Tom Tirabosco: Comics Between Nature and Spirituality
L’œil de la forêt, Casterman, 2003 et les Arts dessinés, 2024 Tom Tirabosco, born in Rome in 1966 and raised in Geneva, is one of the most important contemporary Swiss comic book authors and illustrators. After studying at the Geneva School of Fine Arts, he developed a personal and poetic style, capable of combining […]
Engaging Islamic Tradition in Ms. Marvel
Comics such as Ms. Marvel, which features a Muslim protagonist, deploy a seemingly simple language to explore complex subjects like religion and politics without commodifying or trivializing. Fun and entertainment do not imply superficiality or ephemerality. My Religiomics research project shows that comics are potent tools to explore and understand the complexities of our […]
Alan Moore’s magic: a Review of The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic written by Alan Moore and Steven Moore (Top Shelf Productions / Knockabout Comics, 2024)
Alan Moore (born 1953) is one of the most important comic book writers and has had a profound influence on popular culture. His works — Watchmen, From Hell, V for Vendetta, just to name a few — revolutionized the comics industry. Moore’s body of work demonstrates that comics can and should be taken seriously as […]
Hugo Pratt’ unsettling knowledge
Hugo Pratt was born in Rimini in Italy in 1927, but he grew up in Venice, where his cosmopolitan family lived. His grandparents had French-English and Jewish-Turkish origins. His grandfather was a leading figure of the Fascist party in Venice and his father, Rolando Pratt, decided to move his family to Ethiopia following the colonial […]
