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June 07, 2024

Pride in Our Art: 10 Queer Comic Artists Rise Up Other LGBTQ+ Cartoonists

Craig Phillips in Beyond the Films

In honor of our Independent Lens documentary No Straight Lines, the colorful story of groundbreaking queer comic book artists who went from underground comics to mainstream acceptance, we reached out…...

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Beyond the Films

April 08, 2024

A Cartoonist Talks About How to Be an Artist with Parkinson’s

Craig Phillips in Beyond the Films

Cartoonist Peter Dunlap-Shohl was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (PD) at the age of 43. In the documentary Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's, he remarks, "To lose the ability to draw…...