Month: June 2012
Here’s Hoping They Buried Your Dreams With Him
Two weeks’ worth of complaining about comics in one!
Fact and Fancy in Seth’s G.N.B. Double C
Everybody misunderstands Seth. Popular mythology has pegged the cartoonist as a nostalgist hankering over the lost past. In fact, Seth is a fantastist obsessed not with the world-that-was but rather the world-as-it-might-have-been.
Gold Out of Straw
Ed the Happy Clown returns, Shadow covers do battle, an ancient penny drops, Adrian Tomine meets Liz Prince in a paper bag, and Ray Bradbury checks out.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (6/27/12 – Everything, Everything, Everything)
The summer season explodes with an eruption of quality that challenges the very boundaries of this column and the sanctity of your purse!
Smilin’ Zack Mosley’s Wilder Blue Yonder
The bumpy beginnings and intriguing flight of Smilin’ Jack.
New Talent Showcase 7
Skuds McKinley, Heather Benjamin, and Aron Nels Steinke
Reading Periodicals
In an age when companies like Fantagraphics and Drawn & Quarterly have almost completely curtailed their publishing of traditional comic books, it’s heartening to see so many smaller publishers embracing the concept.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (6/20/12 – Points, Lines, Mileposts)
Pure updates this time; lots of books coming out.
Sheldon Mayer
A lifetime of letters: This week the great cartoonist and editor reflects on his life.
Storytime
Once Upon a Time
It’s Never Too Late To Break Your Own Fingers, Chief
Abhay admires the latest Catwoman cover, and Tucker loses his mind again.
“Because They’re Present in My Head”: A Frederik Peeters Interview
The Swiss cartoonist behind Blue Pills and Sandcastle talks about using real people as models for characters, the personal nature of comics, and time’s effect on flesh.
