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Sarah Drake has an extensive and very smart interview with Sarah Glidden up at Bad at Sports. It’s a really savvy conversation about comics, journalism, and being an artist.
Drake has created tremendous comics from Cambodia, and Glidden, a contributor to Symbolia, is working on a new book about journalism and the Middle East (check out the sneak peek above!). Their chat is totally worth a read.
Like Stowaway, Dan Archer’s piece for BBC Magazine uses comics to tell a human trafficking victim’s story.
A graphic narrative that eulogizes Fox Guy, the eccentric animal rights activist of one DC suburb.
Check out our graphic narrative, Stowaway.
In the latest issue of Symbolia: Meet Lolo, a young boy who chose to leave the United States when his father was deported. Lolo now lives in Mexico while his older sister Gabby and his mother remain in the U.S.
“Lolo’s Story” is a powerful look at the human impact of immigration policies in the United States by Beth Caldwell, Kat Leyh, Joel Medina, and Erin Siegel.
To read this article, download our iPad app or subscribe to our PDF Edition. You can also purchase the issue for $2.99 without a subscription.
Josh Neufeld and Tori Marlan’s Stowaway also examines the human impact of U.S. immigration policies on a young boy.
Symbolia’s first official issue is here! If you haven’t purchased a subscription yet, now is the time. Single issues are $2.99—and only $1.99 per issue for subscribers. Get Symbolia on your iPad or via PDF today.
EXCITING!
Symbolia Contributor Jess Ruliffson will be discussing her upcoming graphic novel which compiles veteran narratives on February 13th, 2013, 6:30-7:30pm at The Drawing Center in NYC. More details below.
We are so there.
The Best Graphic Novels and Graphic Nonfiction of 2012. Which reminds us: check out our interactive graphic nonfiction novella, Stowaway.
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In “Ask me About Psych Rock in Africa,” Damien Scogin and Chris A. Smith tell the story of Keith Kabwe, a leading figure in Zambia’s psychedelic rock scene. If you’ve already read the story, check out this great playlist of Amanaz’s album “Africa,” or learn more from Now Again Records.
Damien Scogin also designed the awesome cover for The Electric Mind!
What will you find in future issues of Symbolia?
Here’s a sneak peek from our next issue. Lolo’s Story is about two siblings separated by deportation. Produced by Beth Caldwell, Joel Medina, and Erin Siegal, a team of multimedia journalists, and illustrator Kat Leyh, Lolo’s Story features dynamic illustration, video and audio interviews, animation, and more. It’s going to be a blockbuster.
We’re pretty excited about our next issue, in other words. If you want to get your hands on Lolo’s Story the minute it’s released, subscribe today via our iPad app or get Symbolia’s PDF edition.
And we are so excited to share it with you. Symbolia mixes the best of comics art with thoughtful journalism from around the world.
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