“A Tricky Cad”: The Gravies, Sawdust and Chester Gould
Sep 22, 2017The meta-strips within 1950s and ’60s Dick Tracy. Continue reading
Art Young, To Laugh That We May Not Weep: A Conversation with Glenn Bray and Frank M. Young
Sep 14, 2017Researching and compiling one of the very best under-recognized cartoonists. Continue reading
Len Wein: 1948-2017
Sep 13, 2017The life of the prolific and influential comics writer and editor, who co-created Wolverine and Swamp Thing. Continue reading
Eye Buds: Yokoyama Yuichi and Audiovisual Abstraction in Comics, Part 2
Sep 20, 2017Is Yokoyama plugged into portability as well? Clearly he is into mobile eyes and mobile ears. How about mobile devices and mobile books, and the techniques of miniaturization, content formatting, and sensorial coordination that they require? What follows is a meandering stab at an answer. Continue reading
The True History of Eustace Tilley
Aug 31, 2017…And of Other Fictional and Nonfictional “Characters” at The New Yorker
Non ho sonno.
Aug 30, 2017This is the final installment of THIS WEEK IN COMICS! Continue reading
This Week in ComicsTHIS WEEK IN COMICS! (9/17/14 – Between Events)
The dam bursts on the conflict of interest reservoir. Continue reading
Symbol ReaderInternal Combustion
Blood sacrifices are made to appease the inescapable id in comics by Grant Snider, Sophie Franz, Eric Haven, and Luke Howard. Continue reading
Grid2014: New Comics, Old Problems
A generally positive TCJ columnist goes negative, finding something wrong with five recently-released comics: Seconds, Vertigo Quarterly, Ragnarớk, The Death of Archie, and Multiversity. He also answers the question: “Who is the best American-comics-influenced British writer?” Continue reading
Framed!The Precisely Rendered Blam: Alley Oop in 1939
It was the Dr. Who of the 1940s, a comic strip that traveled though history with verve and panache — not to mention lots of wisecracks. Only, instead of charming, eccentrically dressed Englishmen wielding sonic screwdrivers, there was a practically naked caveman with a stone ax. Continue reading
This Week in ComicsTHIS WEEK IN COMICS! (9/10/14 – Pure Machine)
Just gonna crank through this one; it’s gonna work like a fridge. Keep the food cold. Continue reading
Common CurrencyThe Cage Stands As Before: The Comics of Yvan Alagbé
The elusive French-Beninese comics artist Yvan Alagbé returns to expand upon his 1994 masterwork Les Nègres jaunes. The result is one of the most intricate, challenging, and moving grand family narratives in comics. Continue reading
Funnybook RouletteGods Do Favors, Darwin Doesn’t
Business evolution, comic book heroes and comic book makers. Continue reading
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