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
MoCCA Aims for Improved Location: Closure Not Permanent
A report on the sudden news. Continue reading
To Hell and Back
Re-reading Ed the Happy Clown, examining footnotes, and “The Door”. Continue reading
“And to Have More Control, I Would Have to Do More”: Richard Corben on Adapting Edgar Allan Poe
The living legend weighs in on horror, color and adaptation while announcing a brand-new suite of Poe comics. Exclusive preview images inside! Continue reading
“Because They’re Present in My Head”: A Frederik Peeters Interview
The Swiss cartoonist behind Blue Pills and Sandcastle talks about using real people as models for characters, the personal nature of comics, and time’s effect on flesh. Continue reading
Chicago: Comics on the Make
“Comics: Philosophy & Practice” gathered seventeen luminaries of the medium to discuss what it all means. Continue reading
“The Only Thing That Matters is the Work on the Page”: An Interview with Eddie Campbell
He’s delved into such weighty topics as death, family, marriage, parenting, success, failure, the creative process, and the pleasures of drinking wine. What else is left to cover? Well, money. Continue reading
The Comic Book Scare and the New Criticism
In this excerpt from Jared Gardner’s Projections: Comics and the History of 21st-Century Storytelling, Wonder Woman meets Cleanth Brooks. Continue reading
One-Artist Anthology Comics
As if it weren’t enough that comics are the domain of the obsessive control freak, there is a cartooning sect that perfectly defines the creative mania responsible for some of our greatest works: the one-artist anthology. This is its history. Continue reading
