The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival Ends
May 17, 2013The founding partners of the influential and popular independent comics festival discuss—and dispute—the reasons for its sudden demise. Continue reading
The Library of American Comics at 75 Titles (and counting)
May 13, 2013A discussion of plans, approaches and rights with the founder and associate editor of the Library of American Comics. Continue reading
“This Brighter Path”: An Interview with James Romberger & Marguerite Van Cook
May 8, 2013Talking with the East Village artists about running a gallery, comics, publishers, the importance of color, and collaborating with the late David Wojnarowicz. Continue reading
The Carmine Infantino Interview: Trimmings
In these trimmings from the Carmine Infantino interview in #191, some of which are never before released, Infantino talks about movies, C.C. Beck and how his job affected his health. Continue reading
Infantino Raises Questions About CBG Letters Policy Following Kirby Controversy Flare-Up by Greg Stump
This feature from The Comics Journal #191 summarizes the back and forth between Carmine Infantino and Mark Evanier via Comic Buyer’s Guide’s (CBG) letters column re: Infantino’s decision to have Kirby’s Superman heads redrawn. it also delves into the way CBG handled the rumor that there was a set of false sales figures shown to DC creators. Continue reading
Carmine Infantino Passes Away at 87
An overview of Carmine Infantino’s development as an artist and his corporate career. Continue reading
A Reminiscence of Things I Would Prefer to Forget
My recollection of the “debate” with Harvey Pekar recently posted here was that I made an ass of myself, and I am sufficiently confident of my memory that I really can’t bear to look. Continue reading
Robert Weaver and the Pedestrian View
On February 21st, a group of artists and writers gathered at The New School to celebrate the book by the late Robert Weaver and to salute his achievement as an illustrator more generally. Continue reading
Blood and Thunder: Harvey Pekar and R. Fiore
From The Comics Journal’s letters pages (Blood and Thunder), circa 1989-1990: American Splendor creator Harvey Pekar and critic R. Fiore argue over realism and genre fiction in comics. And Animal Farm. Continue reading
An Interview with Walter Biggins
A talk with the outgoing acquisition editor of the University Press of Misissipi, by far the leading publisher of scholarly comics criticism in North America. Continue reading
