Category Archives: Web Comics

Our Plague Year

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Wim Lockefeer

On the website of Home, the centre for contemporary art, theatre, film and more in Manchester (UK), cartoonist and illustrator Nick Burton has been running a weekly comic for almost a year now that eerily (and probably quite purposefully) coincides … Continue reading →

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This is tough, indeed

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Wim Lockefeer

In the most recent installment of the Drawn to MoMA series, Ben Passmore tells a tale of disconnect, and of life imitating art imitating life talking about it. This is tough, indeed. While you’re there, also check out previous contributions … Continue reading →

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The Impeachable Trump

Posted on February 18, 2021 by Wim Lockefeer

R. Sikoryak, probably best known for his Masterpiece Comics and Terms and Conditions feats, combined some of Donald Trump’s most outrageous quotes with classic comic covers in his 2017 book, The Unquotable Trump. For the past few months, he has … Continue reading →

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Drippingly funny

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Wim Lockefeer

I love comics that play with the format, even if only in a clunky way. This strip, from the South African cartoonist Scribbly G, is a good panel gag. Nothing more to ad. (Via Reddit)

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New Meccano

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Wim Lockefeer

Meccano is a tiny little country in the south of Europe, where the rich do the bidding of the ultra-rich, and life is ruled by greed, hedonism and opportunism. Ever since Dutch atom style magician Hanco Kolk started chronicling life … Continue reading →

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The Möbius Comic

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Wim Lockefeer

In addition to his quite remarkable autobiographical strips, John “Nohj” Cullen likes to skirt the boundaries of what is possible in short comics with his Gramfel series, if not simply how far you can take a Garfield parody without getting … Continue reading →

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The perils of taking a cab

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Wim Lockefeer

Illustrated PEN is a weekly feature on the PEN America website showcasing some of the best non-fiction and reportage comics around. The latest installment is a funny comic by Eric Orner about the joys and risks of taking a cab in Israel … Continue reading →

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Kerbaj gets as meta as can be

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Wim Lockefeer

In a series on the quite excellent Drawing The Times website, which is dedicated to journalism in comics format, Lebanese cartoonist Mazen Kerbaj takes a quite meta approach to the idea, and decides to document his search for a subject worthy … Continue reading →

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Albania ho!

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Wim Lockefeer

British comics creator Richard Cowdry takes a bit of the cake that Guy Delisle baked by following his partner on an adventure abroad. Can’t wait to read his impressions and thoughts on life in Tirana.

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Here be watchmen

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Wim Lockefeer

With a title like, To Set A Watchman, it’s small wonder that Harper Lee‘s new novel rings a bell with even the most casual reader of graphic novels. However, leave it to Ruben Bolling to use that pavlovian response and … Continue reading →

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