Our latest Notable Narrative is “Stowaway,” an interactive comic, published by The Atavist, that tells the story of a young Ethiopian boy, “Fanuel,” who made his way to the United States via human trafficking and perseverance. The writer is Tori Marlan, a Montreal-based freelance investigative reporter and former Alicia Patterson fellow, and Josh Neufeld, a [...]
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Tori Marlan and Josh Neufeld on the webcomics narrative ‘Stowaway’
October 19, 2012 – 8:23 am
By Paige Williams
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Posted in #longreads, comics narratives
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Also tagged Alicia Patterson fellow, Alissa Quart, Brooke Gladstone, Dan Archer, David Axe, David Greenberger, Evan Ratliff, Harvey Pekar, Jefferson Rabb, Josh Neufeld, Knight-Wallace Fellow, Luke Radl, R. Walker, The Atavist, the Chicago Reader, The New York Times, Tim Hamilton, Tori Marlan, webcomics
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Death comes for comics storyteller Harvey Pekar (October 8, 1939 – July 12, 2010)
July 13, 2010 – 4:23 pm
Comic book writer and misfit Harvey Pekar spent his life bracing for the worst, and now, finally, he can relax. Pekar was a non-fiction storyteller who recorded his daily existence for others to draw. In the medium of American comics, where the power fantasies of corporate superheroes in tights are the norm, Pekar’s work stands [...]
By Ernesto Priego
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Posted in images, words
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Also tagged Comics Beat, Comics Blog, Comics Reporter, David Letterman, Frank Stack, Harvey Pekar, Joyce Barbner, Mediaite, New York Daily News, Paul Giamatti, Robert Crumb, The Comics Journal, The Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Plain Dealer, The Washington Post
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