Archive for February, 2010

Sunday Funnies: F. M. Howarth

Posted by Jared Gardner on February 28th, 2010 at 6:05 PM

This week’s Sunday Funnies is a gallery of some pre-Sunday funnies sequential comics from F. M. Howarth.

Perfect Peanuts Interpretation

Posted by Noah Berlatsky on February 28th, 2010 at 11:15 AM

My six-year-old responds to a Peanuts strip.

Rich Kreiner’s Yearlong Best of the Year: Comic Book Comics

Posted by Rich Kreiner on February 27th, 2010 at 1:00 PM

With all the comparable in-house material available, it’s probably possible to evaluate writer Fred Van Lente and artist Ryan Dunlavey’s series Comic Book Comics by contrasts alone. As Scott McClouds’ Understanding Comics gave an analysis of comics done in comics, Comic Book Comics gives the history of the form in the form.

Minis From Silber Media

Posted by Rob Clough on February 27th, 2010 at 8:06 AM

Rob reviews a number of minis from Brian John Mitchell’s Silber Media, including JUST A MAN #2 & 3 (art by Andrew White), MARKED #1 (art by Jeremy Johnson), WORMS #5 (art by Kimberlee Traub) and ULTIMATE LOST KISSES #11 (art by Dave Sim).

Black History Month

Posted by R.C. Harvey on February 26th, 2010 at 7:39 PM

The month set aside for recognizing the roles that African Americans have played in U.S. history is about to pass over the horizon for another year. While some black cartoonists celebrated the occasion of the month in one way or…

Ariel Schrag Replies At Length to the Likewise Roundtable

Posted by Noah Berlatsky on February 26th, 2010 at 6:53 PM

At the Hooded Utilitarian, Ariel Schrag talks about her graphic memoir, Likewise, and issues raised in the roundtable discussion.

Rich Kreiner: Meet the Comics Press: MELUS Vol. 32 #3

Posted by Rich Kreiner on February 26th, 2010 at 9:00 AM

At their best, academic journals are driven by useful ideas devised with rigor and discrimination. Their treatments explore intriguing themes and rewarding connections unlikely to be supported in other venues. Abstract concepts are habitually framed with an exacting, developed language in order to capture with precision the full subtlety of their thought.

Journalista for Feb. 26, 2010: Nobody cares what your little funnybook is worth

Posted by Dirk Deppey on February 26th, 2010 at 8:17 AM

Journalista

Hot Topic drops yet another plagiarized cartoon T-shirt ♦ Acer has second thoughts about e-book market ♦ comics podcast round-up ♦ more

Mid-Life Creative Imperatives Part 3 (of 3)

Posted by Gary Groth on February 26th, 2010 at 12:01 AM

The Journal began publishing almost the same month that Art Spiegelman and Bill Griffith’s underground comix anthology Arcade ended — as good an event as any to signal the last whimper of the underground movement.

Fashion in Likewise

Posted by Noah Berlatsky on February 25th, 2010 at 4:01 PM

Vom Marlowe adds to the roundtable on Ariel Schrag’s Likewise

Ariel Schrag herself is planning to do a guest post to conclude the roundtable tomorrow.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10