Héctor German Oesterheld’s Contributions to Mort Cinder
Dec 17, 2018While the construction of Mort Cinder has been noted to be a flexible and collaborative effort between Breccia and Oesterheld, there are distinct and recurrent motifs in it which suggests it was not put together for reasons of mere entertainment or with little forethought. If anything, there is a coherence and depth in its plotting which suggests a steady hand at the tiller. Continue reading
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
Hubris and Chutzpah: How Li’l Abner Kayo’d Joe Palooka and Both Their Creators Came to Grief (Part 2)
Dec 18, 2018Our story begins with Ham Fisher and the birth of Joe Palooka. Continue reading
Episode 34: Ben Passmore
Dec 14, 2018On the penultimate episode, the BTTM FDRS creator discusses the impact of Prince of Cats, shelving a post-collegiate magnum opus, and when leather jackets and moshing came to hip-hop. Continue reading
Bandy Designys: New French Comics Through the Wrong End of the Telescope
Dec 13, 2018Matt Seneca returned from his French vacation with a stack of comics. I know they call them something different over there, but i’m not over there, am I? Let’s see what he thought! Continue reading
No One Knows You're A DogDiving In
I remember The Comics Journal’s first webcomics column because I got reamed in it. Continue reading
High-LowTop 25 Minis of 2010
Rob Clough picks his favorite minicomics of the year. Continue reading
This Week in ComicsTHIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/4/11 – Free Column Day)
A tin-can jubilee. Continue reading
Riff RaffLayout Workbook 8
This week we’re going to look at the proportions of the Mome comics anthology. Continue reading
The Doctor Is InHillary Chute and the Dynamics of Autobiography
Hillary Chute’s Graphic Women examines autobiographical comics through a literary lens; and yet how to reckon with the mysterious “Judith Forest”‘s performative “autobiographies?” Continue reading
TCJ TalkiesEvan Dorkin
The first episode of a new biweekly podcast. The special guest: Milk & Cheese creator Evan Dorkin. Continue reading
Know Your New Yorker CartoonistsGahan Wilson and the Comedy of the Weird
For decades, Wilson has been aiming his shrinking ray at monsters and aliens and evil humans of all sorts, and distilled their most terrifying qualities into cartoons. Continue reading
This Week in ComicsTHIS WEEK IN COMICS! (4/27/11 – No More Thinking)
On the ideological dialectic of Steve Ditko’s squiggles and how a slap is sometimes like a kiss. Plus: more comics; more drugs. Continue reading
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