nlindell – Comics Studies

Auto-graphy: A New Story to Tell

December 2, 2016 by nlindell

Allison Bechdel’s tragicomic Fun Home pushes the boundaries of what it means to be an autobiography so much so that it has coined a new term for itself: autography. In her article titled “The Space Between: A Narrative Approach to Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home,” Robyn Warhol explains why Bechdel’s breakthrough memoir is deserving of a new […]

Far Out, Far Side.

September 26, 2016September 27, 2016 by nlindell

I remember sitting in my bed at the ripe age of eight reading through a book full of “The Far Side” comics. I would leaf through the pages, get to the end, and then turn around and read the whole thing again. I’m not sure where I came across this book, nor am I entirely […]