Month: March 2014
The Great Cow Fight (Redux)
At this very moment, there are at least two ongoing webcomics based on the Táin Bó Cúailnge, or Cattle Raid of Cooley, the central epic of the Ulster cycle. Thank you, webcomics! You’ve justified the existence of the Internet yet again!
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (3/12/14 – Life Zone)
Invading the privacy of everyone, starting with you and ending with me.
Ed Vs. Yummy Fur [Excerpt]
Ed the Happy Clown became a graphic novel by letting go of its three successive past-lives as 1) a part of a mini-comic, 2) a part of a comic book series, and 3) a book with a different ending. What was stripped away with each incarnation is as important in establishing what Ed was and now is as what remains.
“The Nostrand Zone” by Bhob Stewart
In this essay from The Comics Journal #96 (March 1985), Bhob Stewart looks at the career of “Mystery Artist” Howard Nostrand.
“If I Don’t Put this Dude Out of Action Now, We’re Both Chopped Liver!”
Jack Kirby’s Black Panther.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (3/5/14 – The Financial Times)
All the budgeting tips you could possibly want.