Words and Pictures

Celebrate Words and Pictures' 15th anniversary on the air with a visit from

Drawn to Berlin author Ali Fitgerald!

Drawn to Berlin follows Ali's encounters with Syrian youth, as

she teaches comics workshops at a makeshift refugee center in Germany and

hears personal stor...

Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore grew up loving comics and science

fiction, and have expanded both genres to address pressing issues of race

relations, gentrification, and aging.

Ben creates comic stories for The Nib as well as such graphic novels as

Your Black Fri...

Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore grew up loving comics and science

fiction, and have expanded both genres to address pressing issues of race

relations, gentrification, and aging.

Ben creates comic stories for The Nib as well as such graphic novels as

Your Black Fri...

David Chelsea reboots the wacky futuristic comics story he first

published a quarter-century ago, set in a dystopian Manhattan ruled by a

deranged real-estate magnate.

David Chelsea reboots the wacky futuristic comics story he first

published a quarter-century ago, set in a dystopian Manhattan ruled by a

deranged real-estate magnate.

Comics conventions are hotbeds of community-building for all flavors of

fandom.  But in The Long Con, an apocalyptic event turns convention-goers

into an unlikely band of survivors.  Co-writer Ben Coleman and illustrator

Emilee Denich join us and share the true-life tale...

Comics conventions are hotbeds of community-building for all flavors of

fandom.  But in The Long Con, an apocalyptic event turns convention-goers

into an unlikely band of survivors.  Co-writer Ben Coleman and illustrator

Emilee Denich join us and share the true-life tale...

John Callahan was the most unlikely of cartoonists, a quadriplegic who was

only able to grip a pen after extensive physical therapy.  Yet he became a

comics phenomenon, transforming personal and cultural demons into abrasive

yet hilarious single-panel gags that earned hi...