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Joamette Gil Summons ‘Power & Magic’ For Queer Witches Everywhere [Back Pages]
Power & Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology is a collection of stories about witches and witchcraft by queer women of color, including Devaki Neogi, Jemma Salume, and Aatmaja Pandya, curated by editor Joamette Gil. Currently running on Kickstarter, the anthology will be published by Gil's Power & Magic Press.
To find out more about this magical project, Back Pages spoke to Gil about how it came about, what readers can expect from the stories, and her future plans for Power & Magic Press.
Weekender: MECCAcon, MariNaomi, and #LatinxsCreate
The weekend is here! Take a look back at what’s happened in the past seven days. New comics, new stories, new podcasts, new art being made — it’s all part of the ComicsAlliance Weekender!
Weekender: ‘Kochikame’, Nina Bunjevac, And Fresh Gillen Cream
The weekend is here! Take a look back at what’s happened in the past seven days. New comics, new stories, new podcasts, new art being made — it’s all part of the ComicsAlliance Weekender!
Weekender: Zdarscon 2016, ‘Wild Wasp’, and Tom Fowler’s Sexual Dinosaur
The weekend is here! Take a look back at what’s happened in the past seven days. New comics, new stories, new podcasts, new art being made — it’s all part of the ComicsAlliance Weekender!
Ryan K. Lindsay Grabs ‘Deer Editor’ by the Horns [Back Pages]
With Deer Editor: Hack running on Kickstarter for the next few weeks, Back Pages tracked down the wild, roaming, Ryan K. Lindsay to find out how this weird comic first came together, to investigate the unique approach to crowdfunding that the project takes, and to learn just why the new face of hard-hitting journalism... is a talking deer.
Five Stars: How Larry Hama Made Comics History One Issue At A Time
Larry Hama's career in comics has spanned more than forty years, not just on the page but also behind the scenes, where he's mentored countless new writers and artists as they make their way through the industry. He continues to redefine the industry and the way people approach comics as a whole.
ComicsAlliance spoke to Hama about his artistic career by discussing five of his milestone works.
The Question: Who Was Your Childhood Hero? [Kids’ Comics]
This week we're celebrating kids comics, and how comics inspire and influence people from an early age. Comics are often a gateway into fiction as a whole, and for many, the characters we met as kids remain some of our personal heroes to this day, whether they wear a cape or not.
The question we put to our contributors this week is: Who was your childhood comics hero?
All At Sea: Should Your Kids Be Reading ‘Tamsin and The Deep’?
Can you feel a mystical fog sweeping across the sky, or is it just me? In Neill Cameron and Kate Brown's Tamsin and The Deep, it gets hard to tell the difference between reality and fantasy.
Kate-mia White Explores the Shadows of ‘A Dark Forest’ [Back Pages]
Leeds-based cartoonist Kate-mia White has been working on a fairytale, a hand-crafted comic set into seven fantastical parts. A Dark Forest is the story of Elizabeth, a young woman who lives with her family in a small house in a tiny village. However, Elizabeth starts to wonder why everyone around her is acting so strangely, and it turns out that her sister, Grace, has a bit of a secret --- and everybody else in the village is suspicious.
Now running a Kickstarter for the third issue of the series, White takes elements of folk tradition, myth, and dark fantasy and blends them into a unique, wonderful narrative. Completely hand-made --- every issue is hand-bound --- the sheer level of craft on display with this project is absolutely amazing. A Dark Forest is illustrated in keen detail, with a slowly unravelling narrative that feels like a fresh take on the classic fairytale. Back Pages spoke to White to learn more.
Boundless Spirit: Should My Kids Be Reading ‘Nenetl of The Forgotten Spirits’? [Kids’ Comics]
A fantastical journey through an eerie otherworld, Nenetl of the Forgotten Spirits is a memorable adventure that draws inspiration from Mexico’s Day of The Dead festival.