BY K-FAI STEELE Steele created “Mystery Monkey” during the ACA Comics residency in Florida during October 2012. Steele was inspired by the New York Times article, showing Mystery Monkey to be truly wily – after being shot in the neck with a tranquilizer dart, he would pluck it out, hide under a bench and sleep … Continue reading
BY SARA DRAKE Sara Drake is a Chicago-based cartoonist, writer and educator. She enjoys geodes, quiet moments with quiet people, and aspires to be the first cartoonist at the South Pole. “Operation Lunch,” Drake’s newest graphic project, is a mosaic of interviews collected over lunch with Khmer Rouge regime survivors spliced with Drake’s experience as … Continue reading
BY NOEL FRANKLIN Last Call #1: OK Hotel, Seattle An introduction to the series: Last Call developed from my research for a potential graphic novel. As a beginning comics creator, I felt this project would do double-duty: it’s a way to practice the art form while accumulating an image bank to draw from in future, … Continue reading
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