Month: May 2011
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (6/1/11 – It never hurts to check.)
There may be other arts besides comics, but I don’t list ’em.
Color Workbook 1
Study gray all f**king day is what I say.
Lines and Frames: An Interview with R.O. Blechman
The legendary illustrator and animator talks about drawing, film, and family.
Jessica Abel
The author of La Perdida, among other books, joins us this week.
Oh, Youth: An Interview with Brecht Evens
The Flemish artist talks about influence, geography, and art.
Jeffrey Catherine Jones: A Life Lived Deeply
Jeffrey Catherine Jones, 1944-2011
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/25/11 – Caught Up)
ALL UPCOMING COMICS, NO FUSS.
Bedlam and Baby: Parables of Creation in Jack Kirby and Chris Ware
A look at scenes of creation, drawing, and comics-making.
Jack Kirby Interview
Jack Kirby talks to Gary Groth about who really created Thor, Spider-Man, The Hulk, The Fantastic Four and many of the other Marvel characters currently populating the big screen.
Intermission
This week we’re taking a break from the Layout Workbook series.
Dustin Harbin: Day Five
The grand finale!
Jeffrey Catherine Jones, 1944-2011
We’ve just learned that painter and cartoonist Jeffrey Jones has passed away.
Dustin Harbin: Day Four
Our man remembers a year past…
A Chester Brown Notebook
Some notes that try to tease out a fuller account of Chester’s remarkable “comic-strip memoir.”
Saitō Takao and the “Gekiga Factory”
Studios, factories, and the rise of Saitō Takao in Japan.
