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
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
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
Hare TonicJerry Dumas, Cartoonist and Poet
A remembrance of the longtime daily cartoonist. Continue reading
This Week in ComicsTHIS WEEK IN COMICS! (1/4/17 – With You)
Rousing this site from its holiday nap with scandal and fever. Continue reading
This Week in ComicsTHIS WEEK IN COMICS! (12/14/16 – Branches)
Revisiting the standout from early this year. Continue reading
Comic Book DecalogueEpisode 16: Eddie Campbell (Part I)
On this episode, Eddie Campbell (Alec, Bacchus, From Hell) discusses the March trilogy, the early sports-page cartoonists, and much more. Continue reading
This Week in ComicsTHIS WEEK IN COMICS! (12/7/16 – Real Potential Energy)
A fleeing vehicle obliterated someone’s porch two blocks away while I was writing this and I didn’t even notice, because 100% of my attention is now turned to YOU. Continue reading
This Week in ComicsTHIS WEEK IN COMICS! (11/30/16 – A Haunting and Eloquent Line)
Capturing the main thrust in an exhausted post-holiday week. Continue reading
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