Comic Books

“When I look at my face, I see a collection of people,” Hook writes. “‘What are you?’ actually means “Tell me a story that will solve the riddle of your face.’” “But I’m game,” she writes. “I want to be helpful, I have the key to the riddle—though...

Leise Hook is a cartoonist and illustrator who lives in Stockholm, Sweden. She grew up in Virginia and Michigan, and previously worked in art museums in New York and Beijing. Her cartoons appear in The New Yorker and elsewhere, and she has just...

Breaking into the animated film industry usually requires a basic plan for blending colorful images and clever storytelling in ways that entertain the public—and make money.Since 2006, however, animated film start-ups in China have done quite well...