By Tommy Hill | Dec 10 06:45 pm ET
Mad Magazine writer Al Jaffee brought his humor to Columbia on Wednesday
By Tommy Hill | Nov 19 07:24 pm ET
With the edgy, graffiti-swathed New York of 1984 as its stage, "The Year of Loving Dangerously" tells the rousing coming-of-age story of the now renowned political cartoonist in the year his life fell apart.
By Tommy Hill | Nov 5 08:19 pm ET
Having spent time wandering central Asia and trapped in a Turkish prison, comic artist Molly Crabapple has now turned her energy to "Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School," a comic-infused cabaret in the Slipper Room.
By Tommy Hill | Oct 22 07:33 pm ET
Bill Ayers' new graphic novel "To Teach" expounds his theories on the educational system, which are grounded in his own experiences as a teacher, activist, and community leader.
By Tommy Hill | Oct 8 07:29 pm ET
A newspaper that records the dreams of the city’s sleepers, a club for compulsive nail biters, and an asylum for pretzel addicts—can these oddities possibly exist just beneath the film of everyday existence? This is what award-winning cartoonist Ben Katchor explores in his comics.
By Tommy Hill | Sep 24 07:00 pm ET
To the uninitiated, the world of comic books may seem a grim and unsavory place, populated by pimply-faced, superhero-obsessed 12-year-olds and equally fanatic middle-aged collectors with far too much time on their hands. And I mean no offense to either group—one was my past, and the other will, quite possibly, be my future. But a quick visit to www.act-i-vate.com, the digital home of a dynamic collective of mainly New York-based writers and illustrators exploring their ideas in comic form, will be sure to shatter any neophyte’s delusions.
By Tommy Hill | Sep 13 09:27 pm ET
While the traditional publishing giants of the comic book world have seen better days, the Internet is allowing for an explosion of comic creations online.
By Tommy Hill | Apr 28 09:09 pm ET
Stephen H. Norwood’s latest book, The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower, offers a controversial look into Columbia University former president Nicholas Murray Butler’s darkest hour.
By Tommy Hill | Apr 22 09:37 pm ET
Columbia Professor Scott Snyder combines the fun of teaching with his short story collection Voodoo Heart
By Tommy Hill | Mar 24 08:06 pm ET
Though often considered a dry reference text, Roget's Thesaurus is actually full of fascinating personal history as Joshua Kendall proves in his new book, The Man Who Made Lists: Love, Death, Madness, and the Creation of Roget's Thesaurus.
