Comics

Comics

Articles, reviews, and recommendations on the best graphic novels and comic strips from a university professor who teaches the comic arts.

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The Best Animated Music Videos, Vol. 1

This new Retro series celebrates the best exemplars of the comic arts and music in juxtaposition. The videos in this series are considered some of the…

May 20 •

The Best Comic Books and Graphic Novels, Vol. 2

A longtime English professor who taught comic books and graphic novels for years ranks the very best ones out there. If you haven’t experienced the…

May 13 •

(Press Play Archives #3) Hawkeye, Normcore Avenger: A Mellow Revolution from Marvel Comics’ Matt Fraction and David Aja

This RETRO series re-publishes essays from the first U.S. column on metamodernism, “Metamericana,” which IndieWire's “Press Play” imprint hosted in the…

Sep 25, 2022 •

RETRO Recommends the Best of the Best: Comic Books and Graphic Novels

In this new RETRO series, one man—among other things, a professor of digital culture and experimental lit—ranks graphic novels, TV shows, films, books…

Oct 18, 2021 •

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