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Author: Chris Mautner

By day, Chris Mautner is the mild-mannered social media producer for PennLive.com. By night, he writes about really nerdy things for The Comics Journal . . . and this site. He is one-quarter of the podcast Comic Books Are Burning in Hell.
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11/05/2018

Dirty Plots

A look at Canadian cartoonist Julie Doucet’s feminist comics

by Chris Mautner

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09/27/2018

Translating Identity

Reading L. Nichols and Edie Fake's memoirs

by Chris Mautner

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08/30/2018

Socially Conscious Sci-Fi

Cartoonist Sloane Leong’s Prism Stalker makes allusions to contemporary issues.

by Chris Mautner

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08/02/2018

Unrestrained Analogs

Michael Fiffe’s characters might have superpowers, but they don’t act like superheroes

by Chris Mautner

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06/28/2018

Investigating Mauretania

The new world of comics

by Chris Mautner

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05/31/2018

Why Eleanor Davis?

The ridiculous and the profound in the cartoonist’s latest release

by Chris Mautner

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04/27/2018

Yvan Alagbé’s Political Menagerie

The new North American edition of the French classic demands close, repeated readings.

by Chris Mautner

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03/26/2018

Death by Balloon

The horrifying and hilarious world of Junji Ito

by Chris Mautner

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01/25/2018

The Tremendous Trump

Our president, in caricature

by Chris Mautner

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12/28/2017

Comic Countdown

The Panelist’s favorite comics of 2017

by Chris Mautner

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