Obsession
2023
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4.08
Average Rating
162
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We gotta admit, we are quite obsessed with comics. But as long as it is a healthy obsession, it should be fine... right? Or is there a point where you should be worried? In this issue we are digging deeper to find out more about our obsessions, and unfortunately, it’s not all about comics. Turns out there is quite a lot to be obsessed about. Hey, at least we’re trying to face our compulsions. What about you?
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Number of Ratings
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Authors
Harukichi
Author · 3 books
Pseudonym of Hirumichi Mikami
Lina Ghaibeh
Author · 1 books
Lina Ghaibeh is a comics and animation artist living in Beirut, and an associate professor at the American University of Beirut. She is director of the Mu'taz and Rada Sawwaf Arabic Comics Initiative at AUB, and coordinator of the graphic design program at the department of Architecture & Design. Her academic research focuses on Comics in the Arab world as part of contemporary Arab Culture, with her most recent articles Telling Graphic Stories of the Region: Arabic Comics after the Revolution, and From Behind the Doors Into the Streets: Women in Comics from the Arab World. Her animated shorts and comics art explore issues of identity, belonging and human rights, with Beirut as a site of inspiration, and have been screened and exhibited at several international film festivals and comics Salons.
Gareth Brookes
Author · 5 books
Gareth Brookes is a graphic novelist, print maker, textile artist, small press publisher, teacher, event organiser and researcher. He graduated from the Royal College of Art in London in 2003. He makes experimental graphic novels and handmade comics utilising unusual materials such as embroidery, pressed flowers and fire. In 2012 Brookes won the First Graphic Novel Prize. His teaching experience includes being a tutor in Foundation Studies at City & Guilds of London Art School and a visiting lecturer in Illustration at the University of Lincoln. Brookes organised the South London Comics and Zine Fair in 2017-18. He is currently a PhD candidate at University of Arts London researching materiality and metaphor in comics.
