The Enigma of Cecil Jensen, Part Two: Elmo Without Elmo
Dec 10, 2018The later years, when Elmo made way for Little Debbie. Continue reading
The Enigma of Cecil Jensen, Part One: The Road to Elmo
Dec 7, 2018An appreciation of the 1940s strip Elmo, which was both ahead of its time and behind the times—possessing the absurd cool of a Nathanael West or S. J. Perelman and droll ensemble comedy reminiscent of Thimble Theater. Continue reading
Sammy Stein on the Art/ifacts of the Real and the Virtual
Dec 6, 2018Stein is at the forefront of the new French Abstract Formalist Comics, using photography, sculpture, and printed works to explore ontology and epistemology of representational image, among other things. Continue reading
Hubris and Chutzpah: How Li’l Abner Kayo’d Joe Palooka and Both Their Creators Came to Grief
Dec 11, 2018The story of Al Capp and Ham Fisher, two cartooning geniuses, their rise to celebrity and their furious interactions with each other, is the stuff of epic adventure fiction,
but here, it is fact. Continue reading
Welcome to the Strip Mine
Dec 3, 2018One of the great joys of comic book collecting is longbox surfing. You know what I mean, standing for hours sifting through filthy, disorganized boxes, carefully un-taping bags of one cheap floppy after another, scanning the credits, flipping the pages, … Continue reading
The Life and Dedication of Art Young: An Impassioned Cartoonist of Uncompromising Principle
Nov 26, 2018A look at one of the early masters of the medium, an artist devoted to principle at a time when cartoonists weren’t yet noted for doing much more than making funny faces. Continue reading
This Week in ComicsTHIS WEEK IN COMICS! (3/13/13 – Digital Comics Ultimate Apocalypse: Aftermath)
Where were you when the world ended? Pennsylvania? London? HERE?! Continue reading
What Was Alternative Manga?Big Robot, Big Foot
Can you identify these comic book references in a couple of seminal Japanese comics? Continue reading
Remembrance of Comics PastFred Ray
The historical travels of a journeyman cartoonist. Continue reading
Know Your New Yorker CartoonistsCharles Barsotti
The Kansas City-based cartoonist discusses his long career in cartoons and at The New Yorker. Continue reading
This Week in ComicsTHIS WEEK IN COMICS! (3/6/13 – A Wafer Duly Spat to the Floor at the American Secular Mass)
More service than you can stand; more attention than you can bear. Continue reading
Comics of the WeakI Totally Forgot To Get Mad At That Remake of Total Recall
Can mainstream comics hire the Green River Killer? Is the Green River Killer willing to demean himself by working for Marvel or DC? Continue reading
Hare TonicStan Lynde, the Western, and the Spirit of Independence
Rich O’Shay, Latigo, The Price of Fame, and Pardners,
Continue reading
Funnybook RouletteDays of Yesteryear
Now that all our fond hopes for 2013 have been dashed and our memories of 2012 rendered into a whited sepulcher, wouldn’t it be wonderful to relive those innocent times? Well, then, I’ve got the column for you. Continue reading
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