The Plugged-Up Parodist: Nick Maandag’s Constipated Comedy
Jul 31, 2014Visually, there are very few gifted cartoonists who are as remorselessly ungiving as Nick Maandag. There is no succulent texture in his universe, no oasis of exfoliating leafy beauty to offer relief from the aridity of the art. Continue reading
Webcomics Capsule Reviews #4
Jul 30, 2014You draw ‘em, I read ‘em. Continue reading
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (7/30/14 – We Lost the Eisner, So Looks Like I Can Finally Post Some Smut)
Jul 29, 2014Whew, thank heavens that run-in with prominence is over! Continue reading
ColumnsStop Making Sense!
That grubby minicomic you grabbed off the bar, or found plugging the vent in the convention hall bathroom, which made no sense to you at the time, and probably makes even less now, was likely signed Dongery. Continue reading
This Week in ComicsTHIS WEEK IN COMICS! (1/9/13 – Cues Throughout History)
Several indelicate thrusts toward a taxonomy of experiential comics, starring the young and the dead. Continue reading
A Cartoonist’s DiaryGabrielle Gamboa—Day 1
The first day of Gabrielle Gamboa’s diary, documenting her residency at the Atlantic Center of the Arts last fall. Continue reading
Comics of the WeakThe 19 Best Comics of 2012
2012: there weren’t a lot of great comics, but there were a few, and there were quite a lot of really good comics. Very, very few of them came out of left field, which is to be expected–the internet certainly … Continue reading
This Week in ComicsTHIS (THESE) (PAST) WEEK(S) IN COMICS! (1/2/13 – All of you remain trapped here with me.)
That sure is a lot of comics piled up. Only the snowbound would have time to read ‘em all. And only the snow plow could afford ‘em. Provided he or she is charging by the flake. Continue reading
Comics of the WeakWe’re All Sorry About The Choices You Made, But I Still Need Fries
Tucker on the controversial Spider-Man 700, and Abhay Khosla on the end of the year news. Continue reading
This Week in ComicsTHIS WEEK IN COMICS! (12/19/12 – Four Hour Power)
Racing into the holiday season before reality sets in! Continue reading
