Bill Kartalopoulos

Bill Kartalopoulos is series editor for the Best American Comics series. He also teaches comics history and the graphic novel at Parsons The New School for Design and the School of Visual Arts. He is currently working on a general history of American comics for Princeton University Press.

Six Comic Books For Further Reading

March 2016
Bill Kartalopoulos

Guy Peellaert & Pierre Bartier The Adventures of Jodelle Trans. Kim Thompson Fantagraphics Belgian artist Guy Peellaert’s (1934 –2008) multifaceted oeuvre included film posters (Tax...
International Comics: Five Groundbreaking Publishers

March 2016
Bill Kartalopoulos

From Buddha Jumps, issue 1 of Folder Attacks (nos:books, 2014) nos:books Taipei, Taiwan www.nosbooks.com I first encountered nos:books at the 2014 edition of the New York Art Book F...
Ilan Manouach: Defamiliarizing Comics

March 2016
Bill Kartalopoulos

Shapereader, by Ilan Manouach (shapereader.org) To say that Ilan Manouach is the most recognized avant-garde comics artist in Greece may be faint praise. The country’s independent comics sce...
Discovering International Comics

March 2016
Bill Kartalopoulos

From L’Ascension du Haut Mal, by David B. (L’Association, 1996–2003) I’m so pleased to guest-edit this comics-themed issue for World Literature Today for many reasons. Personally—an...