The exciting comeback of graphic novelist Charles Burns: Creating my self-portrait while under the influence

The exciting comeback of graphic novelist Charles Burns: Creating my self-portrait while under the influence

A young man is seated in a kitchen, holding a blue felt-tip pen. His reflection is visible in a chrome toaster: messy black hair, Oxford shirt. He begins sketching a strange figure, a human form with a twist of tentacles in place of the neck, and a large cauliflower-like red growth instead of a head. … Read more

Dad recounts the instance when Israeli missile inflicted third-degree burns on his daughter

Dad recounts the instance when Israeli missile inflicted third-degree burns on his daughter

Goktay Koraltan/BBC Ivana is currently receiving treatment for her burns at a hospital in Beirut This story includes some distressing information Ivana’s family was preparing to leave their home in southern Lebanon when an Israeli missile struck. The two-year-old now has third-degree burns on almost half of her body, with bandages covering her head and … Read more