TCJ first talked to Iasmin Omar Ata in 2017, after the publication of their first graphic novel Mi(s)hadra, a book inspired by their own experiences dealing with epilepsy during their college years. A...

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Gina Gagliano talks to the author of A Garden of Spheres and Stages of Rot about fantasy, dragons and why frogs are so fascinating.

Diamond’s disintegration is not the only crisis facing comics publishers these days. The latest distribution company ceasing to exist is the venerable library distributor Baker & Taylor. If you’re not...

Gina Gagliano talkes to the Cannon author about queerness, invisible magpies, kitchens, and bicycles.

Ngozi Ukazu talks to Gina Gagliano about all that’s led up to this moment, and about her latest graphic novel, Flip, which tells the story of a Black high school girl who switches bodies with the popu...

Does Mariko Tamaki ever stop? Let's hope not! Here she talks to Gina Gagliano about superheroes, queer identity, the best eyebrows ever, and her new murder mystery set at an all-girls' boarding school...

Gina Gagliano talked to forty-five comics stores about how they’re weathering this year’s financial changes and upsets.

Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud talk to Gina Gagliano about their collaboration, The Cartoonists Club.

Gina Gagliano follows up in how the comic book publishing industry is being affected by the Trump administration’s reckless tariffs.

Gina Gagliano talked to a host of comics publishers to get a sense of what the potential effects of increased tariffs from the new Trump administration could be.

What were the best comics of this past year? No idea, but here's some stuff our contributors really liked.

Bianca Xunise talks with Gina Gagliano about her new book Punk Rock Karaoke, Poly Styrene, punk and plagiarism.

There's been a troubling rise in challenged and banned books in recent years- why are comics being targeted?

There's been a troubling rise in challenged and banned books in recent years- why are comics being targeted?

Siobhán Gallagher talks with Gina Gagliano about healing oneself by drawing the unmentionable, body image, and approaching the hidden culture of disordered eating.

A rising star in contemporary kids' comics and 'hybrid' comics/prose novels for middle grade audiences, multi-award-winning cartoonist Remy Lai discusses the mythology behind her latest release.