Nick Meglin: 1935-2018
Writer, artist, editor, and lyricist Nick Meglin (born Nick Megliola) was perhaps best known for the 48 years he spent on the staff of Mad magazine, the last twenty of which were as co-editor of the magazine (with colleague John … Continue reading
Alison McCreesh
Alison McCreesh and Alex Dueben discuss the nature of her most recent work of illustration and ambition: Norths: Two Suitcases and a Stroller Around the Circumpolar World! Continue reading
Fine Art and Cartoonists Roundtable
In this unpublished conversation from 2012, Michael Dooley sits down with artists Marc Bell, Joe Coleman, Esther Pearl Watson, and Robert Williams to discuss the place and value of comics in the realm of fine arts. Continue reading
Forsman X Fiffe
This week sees the release of Michel Fiffe’s official continuation of Rob Liefeld’s Bloodstrike series, legally (and affectionately) known as Bloodstrike: Brutalists. Meanwhile, Chuck Forsman has set up shop at Patreon, where he’s currently serializing Automa. While the majority of their conversations take place at the conventions they often share a table at, some of them make their way into print: like this one you’re about to read. Continue reading
Excerpt: Left in the Canefields
Thanks to Brady Evans and Sloane Leong, we’re pleased to share this excerpt from Brady’s Left in the Canefields, one of the comics to appear in Cautionary Fables and Fairy Tales: Oceania Edition. Continue reading
Understanding Detroit: The Nonfiction Work of Anne Elizabeth Moore & Melissa Mendes
When you’re looking for the way into a complicated news story about what’s been happening in Detroit, it helps to be able to pull the cat card. Continue reading
Eli Valley and The Plight of the Secular Jew
“Over how many years, decades, or centuries are we supposed to be in dialogue with people who not only refuse to acknowledge our authenticity but who are all-in in a project of ethnic-cleansing?” Continue reading
Lee Holley, 1932 – 2018
The cartoonist behind the teen strip Ponytail, who was also drew the Sunday Dennis the Menace strip and was an animator for Warner Brothers, died in a plane crash. Continue reading
