After a 17-year absence from graphic novels following 1998’s Hicksville, Dylan Horrocks returns this month with Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen, a book that serves as both an example and exploration of ...

Sam Zabel was once a cartoonist of minor renown and much acclaim, but in the last few years, he has suffered from persistant anhedonia and writer’s block. He’s lost the joy of making comics, and his ...