There are numerous parallels between architecture and comic books. Both are design mediums that are dependent on structure. Both have to work within constraints and needs physical and intellectual– ...

More than 100 years ago, a Life magazine cartoon satirizing New York City real estate ads didn’t mock overpriced apartment leases. Instead, artist A.B. Walker’s Manhattan skyscraper was roofless and ...

Modernist House - From Aya: Life in Yop City by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie, translated by Helge Dasche. Image Courtesy of Drawn & Quarterly The comic strip, la bande dessinée, the graphic ...

For those of us who swear by Batman (and thus snigger at film mash-ups with Superman), lawyer Lawrence Liang has something to add. “What is Batman about?” he says, adding, “It is the idea of a city ...

Today, worldbuilding is an important part of creative thinking in a wide array of activites. From successful film franchises, to video games, and to comics, worldbuilding is what draws in audiences ...

German-speaking Swiss Matthias Gnehm is a rarity among comic authors: the artist and screenwriter works as a freelance architect and incorporates his professional experience into his comics. One topic ...

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The design contest challenged architects to “Reimagine a New York City Icon” and the Montréal-based firm rose to the challenge with gusto. Lemay’s Farm Follows Fiction proposal (see PDF) imagines a ...

From Gotham City to Mega City One to New York and Tokyo - since the creation of the comic book - the landscape of the city has facinated authors. So what are the links between architecture and the ...

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The non-profit Vilcek Foundation has created a manga comic starring Zambia-born South African architect Denise Scott Brown as part of its mission to raise awareness of immigrants' contribution to the ...