Graphic Novels

Essays About Graphic Novels

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A funny story about my broken heart and the nature of death.

December 2025 • 5 minute read

Feeling lost, I receive guidance from ancient poet.

November 2025 • 5 minute read

What’s the best comic I’ve ever read?

May 2025 • 1 minute read

I wasn’t expecting to draw a whole short story in 2020 but here it is - I hope you enjoy it!

December 2020 • 1 minute read

The third and final guest letter, with some useful advice on plotting out the panels of a comic.

August 2020 • 4 minute read

I break down the visual storytelling in this radical and fascinating graphic novel.

May 2020 • 2 minute read

A look inside Berlin - one of the best graphic novels I’ve ever read and my thoughts on what filmmakers can learn from comics artists.

January 2020 • 4 minute read

From Tilly Walden to William Blake - some inspirational notes on telling stories with words and pictures.

November 2019 • 4 minute read

A collection of ideas, quotes and provocations which are still lingering in my brain weeks after I saw them.

October 2019 • 6 minute read

Poetry, filmmaking, graphic novels and visual storytelling - take your pick!

May 2019 • 6 minute read

Thoughts on the creative process and letting the work tell you what it wants to be.

January 2019 • 3 minute read

How graphic novels and films are sister mediums, speaking the same language.

January 2019 • 3 minute read