Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK
Jul 28, 2014Comics Unmasked is Britain’s largest-ever show about UK comics. It also offers the first public peek at the British Library’s enormous comics collection. Continue reading
How Marvel Could Win the Kirby Case
Jul 18, 2014Kirby family attorney Marc Toberoff’s Supreme Court filing and the supporting amicus briefs are not immune from attack. Here are some of the more creative ways that Marvel – or the Court itself – could trump their central arguments. Continue reading
A Second with Bryan Lee O’Malley
Jul 16, 2014A conversation between Dash Shaw and Bryan Lee O’Malley about character design, influences, and socializing. Continue reading
Amazing Hero: Kim Thompson (1956-2013)
As one of the twin pillars of Fantagraphics Books, Kim Thompson helped the comics medium to grow up. He did so with the tough love of a strict parent, the internationally formed intelligence of a global citizen, and the abiding loyalty of an avid comics reader. Continue reading
Steranko’s First?
On the hunt for a comic book story long-since disavowed by the artist and writer Jim Steranko. Continue reading
“Your Theory Is More Than a Theory”: Zak Sally’s Interview with Peter Bagge (Part Two)
Sally and the creator of Hate talk Bat Boy, politics, Margaret Sanger, internet piracy, making money while making art, and the similarity between selling convention sketches and prostitution. Continue reading
“Your Theory Is More Than a Theory”: Zak Sally’s Interview with Peter Bagge (Part One)
Zak Sally talks to the creator of Hate about the end of the comic-book format, the rivalry between Weirdo and Raw, the “samey-ness” of modern graphic novels, and the gatekeepers who protect the concept of fine art. Continue reading
“Disgusting Creatures”: The Simon Hanselmann Interview
Hanselmann is hugely prolific, and is almost unendurably active in the alternative comics scene in Melbourne. Talking to him has a similar stand-in-front-of-the-firehose feel. Continue reading
Dan Adkins: March 15, 1937 – May 8, 2013
The longtime comic book artist passed away. Continue reading
The Rutu Modan Interview
The author of The Property discussed her artistic beginnings, her process, and the autobiographical nature of her work. Continue reading
Norman Rockwell and R.O. Blechman
R.O. Blechman is the subject of a retrospective at the Norman Rockwell Museum entitled The Inquiring Line. The following is his speech from the opening night. Continue reading
