Strip Search with London + Chianca

The inaugural chair of the Master of Fine Arts in Visual Narrative at Boston University, Joel Christian Gill recently talked to Strip Search about the exhibit he curated there, “ Comics Is A Medium, Not a Genre ,” running through March 24, 2023. It’s a free exhibit that covers a century and a half of American comic books, comic strips, graphic novels and more, in an attempt to show how comics can tell any kind of story to any age group or demographic. (Not just kids, in other words.) “It becomes this really pure art form,” Gill says, explaining that comics, with their unique blend of words and visuals, have a way of reaching readers that other media might not. “It teaches you things because it talks to you on this subconscious level,” he says. Gill talked about curating the exhibit, about his own work — including the great graphic novel series "Strange Fruit" — and about why comics sometimes scare people to death. Plus, learn about his new project with Ibram Kendi, " St

Christopher Weyant (Photo by Helen McGuire) Christopher Weyant has not just one, but two of the best jobs in cartooning. First off, he’s a New Yorker cartoonist, where he’s spent 25 years making light of, well, anything and everything. He’s also an editorial cartoonist, often for the Boston Globe, skewering the powerful and pointing out the absurdity that seems to run more and more rampant in the halls of power these days. And that's just how he likes it! “So the New Yorker cartoons that we do for  The Daily  are very, very funny, often incredibly witty, they can be sharp. But they're not as pugilistic as a political cartoon,” he told us about his New Yorker work. “And I love being able to have that other venue. You’re there really to make fun of the king, to go after someone who's abusing power, and to make them look immoral or silly or ridiculous … I love that aspect of it.” Watch or listen below for our far-ranging discussion about Chris's dual career, how he got int