Françoise Schuiten Interview
(NeoText, 2020)

An in-depth, career-spanning conversation with legendary Belgian cartoonist and illustrator François Schuiten

Howard Chaykin — A Life in Comics
(NeoText, 2020)

Howard Chaykin did not expect to find himself careening toward his seventieth birthday clean, sober, gainfully employed and living under quarantine. A freewheeling interview with the comics legend.

How ‘Curtis’ Tackled the Coronavirus in a Newspaper Comic
(The Daily Beast, May 17, 2020)

When Ray Billingsley’s gently funny, often insightful comic strip about an African-American family addressed the pandemic in real time, the story became heartbreakingly immediate.

Cartoonist Jules Feiffer Skewered Nixon and Now Trump
(The Daily Beast, Jan 19, 2020)

The legendary cartoonist, who turns 91 this month, has been satirizing politicians for decades. In an interview, he lays out the grotesque similarities between Nixon and Trump.

'To Laugh That We May Not Weep': Work of master cartoonist Art Young still resonates
(Chicago Tribune, Nov 21, 2017)

Among the lesser-known outcomes of the trial of the eight suspects in Chicago’s Haymarket riots: How it helped launch one of our great cartoonists.

Huckleberry Kat: How Mark Twain Influenced George Herriman
(Literary Hub, June 6, 2017)

The Secret Resonances Between Krazy Kat and Huckleberry Finn

The Fischer King (The New Orleans Advocate, Sept. 12, 2015)

Recalling four days in 1964 when Bobby Fischer brought his game to Louisiana.

Farewell to a Mutt

A tribute to President Obama from the funny pages

Pete, the Rookie (The Comics Journal, October 16, 2014)

Austin “Pete” Peterson, 108 years old, recalls his years as a Hearst cartoonist, as well as his encounters with John Steinbeck and Louis Armstrong.

The Voice of Tremé (Gambit Weekly, May 3, 2011)

A profile of New Orleans singer John Boutté.

The Charter School Flood (The Nation, August 23, 2007)

Drastic changes in the educational system are leaving New Orleans’s public schools behind.

Picking Up the Pieces in New Orleans (Chess Life Online, November 25, 2006)

Katrina scattered the board. Now, New Orleans’ chess community is trying to get back into the game.

Check Mates (WBEZ Chicago, Nov. 3, 2006)

Displaced by Katrina, my daughter entered a new school, unsure of her next move. Then she found the chess team.

Witnesses After the Deluge (The Chicago Reader, Oct. 19, 2006)

Chris Rose’s columns document everyday life post-Katrina.

Kalamu ya Salaam Listens to New Orleans (The Progressive, August 22, 2006)

Profile of New Orleans poet, teacher and activist Kalamu ya Salaam.

Submerged: On the Day Before Ashes (Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, March, 2006)

For the final installment in “Submerged,” an eleven-part series for the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, my family returns to New Orleans for the first Mardi Gras after Katrina.

The Last Don (Gambit Weekly, August 10, 2004)

Don Rickles, from Las Vegas to Biloxi, Mississippi. 

Splendiferous (Gambit Weekly, 2003)

An homage to Harvey Pekar, with art by Rhett Thiel.

The Wizard of Odds (Gambit Weekly, 1995)

A reporter teams up with professional card-counters to break the bank in Biloxi.

Jerry Lee’s Legacy (Offbeat, August 1993)

The Lewis family has opened a museum in their Ferriday home. Within it live the stories and spirits that forged rock’s Killer.