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Gahan Wilson and the Comedy of the Weird

BY Richard Gehr Apr 27, 2011 3 Comments

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 Comics

THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (4/27/11 – No More Thinking)

BY Joe McCulloch Apr 26, 2011 Leave a comment

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 →

Comics Chronicles

Bill Blackbeard, R.I.P.

BY Jeet Heer Apr 25, 2011 11 Comments

The man who gave comics its memory. Continue reading →

Riff Raff

Layout Workbook 7

BY Frank Santoro Apr 24, 2011 Comments Off

This week we’re going to look at the frescoes of Giotto and riff on simultaneity. Continue reading →

A Cartoonist’s Diary

Pascal Girard: Day 5

BY Pascal Girard Apr 22, 2011 2 Comments

Pascal Girard wraps it up, and goes home to rest. Continue reading →

Comics Chronicles

Notes on S. Clay Wilson

BY Jeet Heer Apr 22, 2011 15 Comments

If we acknowledge that he was the artist who gave permission for Crumb to become Crumb, then it’s clear that Wilson was the central artist of the underground generation. Continue reading →