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
Comics of the WeakIf Kirby Was Still Alive, He Would Totally Have Killed Himself By Now
The comics Tucker thinks are good this week aren’t new, and the comics that are new aren’t good. Continue reading
This Week in ComicsTHIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/2/12 – My HP Printer/Scanner is About to Explode)
On one hand, I do not have Jonathan Lethem in this column. But on the other, I’ve got an explosion of Japanese comics from New York City! Wait, why is my hand exploding? That’s terrible. Continue reading
Comics of the WeakSometimes You Just Kick Back And Watch ‘Em Drown
Exhausted by comics this week, Tucker recruits assistance from Joe McCulloch and Abhay Khosla. Continue reading
This Week in ComicsTHIS WEEK IN COMICS! (4/25/12 – Interstellar Proxy War of the Sensitive Man)
Prepare yourself for journeys to the past and future, where maximum love and minimal savings await! Continue reading
No One Knows You're A DogThe Sisterhood of the Pimp Ninja Sluts
In the last two years, Tatsuya Ishida’s Sinfest has transformed from an attractive diversion to a must-read. Continue reading
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