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The 9th Art: Sunday Adventures in History with Alley Oop

Felix James Miller October 20, 2024

The time-travel comics of V.T. Hamlin remind us that our present moment is only one thread in the vast and ongoing tapestry of history.

The Last Native Belgian: Tintin in Brussels

Jonathon Van Maren May 29, 2024

The ongoing popularity of Hergé’s work has as much to do with nostalgia for a lost world as the adventure stories that he tells.

The 9th Art: Before Blake and Mortimer: The Memorable Pulp of The U Ray and The Fiery Arrow

Felix James Miller March 30, 2024

The U Rayis not perfect, but it’s bursting with adventure that has inspired one of the greatest comic writers of our time.

The 9th Art: Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant, King Arthur, and the Adventure of Life

Felix James Miller February 5, 2024

This sprawling epic is a reminder that the human condition can call us to something more.

Asterix and the White Iris Brings Back a Bit of Bite

David Engels January 6, 2024

The new Asterix is not disappointing, but it nonetheless fails by being too conventional.

The 9th Art: The Deceptive Simplicity of Peyo’s Smurfs

Felix James Miller December 9, 2023

Peyo’s original Smurfs series offers readers a glimpse into a beautiful, sylvan world of medievalist wonder and adventure.

The Mind (and Art) of E.P. Jacobs: “Odyssey to the Origins of Blake and Mortimer”

Felix James Miller September 9, 2023

Curated by Eric Dubois, this exhibit holds a looking glass up to the earliest works of Blake and Mortimer’s creator, portraying him as a modern-day Homeric storyteller.

The 9th Art: Watchmen, Deconstruction, and Comics For Adults

Felix James Miller August 5, 2023

This graphic novel was clearly crafted by two men who share a love of older superhero comics, even as they used their work to interrogate the genre and the world that produced it.

The 9th Art: The Captivating Style of Blake and Mortimer

Felix James Miller July 8, 2023

The series, which focuses on the adventures of the daring duo of Francis Blake and Phillip J. Mortimer, has a feeling, a style, all its own. Edgar P. Jacobs and his successors craft fully fleshed-out worlds that draw readers in, making us sad to leave at the end of each work.

The 9th Art: Catholicism and Cultural Interplay in the Works of Gene Luen Yang

Felix James Miller June 3, 2023

Much discussion of Yang’s work has focused on the ways that he expertly depicts the interplay (and clash) between East and West within the context of deeply human stories. However, far less ink has been spilled over the role that Christianity has in this interplay.

Tag: comics

The 9th Art: Sunday Adventures in History with Alley Oop

The Last Native Belgian: Tintin in Brussels

The 9th Art: Before Blake and Mortimer: The Memorable Pulp of The U Ray and The Fiery Arrow

The 9th Art: Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant, King Arthur, and the Adventure of Life

Asterix and the White Iris Brings Back a Bit of Bite

The 9th Art: The Deceptive Simplicity of Peyo’s Smurfs

The Mind (and Art) of E.P. Jacobs: “Odyssey to the Origins of Blake and Mortimer”

The 9th Art: Watchmen, Deconstruction, and Comics For Adults

The 9th Art: The Captivating Style of Blake and Mortimer

The 9th Art: Catholicism and Cultural Interplay in the Works of Gene Luen Yang

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