Fred Kida, 1920-2014
Apr 16, 2014One of the last, and most respected, of the golden age comic artists has passed. Continue reading
Lesson Notes on the Art Form
Apr 16, 2014In this excerpt from his new book, a master cartoonist offers a summation of political cartooning. Continue reading
Ed Vs. Yummy Fur [Excerpt]
Mar 10, 2014Ed 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
Questions for Griffy
Shortly after the publication of Bill Griffith’s Lost and Found: Comics 1969-2003, Gary Panter sent the cartoonist about 20 questions. Here’s what came back. Continue reading
Recently Read
What’s been off the shelf and on the desk: Everett, Sottsass, Clowes, Kirchner, Erro and X-Force. Continue reading
This is a Love Letter: An Interview with Eliza Frye
Illustrator-turned-comics artist Eliza Frye has just put out her first book, a rich-looking, embossed hardback with a dark, dreamy image on the dust cover. Continue reading
Tributes to Jean “Moebius” Giraud
An ongoing series of tributes to Moebius from his fellow artists. Continue reading
Jean “Moebius” Giraud, 1938-2012
Jean Giraud, the French cartoonist best known by his pen name “Moebius,” died Saturday in a Paris hospital after a lengthy battle with cancer, at the age of 73. Continue reading
Sheldon Moldoff, April 14, 1920 – February 29, 2012
Golden age ghost artist Sheldon Moldoff Joins that great bullpen in the sky. Continue reading
