New Release: “The Beast: Making A Living On A Dying Planet”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2018 Canadian Publisher Ad Astra Comix Launches Original Graphic Novel “The Beast” Exploring Alberta’s Oil Sands & Corporate Advertising Ad Astra Comix is pleased to...
View ArticleTHE BEST DAMN ARTICLE ABOUT ERIC DROOKER I’VE EVER READ
a guest post by Seth Tobocman Tucked inside AK Thompson’s largely political anthology PREMONITIONS (Selected Essays On The Culture Of Revolt) are two chapters about art that ought to be a wake-up-call...
View ArticleWhat We Mean When We Talk About Freedom of Speech
Words: Hugh Goldring Pictures: Nicole Marie Burton Based on the research of Sky Croeser (Dept Internet Studies, Curtin University) To order this comic as a booklet, visit our online store....
View ArticleIntroducing: “Rainbow Reflections: Body Image Comics for Queer Men”
Art and scholarship come together in this stunning full-colour comics anthology! Thirty-eight short comics reflect on body image from the perspectives of queer men, exploring our understandings of...
View ArticleBogged Down: A Review of Environmental Comic ‘Rain’
by Alex Gendler | October 31, 2019 For those who remember their high school reading assignments, the name “Thrushcross” might ring a few bells. But although “Rain” sets its story in the same dreary...
View ArticleMISSION IMPOSSIBLE: PETER KUPER TAKES ON JOSEPH CONRAD’S HEART OF DARKNESS
by Seth Tobocman | October 31, 2019 Peter Kuper is a first rate comic book artist and a master stylist who has, over the years, adapted many classic works of literature to graphic format, including...
View ArticleTAKE CARE: A Community Response to Covid-19
Words by Hugh Goldring and art by Nicole Marie Burton of Ad Astra Comix. Please share widely but be sure to credit us as the artists. To work with us, e-mail us at petroglyphcomics at gmail.
View ArticleComic Art Poster Series: “So You Care About Indigenous Scholars?”
Page text by the “So You Care About Indigenous Scholars?” Collective In February 2020, a group of Indigenous and allied scholars collaborated with Ad Astra Comix to produce a series of posters about...
View ArticlePOWER BORN OF DREAMS is a graphic novel born behind bars
A guest post by Seth Tobocman Prison can crush the soul. There are people who survive a short sentence only to come out emotionally crippled for the rest of their lives. But there are others who...
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