Benji Nate

May 3, 2023 | drawnandquarterly.com | Benji Nate

Benji NateA hilarious slice of twentysomething life in the twenty-first centuryWelcome to the Girl Juice House, home of the hottest gang in town. Benji Nate’s stylish and rambunctious sense of humor lovingly takes digs at the young and tragically hip–reserved and introspective Nana, comically hypersexual Bunny, fledgling U-tuber Tula, and Designated Mom™ Sadie–as they navigate life, love, and the pursuit of a good time.

Apr 24, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Rina Ayuyang |Peter Rostovsky |Shungiku Uchida |Benji Nate

Ype Driessen, trans. from the Dutch by Lenny Kouwenberg. Street Noise, $21.99 trade paper (224) ISBN ​​978-1-951491-23-9Dutch cartoonist Driessen makes his English-language debut with a witty fotonovela memoir sprinkled with flights of fancy.

Apr 23, 2023 | newyorker.com | Benji Nate

Onward and Upward with TechnologyHow Much Can Duolingo Teach Us? The company’s founder, Luis von Ahn, believes that artificial intelligence is going to make computers better teachers than humans.

Apr 13, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Benji Nate |Darrin Bell |Arnold Arre |Briana Loewinsohn

Woshibai, trans. from the Mandarin by Megan Tan and Francine Yulo. Drawn & Quarterly, $29.95 (376p) ISBN 978-1-77046-669-2Drawn with clean, geometric lines and deadpan humor, Woshibai’s wordless gag comics surprise at every turn. A wagon is pulled by butterflies hopped up on nectar, a man makes audio recordings of rocks and flowers, a blindfolded woman searches for something safe to touch, and snowflakes morph into stars.

Apr 13, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Shungiku Uchida |Benji Nate |Darrin Bell |Arnold Arre

Chuck D. Enemy, $39.95 trade paper (720p) ISBN 978-1-63614-100-8With audacious style, Chuck D—activist and cofounder of Public Enemy—chronicles his personal life and American history as it unfolded during 2020 and early 2022 in this set of three thought-provoking illustrated diary volumes. Each drawn and hand-lettered scene presents a topic underscored by pithy and pertinent criticism.