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
SDCC 2011: 50 Years of Comic Book Fandom Panel
Mark Evanier moderates Jean Bails, Paul Levitz, Dick and Pat Lupoff, Richard Kyle, Bill Schelly, Roy Thomas and Maggie Thompson as they discuss the origins and history of comics fandom. Continue reading
The Jesse Reklaw Interview
Catching up with the author of Applicant, Slow Wave, and Ten Thousand Things to Do… Continue reading
How Censorship Won: The Final Victory of the Comics Code
Just a few months after the Comics Code met its less than grisly fate, the U.S. Supreme Court cited the anti-comics crusade of the 1950s as an example of misguided censorship. Continue reading
“I Thought It Was Worth Doing, and That Was Enough”: The Walter Simonson Interview
The Thor and Manhunter artist talks about his new Artist’s Editions, Jack Kirby, Mike Mignola, Stephen King, and trying not to draw Peter Weller. Continue reading
Carroll, Cross-Contour, and the Demi-Fecund Ram: An Interview with Mahendra Singh
Singh’s work stands in proud defiance of the time, embracing surrealism, Renaissance composition, nonsense poetry, Victorian illustration, and the work of Lewis Carroll. Continue reading
The Jillian Tamaki Interview
An interview with the illustrator, cartoonist, and author of Indoor Voice. Continue reading
TCJ #301: Excerpt from the Genesis Interview
Discussed: The approaches various media have taken to the same source material, Crumb’s personal religious beliefs and what it’s like to bring to light some of the less savory Bible stories. Continue reading
