The first new NOW of 2023 features all-new work from several
contributors familiar to NOW readers as well as new artists from
around the globe. Newcomers to this issue include Cynthia Alfonso
(Spain) and Bhanu Pratap (India), while past contributors Noah Van
Sciver (U.S.), Cecelia Varhed (Sweden), and Kayla E. (U.S.) all return
with new work. As a special feature of this issue, legendary cartoonist
Peter Bagge (Hate) collaborates with Brooklyn Nine-Nine writer Matt
Lawton on "The Cartoonist," a satire of the now near-obsolete profession
of newspaper gag cartooning.
NOW The New Comics Anthology is still the best value in comics: every
issue is a self-contained cross-section of the best short comics stories
the globe has to offer and it has established itself as the preeminent
anthology of first-rate international comics talent. With all-new,
never-before-seen material from a mix of emerging and established
talent, NOW is the perfect answer to the question, "Why Comics?"