THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (6/19/13 – Superheroes in Hell)
Jun 18, 2013Above and below, there are comics everywhere. Continue reading
Bringing Up Father and the Rest of the Comic Page
Jun 17, 2013Jiggs and George McManus Continue reading
John Updike Said It Best When He Started Screaming Obscenities at a Parked Car
Jun 14, 2013Back from the country, feeling mellow. Continue reading
This Week in ComicsTHIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/4/11 – Free Column Day)
A tin-can jubilee. Continue reading
Riff RaffLayout Workbook 8
This week we’re going to look at the proportions of the Mome comics anthology. Continue reading
The Doctor Is InHillary Chute and the Dynamics of Autobiography
Hillary Chute’s Graphic Women examines autobiographical comics through a literary lens; and yet how to reckon with the mysterious “Judith Forest”‘s performative “autobiographies?” Continue reading
TCJ TalkiesEvan Dorkin
The first episode of a new biweekly podcast. The special guest: Milk & Cheese creator Evan Dorkin. Continue reading
Know Your New Yorker CartoonistsGahan Wilson and the Comedy of the Weird
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 ComicsTHIS WEEK IN COMICS! (4/27/11 – No More Thinking)
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
Riff RaffLayout Workbook 7
This week we’re going to look at the frescoes of Giotto and riff on simultaneity. Continue reading
