Author Archives: Rob Clough
Rediscovering Genre: Study Group Comics
A close look at the recent output of Zack Soto’s genre-focused small publishing house, Study Group. Continue reading
The Best Short-Form Comics of 2016
Our minicomics columnist chooses his thirty favorite shortform comics published last year. Continue reading
The Comics Nurturer: Kevin Czap & Czap Books
Kevin Czap was recently awarded the Emerging Talent award at the Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) festival, a fitting honor for a cartoonist and publisher who is starting to publish on a more aggressive basis. A self-proclaimed “Comics Mom,” Czap’s goal … Continue reading
“Why Draw Comics About Anything Else?”: The Keiler Roberts Interview
Keiler Roberts quickly gained attention for her autobiographical mini-comic Powdered Milk, which explores her life with her family from right around the time her daughter Xia was born into the present, when she’s both a professor and cartoonist. With her … Continue reading
Satire, Business, and the AAEC 2016 Convention
A report from the sixtieth annual meeting of The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, held in Durham, North Carolina, during the strangest election year in US history. Continue reading
New and Old: SPX 2016
How the Small Press Expo has changed—and how it’s stayed the same. Continue reading
Geneviève Castrée: 1981-2016
The Canadian cartoonist, musician, and multimedia artist died Saturday, July 9, at the age of thirty-five. Continue reading
A Retrofit Comics Survey
Taking stock of a wide, stylistically various range of comics, released over the past three years by the imprint run by Box Brown and Big Planet Comics. Continue reading
