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Highbrow Trash
A harsh, politically aware comic from the late artist David Wojnarowicz returns.
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Updates on Mary
Mary Szybist’s poems long for God, and treat her own longing with scorn.
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Announcing the Winners of the Cartoonist Studio Prize
Here’s to the best graphic novel and Web comic of 2012.
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Farewell to Patti
A touching and beautiful goodbye, in watercolor, from a husband to his wife.
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Can You Trust Jared Diamond?
One thing he could learn from traditional societies: Show your work.
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Bao Wow Wow Yippee Yo Yippee Yay
Eddie Huang and the rise of the “big dick Asian.”
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The Cartoonist Studio Prize: The Shortlists
The 10 graphic novels and 10 Web comics competing for Slate’s new comics prize.
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Phreaks and Geeks
Before Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak invented Apple, they hacked phones.
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The Marriage Plot
Suzanne Venker’s recipe for a lasting union: “Just be nice, cook, and have sex!”
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Love Bytes
A veteran of online dating finds he’s somewhat compatible with Dan Slater’s new book.
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How Fiction Doesn’t Work
David Shields continues his quest for a more perfect genre.
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The Town Where the Dead Came Back to Life
Revival cartoonist Mike Norton illustrates the February Slate Book Review.
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You Can Do Better Than Mr. Darcy
Nick Carraway, Gus McCrae, and the 10 most attractive men in literature.
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Finer Characters
Brett Ashley, Daisy Buchanan, and the 10 most attractive women in literature.
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Chung-Chung!
The first novel by the creator of Law & Order feels just like a Law & Order episode. Thank goodness.
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