Photos Of BSA #1: The All-Seeing Eye

December 31, 2022 Artists Happy Holidays! We’re celebrating the end of one year and the beginning of the next by thanking BSA readers, friends, and family for all of your support in 2022. We have selected some of our favorite shots by our Editor of Photography, Jaime Rojo, and we’re sharing a new one every day to celebrate all our […]

Norbert Rybarczyk: Colors That Tell Stories

Colors are an important tool in the toolbox of a comics artist and nobody knows that better than Norbert Rybarczyk. A Polish illustrator and comics author, he employs a wide range of hues, from bright and vibrant to muted and moody, to make his work pop off the page. In this interview, we talk to him about his creative process, inspirations, and […]

Photographer Spotlight: Qingyang Chen

Qingyang Chen is a photographer based between Shanghai and London. Seen here are a collection of images from her recent projects, “Touch has a Memory,” and “Night is coming, but the rocks are still warm.” With a practice centered around an exploration of perception, Chen considers how personal history can color our view of both inner and outer worlds. Her […]

It’s a Wrap for 2022!

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“Crystal Sands” by Photographer Lorena Lohr

For over a decade, British-Canadian photographer Lorena Lohr (previously featured here) has been exploring the U.S. by bus and train. Using her camera to document the uncanny and often-overlooked landscapes and ephemera that catch her eye, Lohr captures the character and unassuming beauty of the locations she encounters in candid, intriguing glimpses. Taken around Tennessee, Mississippi, Virginia, Alabama, Arizona, New […]

2022 Wrap-Up: The Year In Displate Art

Synergy. That’s the word we’d hang on the wall for 2022.  It’s been a busy year that brought together our print magicians with seasoned maestros and fresh faces from all over the world in a synergistic effort to find out what else a Displate can be.  And it can be a lot: a dreadful dragon or a condescending duck. A […]

Fav Photos Found in 2022: 64 Photos by 64 Photographers

In keeping with tradition (14 years and counting!), we’ve spent the last week revisiting each and every photography feature we published this year and pulling together our favorite images for our annual roundup: A Year in Photos. Featuring 64 photos by 64 photographers, this collection represents a cross-section of our discoveries from the last twelve months, whether taken this year […]