Etelka Lehoczky

Etelka Lehoczky appears in the following:

'Infidel' Uses The Supernatural To Explore Racism's Real Life Horrors

Sunday, October 07, 2018

The new comic series from creators Pornsak Pichetshote and Aaron Campbell follows a young Muslim-American woman living in an apartment building haunted by evil entities that feed on racist hate.

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Life, Love and Hockey (Oooh, And Pie) In 'Check, Please!'

Sunday, September 30, 2018

Ngozi Ukazu's charming, cheerful webcomic about a gay college hockey player has been collected in book form. Check, Please! stays squarely on the bright side of life, a brave choice in its own way.

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The Big Lebowski Lives On In 'Where's The Dude?'

Saturday, September 29, 2018

If you like a nice White Russian and have a rug that really ties the room together, you'll get a kick out of figuring out where, exactly, the Dude is abiding in the background of various movie scenes.

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Apocalypse? Naw. 'Woman World' Is a Laid-Back Utopia

Saturday, September 15, 2018

Aminder Dhaliwal's popular Instagram comic chronicles life in a world where men have gone extinct. It turns out, without men, life is pretty mellow — making for a sly critique of patriarchy.

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From A Read-Along Record To A Profane Tarot: The Year's Quirkiest Crowdfunded Comics

Saturday, September 01, 2018

Crowdfunding and comics go well together — in fact, comic artists were doing it before that term existed. This year has been a good one for crowdfunded comics, and we've picked some of the best.

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'Coyote Doggirl' Is A Childlike Western With Hidden Depths

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Artist Lisa Hanawalt creates kids' stories for grownups, both on TV — she's the production designer for BoJack Horseman — and in her new book Coyote Doggirl, a candy-colored Western saga.

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Spooky And Off-Kilter, 'Come Again' Shows Nate Powell's Virtuosity

Thursday, August 09, 2018

Powell is known for his work on John Lewis' autobiography March -- but his new graphic novel goes in a different direction, digging into family secrets and supernatural horrors in an Ozarks commune.

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'The Provocative Colette' Celebrates The Power of Beauty

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Cartoonist Annie Goetzinger's new biography of the French writer and provocateur Colette focuses on her most youthful, beautiful decades — set in a romanticized, cleaned-up version of Paris.

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'Garlandia' Is A Trippy, Visionary, Not Quite Sublime Graphic Novel

Saturday, July 28, 2018

The big new collaboration between Lorenzo Mattotti and Jerry Kramsky is visually gorgeous, lush and virtuosic — but its story of a peaceful fantasy world threatened by a crisis feels generic.

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Floating Prison Drones Equal Menace In 'The Furnace'

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Prentis Rollins' new graphic novel is set in a near future where the government uses drone-powered mobile invisibility fields to control its prisoners, keeping them out of sight and incommunicado.

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With Gonzo Flair, A New Graphic Novel Kills Hitler

Thursday, June 28, 2018

Anthony Del Col's gung-ho tale of a convoluted plot to bump off Hitler is jam-packed with beret-wearing Resistance fighters, frosty female spies and epic car chases — plus the dictator's secret son.

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A Cornucopia Of Comic Artists Pay Homage To Michael Chabon's Escapist

Sunday, June 24, 2018

Chabon created the Escapist for his 2000 novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay — but now he's become a real comic hero, his exploits drawn by equally legendary figures such as Will Eisner.

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'Betty' Casts A Quirky Light On Life After Breast Cancer

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

This graphic novel from creators Julie Rocheleau and Vero Cazot is a light, often zany story of a woman dealing with breast cancer that never loses its grounding in the real pain she's going through.

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Murder Is Minimal In Spooky 'Sabrina'

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Graphic novelist Nick Drnaso's new book chronicles the aftermath of a murder in tightly-controlled, almost miserly panels that still manage to convey the horror of a senseless killing.

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In 'Rock Steady,' Ellen Forney Combines Mental Health Advice, Artistry and Wit

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Following up on her instant-classic Marbles — about her experiences with bipolar disorder — cartoonist Forney lays out her coping strategies in warm, deftly-rendered and densely informative style.

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'Love That Bunch' Immortalizes Lifelong Troublemaker Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Saturday, May 05, 2018

This heavy, important-feeling retrospective covers several decades of Kominsky-Crumb's flawed but fascinating work. Our critic says it's certainly comprehensive — but lacking somewhat in fun.

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'Your Black Friend' Is Back, With Plenty To Say

Thursday, May 03, 2018

Ben Passmore expands on his popular self-published 2016 comic — also called Your Black Friend — in this new volume, jam packed with dense, brilliantly colored drawings and thoughtful reflections.

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Superparents Break The Fourth Wall In 'Eternity'

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Cosmonauts Abram and Myshka have traveled the universe and gained superpowers — but in Eternity, they face a new challenge: Parenthood. (And an epic conflict over the destiny of their super-kid.)

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From B-Boys To X-Men: Alt-Comics' Ed Piskor Goes Mainstream

Thursday, April 05, 2018

Cartoonist Ed Piskor is best known for his award-winning Hip Hop Family Tree series, and for working with alt-comics legend Harvey Pekar. So how did he get Marvel to give him a shot at the X-Men?

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Immigration Is (And Isn't) Black And White In 'Yellow Negroes'

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

French cartoonist Yvan Alagbé uses a stark black and white palette to investigate the ways Western comics portray race — and the ways his country treats (and mistreats) its immigrant population.

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