Arden

Pirates! Sea battles! Polar bears! Sword fights! Alluring damsels! Annoying undergrads! And a mysterious tropical island hidden in the farthest north!

Posted 05/21/09 in Vulture

The Comics Page

Love, Family, and the Stinky Poo Tree: Exclusive Comics Excerpt From The Color of Earth

A widow and her young daughter look for love in early-twentieth-century Korea.

Posted 05/13/09 in Vulture

The Comics Page

Making Out With the Smart Boys: Exclusive Comics Excerpt From A Mess of Everything

Boring teachers. Bullshit poseurs. Anorexic best friends. Surely you remember the joys of high school as if they were yesterday!

Posted 05/06/09 in Vulture

The Comics Page

New York’s Awesome Apocalypse: Exclusive Comics Excerpt From Bob Fingerman’s From the Ashes

Five pages from a gloriously misanthropic new comics series.

Posted 04/29/09 in Vulture

The Comics Page

Brief Encounters With Beautiful People: Exclusive Comics Excerpt From Second Thoughts

John is a photographer running away. Jess is a novelist without a novel.

Posted 04/16/09 in Vulture

The Comics Page

Love and Art in New York City: Exclusive Comics Excerpt From Gabrielle Bell’s Cecil and Jordan

If a world-famous painter asked you to give drawing lessons to his 12-year-old son, what would YOU do?

Posted 04/02/09 in Vulture

The Comics Page

Two Acclaimed Comics Creators Team Up: Exclusive Excerpt From The Eternal Smile

So, you've gotten an e-mail from Prince Henry of Nigeria asking for a loan to help save the royal family. What if your life was so boring that you gave it to him?

Posted 03/25/09 in Vulture

The Comics Page

Love and Loss As Seen by a 5-Year-Old: Exclusive Comics Excerpt From My Mommy Is in America ...

Eight pages from the winner of the Essentials Prize at the 2008 Angoulême Comics Festival.

Posted 03/11/09 in Vulture

The Comics Page

Mascara, Tongue-Kissing, and Top Gun: Exclusive Comics Excerpt From Unlovable

Even if you never wore leg warmers with high heels, you'll still recognize your teenage self in Tammy Pierce's 1988 diary.

Posted 03/03/09 in Vulture

The Comics Page

Bugs, Drugs, and Talking Wizards: Exclusive Comics Excerpt From Prize-Nominated Swallow Me Whole

Nate Powell's book is the first graphic novel nominated for the L.A. 'Times' Book Prize since 'Maus'.

Posted 02/25/09 in Vulture

The Comics Page

Sad Songs, Disfigurement, and Lunch Meat: Exclusive Comics Excerpt From Baloney

Follow the heartbreakingly ridiculous story of small-town butcher Baloney and his blind, one-legged, one-armed daughter.

Posted 02/20/09 in Vulture

The Comics Page

Exclusive Comics Excerpt: Oscar-Nominated Waltz With Bashir in Graphic-novel Form

This hallucinatory graphic novel was created by Ari Folman and David Polonsky simultaneously with the making of the film.

Posted 02/12/09 in Vulture

The Comics Page

Exclusive Comics Excerpt: the Heartbreaking Why I Killed Peter

An excerpt from a graphic memoir that travels well-trod territory with wit, style, and relentless honesty.

Posted 02/03/09 in Vulture

The Comics Page

Comics Exclusive: Check Out the New Scott Pilgrim Book!

See six pages from the indie-rock comics cult hit that's the basis for Michael Cera's new movie.

Posted 01/28/09 in Vulture

The Comics Page

Literature, Self-Doubt, and Bad Sex: Read a Complete Comics Story From In the Flesh

A complete (dirty!) story from the award-winning Israeli cartoonist's new collection.