THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (7/23/14 – Hoarder’s Delite)
Jul 22, 2014Get ready to spend some money on paper, then more on digital! Your family doesn’t need shoes. Continue reading
Julia Wertz on Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? and Spent
Jul 21, 2014A conversation with the Infinite Wait creator about autobiographical graphic novels by Roz Chast and Joe Matt. Continue reading
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This Week in ComicsTHIS WEEK IN COMICS! (7/2/14 – A Beginner’s Guide to Jademan)
300 issues. Alone, unmourned, unloved? Jademan. A brief introduction. Continue reading
What Was Alternative Manga?Enka Gekiga: Hayashi Seiichi’s Pop Music Manga
If his autobiographical reminisces are true, then Hayashi Seiichi’s literary life began with falling tears. As he recalled the early 50s in “Azami Light” (“Keikō,” 1972): “‘Look at you sniveling like a little girl,’ said my mother. She turned her … Continue reading
Framed!The Lost Comics of Jack Cole – Part 3 (1939-1940, Humor and Crime)
In many ways, 1939 and 1940 were pivotal years in Jack Cole’s life and work. These are the years he stretched from humorous short subjects to longer, more serious crime and superhero stories. Continue reading
This Week in ComicsTHIS WEEK IN COMICS! (6/25/14 – Melted)
Now including more of other people’s words. Continue reading
Jack Kirby: Behind the Lines“Trail May Lead to the Ends of Infinity”
A close reading of The Mighty Thor # 166 (July 1969). Continue reading
This Week in ComicsTHIS WEEK IN COMICS! (6/18/14 – The Time Has Come to Go to Winter Wonderland)
I am sweating. Better spend some money. Continue reading
Hare TonicNational Cartoonists Society Pats Itself on the Back But Who Better Qualified To Do It?
The big takeaway from the Memorial Day weekend meeting of the National Cartoonists Society is that Non Sequitur’s Wiley Miller was named Cartoonist of the Year and presented with the Reuben, a heavy metal statuette in the shape of a pile of comical characters. Continue reading
This Week in ComicsTHIS WEEK IN COMICS! (6/11/14 – Motion Pictures)
Gee, people commented on the Robert Crumb stuff last week… maybe if I say something about Jack Kirby… yeah! And post a movie! YEAH! Continue reading
