Big Kids – a small comic about growing up

Toronto-based Michael DeForge’s new graphic novel via Drawn & Quarterly is a raw and wildly honest account of adolescence, featuring love, sex and spectacular transformations

A Story as Sharp as a Knife – inside the vibrant art of the Haida

A new book from The Folio Society republishes an important text on the mythtellers of the indigenous North American Haida people and how this distinctive oral tradition has been preserved. The edition features a striking series of artworks from Haida artist, Don Yeomans

How This Girl Can has inspired women to be more active

Sport England’s This Girl Can campaign has inspired 2.8 million women to be more active in the year since its launch, according to figures released this week. We spoke to director Tanya Joseph about maintaining the campaign’s momentum, and the role that photography, copywriting, social media and brand partnerships have played in its success

Axe ditches ‘The Axe Effect’ and grows up

Twenty years on from the first use of ‘The Axe (or Lynx) Effect’, the men’s brand has moved on, with a new tagline, packaging, and positioning all aimed at a more mature consumer.

Graphic Designers Surveyed – the findings

Last year, publishing house GraphicDesign& conducted an extensive survey about what it’s like to work in graphic design today. Here, Lucienne Roberts and Jessie Price of GD& talk through some of their findings, covering everything from pay and hard work, to clients, creativity and colour.