Sunday Submissions: ‘Samandal’
2022-07-03
Beirut-based comic magazine Samandal is calling for submissions for their 18th issue.Continue Reading
Ground-breaking Middle Eastern Comics Anthology Launches; Proceeds to Support ‘Samandal’
2015-12-18
“[T]his collection includes an awesome range of work – from autobiographical to political to surreal to silly, as well as a wonderful introduction by one of the contributing artists contextualizing the work.”Continue Reading
The ‘Graphic Poem’ as Protest Literature
2011-04-09
A good deal has been written, and rightly so, about the role protest poetry has played in this “Arab spring.” Less has been said about political poetry’s younger cousin: the political cartoon.Continue Reading
The Time to Publish (Your) Arabic Graphic Novel is…Now
2011-03-24
The Arabic graphic novel has had a somewhat rocky start. Dogged by financial issues, censorship, and a suspicion that it is not really for grown-ups, the genre is just now finding its legs.Continue Reading
Arabic-language Readers ‘Starving’ for Comics
2011-01-14
Or, if you prefer, “graphic novels”: The new publication in question—which sold out its initial print run in two hours—is definitely for grown-ups. The magazine, called TokTok, is apparently stamped with the advice: “Keep out of reach of children.” Continue Reading
The Past and Future of Arabic Comics
2010-07-20
It’s not unusual that an adult would have a box of old comic books stashed somewhere. But avid Lebanese collector Henry Matthews—who apparently has collected tens of thousands of individual comics—is turning his passion into a historical and literary preservation project. First was his Encyclopedia of Lebanese Comic Books, publishedContinue Reading
Publishing Perspectives Looks at Arabic Graphic Novels
2010-07-13
After dropping in on a recent YA-writing workshop in Cairo, translator/commentator Chip Rosetti published the first of a two-part series for the online magazine Publishing Perspectives about Arabic graphic novels. Continue Reading
