10 Cent Museum
Caniff in the 21st Century
A look at the work that the audience does mentally when reading a comics page, with Caniff, Herriman and more up for example. Continue reading
Turning Away From Reality: Seth’s Clyde Fans
“Seth’s skill and talent is not up for debate any longer. We must instead move on to the implication of what he is trying to say, the only way to engage with an artist of consequence.” In the latest installment of 10 Cent Museum, Austin English examines Clyde Fans. Continue reading
Twenty Questions with Cartoonists
Nine artists answer the same twenty questions, about their methods, their philosophies, their materials, and their working spaces. Continue reading
The Strange Case of Stan Lee
When Lee passed away last week, non-comics world friends reached out to me to express condolences. They knew I loved comics and that I’m interested in the history of the medium… Clearly, this was a loss, right? Continue reading
Against Clarity
How the cult of simplicity limits our understanding of comics’ potential Continue reading
Fall into Degradation
In this week’s column, an Arcades Project-style history of cartoonists and their relationships with editors, publishers, and so-called fans. Continue reading
Simplify, Stupid
Does Will Eisner really deserve so much more respect than Don Martin and Dave Berg? Continue reading
Notes Toward a Future Understanding of Wally Wood
Why is the art of Wally Wood so hard to describe, so hard to get at? Why am I so interested in his art, while the similarly painstaking craftsmanship of a Joe Kubert or Will Eisner leaves me cold? Continue reading
