Seven Days Annual Cartoon Issue is Out for 2026
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Vermont’s favorite alternative newspaper Seven Days has released its annual Cartoon Issue cover featuring Vermont’s newest cartoonist laureate Stephen Bissette with an interview inside. And a whole lot more as Dan Bolles tells us:
In a Seven Days interview, Bissette said his primary goal during his three-year tenure is to produce a history of cartooning in Vermont, one he says stretches back well over a century.
Tillie Walden, just released a stunning graphic novel, Charity & Sylvia — a 200-year-old queer love story based on the real lives of two Vermont women. Reviewer Franky Frances Cannon, an illustrator with Vermont ties herself, called Walden’s artistry “innovative and original”.
In this issue, journalist Ken Picard and cartoonist Josie Psimer teamed up to explore the history of an unusual statue in Wallingford, “The Boy With the Leaking Boot”. Food writer Melissa Pasanen and artist Emily Rhain Andrews dug into the lasting impacts of Italian immigrant farmers in Colchester. And cartoonist Glynnis Fawkes illustrated the history of the long-delayed Champlain Parkway in Burlington, which finally opened last week.
These comics are almost all two pages of content.
But comics can also be used to tell current stories. To wit, visual art editor Alice Dodge and cartoonist Clover Ajamie collaborated on one about a statewide quilting initiative that aims to connect both colorful fabrics and Vermont’s LGBTQ communities.
Of course, comics are also excellent tools for spinning more fantastical yarns. In the music section, Farnsworth and artist Ethan Slayton uncover previously unrealized links between important moments in pop music history and sightings of Champ.
Plus, of course the regular Fun Stuff pages and other comics (Macanudo) and cartoons (Tim Newcomb).
Check out the 2026 Cartoon Issue of Seven Days.
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