The Comics Journal

Today we are pleased to bring you an excerpt of Raquelle Jac's debut graphic novel, Bimbo Agitprop. The 360-page book, published by Fantagraphics, will be available in stores on Aug. 4 for $34.99. Here's the publisher's description of the comic:

We hit the halfway point of the year sweltering under the omega block and a humidity dome, which presumably have previously appeared as antagonists/doomsday events in one or more of DC’s titles over the decades, but in reality just combine to lead to you saying “it is HOT” back and forth to friends and loved ones on a loop, as sweat drips from your ...

all photographs herein are by the author

Living in Toronto is like hugging a cactus. The tighter you hold on, the more it hurts. Places in the city feel ghostly and ephemeral, where ...

In 1982, when he was 29 years old, Mark Gruenwald moved into a private fort in a high rise office on Park Avenue South. He was at that time an editor at Marvel Comics (an exalted title — his pay was on par with any other editor), and he had been tasked with assembling the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: a comprehensive catalog of the biographies, appearance...

Mia Wolff grew up drawing, reading, and climbing trees before arriving at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, to study painting. Fr...