In the latter half of the 2020s, there can be no doubt that comics are cool. No longer the sole province of nerds and picky readers, comics are in vogue, are art on bookshelves and walls, and inspiring everything from Netflix’s next big hit to summer blockbusters. But where did they come from and how did we get here?
Most people will have an image of western comics or Japanese anime and manga, but comics are as varied as the genres they cover and the mediums they’re created in.
