James’ plot seems modeled on the Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev’s political novel “ Virgin Soil ,” which also influenced Joseph Conrad’s “ The Secret Agent .” These Gilded Age novels, each of which ...

Zach Rabiroff for The Comics Journal investigates the state of political cartooning as the practitioners face a revitalized ...

A Marvel comics veteran, Rick Parker of Falmouth released 'Drafted' last fall. It's now drawing praise from critics.