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
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
Welcome to the Strip Mine
Dec 3, 2018One of the great joys of comic book collecting is longbox surfing. You know what I mean, standing for hours sifting through filthy, disorganized boxes, carefully un-taping bags of one cheap floppy after another, scanning the credits, flipping the pages, … Continue reading
The Life and Dedication of Art Young: An Impassioned Cartoonist of Uncompromising Principle
Nov 26, 2018A look at one of the early masters of the medium, an artist devoted to principle at a time when cartoonists weren’t yet noted for doing much more than making funny faces. Continue reading
Comics of the WeakWeak Violet Heights
Back to the rock pile of commercial genre comics, with a hammer. Continue reading
This Week in ComicsTHIS WEEK IN COMICS! (7/31/13 – Number Two in Superhero Fiction)
A glimpse into the evolution of a superhero artist precedes this latest arrangement of happy premonitions. Continue reading
This Week in ComicsTHIS WEEK IN COMICS! (7/24/13 – Forgive my brevity, but we just got through a heatwave.)
Yeah, there was a comics convention last week. But at the same time, half a world away, some real business was going down… Continue reading
Riff RaffYe Olde Mini-Comics Review
…in which I review old mini-comics from my collection. Continue reading
This Week in ComicsTHIS WEEK IN COMICS! (7/17/13 – Robot contre tous)
Scenes from a true curiosity, as French scandal meets Japanese comics in the alternative comics midday. Continue reading
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