Travelogue 2015
Mar 5, 2015James Romberger’s trip through Europe, encountering all manner of comics culture along the way. Continue reading
Leading Duck: An Interview with Peter Schilling about Carl Barks
Feb 27, 2015An interview with the writer of Carl Barks’ Duck, in which the author discusses comics as “paper movies,” Carl Barks’s place in the canon, and his personal distaste for Uncle Scrooge Continue reading
Harvey Kurtzman: The Man who Created MAD and Revolutionized Humor in America Excerpt
Feb 25, 2015In this excerpt from Bill Schelly’s forthcoming biography Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created Mad and Revolutionized Humor in America, the author chronicles the lifespan of the magazine Humbug. Rebounding from the abrupt cancellation of Trump (the magazine he had left Mad to produce) after only two issues, Kurtzman rallied an all-star cast of cartoonists for their next endeavor. Continue reading
Al Feldstein’s Extended Child of Tomorrow Interview
The extended version of Gary Groth’s 2013 interview with Al Feldstein, which may be the Mad editor and EC writer/artist’s last interview. Continue reading
Women and Autobio Comics Roundtable
Ellen Forney, Megan Kelso and Raina Telgemeier, in a loosely themed women-and-autobio-and-literary comics discussion, talk about accessibility / virtuosity, reaching their audience, and comics as a “language.” Continue reading
Fred Kida, 1920-2014
One of the last, and most respected, of the golden age comic artists has passed. Continue reading
Lesson Notes on the Art Form
In this excerpt from his new book, a master cartoonist offers a summation of political cartooning. Continue reading
Ed Vs. Yummy Fur [Excerpt]
Ed the Happy Clown became a graphic novel by letting go of its three successive past-lives as 1) a part of a mini-comic, 2) a part of a comic book series, and 3) a book with a different ending. What was stripped away with each incarnation is as important in establishing what Ed was and now is as what remains. Continue reading
Bhob Stewart, 1937-2014
Bhob Stewart was an eccentric fellow whose talents and intelligence contributed creatively to American culture in many ways over the course of his life.
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