The landscape of independent comics has long been defined by voices that challenge the boundaries of genre, gender, and aesthetic convention. On May 22, 2026, The Comics Journal and Fantagraphics signaled a major milestone in this tradition with the announcement and excerpt release of Heaven, the highly anticipated new graphic novel by Katie Skelly
Neon Despair and Velvet Shadows: The Evolution of Katie Skelly’s "Heaven"
The landscape of contemporary independent comics is often defined by its ability to blend the visceral with the cerebral, and few artists navigate this intersection with as much razor-sharp precision as Katie Skelly. With the release of her latest graphic novel, Heaven, published by the venerable Fantagraphics, Skelly returns to the forefront of th
