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Shea Hennum

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As seen in: VICE, Vulture, Paste, The A.V. Club, Hyperallergic, ComicsBeat, Comics Journal Magazine, Solrad
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Abolish Judge Dredd - The Comics Journal

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By Shea Hennum
| Comics Journal Magazine
Hairy and harried, "A Better World" begins with a tower block coming into focus against an acrid sky - gray on gray differentiated by subtle hues of color and tight inks. These abstractions, set off in the distance, conjure a hint of texture, glimmers of light, the suggestion of monumental scale. A variegated world opens up to us, teeming with life and riddled with death.
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A Speculative Account of a Possible Future of Comics by Shea Hennum

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By Shea Hennum
| Solrad
In July of last year, I wrote aboutthe death of cartoonist Ian McGinty and the way his death highlighted systemic, pervasive, and longstanding problems plaguing the comics industry and its surrounding cultures. At the end of that essay, I gestured towards the need for experimentation—not merely in regards to the content or aesthetics of comics (though, that would be welcome), but in the manner of their production (and, we might also add, their manner of distribution).
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#ComicsBrokeMe: What is to be Done?

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By Shea Hennum
| Solrad
Cartoonist Ian McGinty died on June 8th, 2023: killed, according to his friends and family members, by the comics industry, which exploited his passion and extracted his creativity, demanding too much from him and paying him too little to live. It was the kind of industrial murder common to meatpacking and coal mining but overlooked in white-collar work.
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