A diptych of two Gary Handman cartoon posts: Left, Day 148: "Alien abduction," and Day 342: "Whistler's mother." (Gary Handman) Last March, just before the state of California ordered us to stay at ...

In the early months of the pandemic, Wuhanese American illustrator and writer Laura Gao drew a life-changing comic. Gao, who goes by the pronouns they/them and she/her, wrote and drew "The Wuhan I ...

Many animation festivals and conferences on the fall calendar have already announced that their 2020 editions will be turning virtual, but at least one event is forging ahead with plans to hold an ...

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In the funny and heartfelt coming-of-age graphic memoir 'Messy Roots,' artist Laura Gao unpacks their relationship with their Asianness, queerness... In the early months of the pandemic, Wuhanese ...