SVA Responds to COVID-19
Read the latest on SVA’s response to the coronavirus and find the resources you need.
During the COVID-19 quarantine, we’ve offered a multitude of things to read, watch and do to keep the SVA community inspired, occupied, safe, sane and creative. We’ve proposed tips on working or learning from home, delivered artistic responses to the coronavirus, ideas on where to safely social distance outside, advice for staying emotionally healthy, recommendations for movies and TV shows to watch, cookbooks to try out, books to read to your children, and more (all of it is accessible here).
As self-isolation continues, so do our recommendations. Below is the latest—a roundup of recent graphic novels, cartoons and comics by SVA alumni and faculty. Happy reading, and stay safe and healthy!
Batman: Creature of the Night is a standalone story set outside the regular continuity of the Batman comic, about a boy named Bruce Wainwright after the death of his parents.
Written by Kurt Busiek; illustrated by John Paul Leon (BFA 1994 Illustration)
DC Comics
Hardcover/e-book, $24.99/$16.99
Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness is a graphic-novel adaptation of Conrad's novella about a voyage up the Congo River and the horrors of colonialism in Africa.
Adapted by Peter Kuper (faculty, BFA Cartooning)
W.W. Norton & Company
Hardcover, $21.95
The Marvel Art of Joe Quesada follows the illustrious career of Joe Quesada (BFA 1984 Illustration), EVP creative director, Marvel Entertainment, from his start as a comics illustrator. It features some of his best interior and cover art, as well as previously unpublished images and sketches.
Marvel Universe
Hardcover, $50
Promethee 13:13 is a limited-series prequel to Cristophe Bec's best-selling science fiction series Promethee.
Written by Andy Diggle; illustrated by Shawn Martinbrough (BFA 1993 Illustration)
Comixology Originals
E-book series, $2.99 per issue
Steven Universe: The Tale of Steven is the official picture book adaptation of "Change Your Mind," an hourlong special episode of Cartoon Network's Steven Universe.
Written by Rebecca Sugar; illustrated by Elle Michalka and Angie Wang
Abrams Books
Hardcover/e-book, $14.99/$10.79
Stoker & Wells: Order of the Golden Dawn is a graphic novel that combines real people and literary creations to create a new story full of adventure and exploration.
Written by Steven Peros; illustrated by Barry Orkin (BFA 1989 Illustration)
Our Gal Pictures
Paperback/e-book, $19.99/$12.99
This feature is an adaptation of an article in the spring/summer 2020 edition of the Visual Arts Journal.