visual arts
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Matt Bors Returns to Comics With Justice Warriors
Last year, political cartoonist Matt Bors — founder of The Nib and creator of thousands of comic strips you’ve almost definitely seen online at some point across his 18-year career — shocked the cartooning world by announcing his retirement from the realm of political comics. But now, Bors is ready to return to the medium,…
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Queer Men Become Romantic Superheroes, Pirates, and More in Comics Anthology Young Men in Love
Comics are a lot more open about exploring queer stories than they ever have been before. From independent queer-focused creations to even blockbuster pride celebrations from the likes of Marvel and DC, the medium has taken big steps toward bringing more LGBTQ creators and their stories into the spotlight. A new anthology from A Wave…
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Billionaire Goes to Space and Reviews a Manga
Yusaku Maezawa, the billionaire who founded Japanese internet fashion retail site Zozotown, is the first space tourist to visit the International Space Station in a decade. The entrepreneur told AP that his self-funded trip “pretty much” cost over $US80 ($112) million. While in space, he’s done a PR stunt for Uber Eats, showed off the…
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Fake Banksy NFT Sells For $465,000 Amid Suspicion the Artist’s Website Was Hacked
While most of us understand that non-fungible token’s are a tremendous scam, it’s not every day you see full-on art capers happening in the world of digital NFT’s. But we got a taste of what that might look like on Tuesday when one anonymous investor spent $US340,000 ($465,120) on an NFT from Banksy’s website, only to…