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
“I Mean, Why Did I Like That?”: The Tim Hensley Interview (Part Two)
The second part of our career-spanning interview with cartoonist’s cartoonist Tim Hensley, in which he discusses Wally Gropius, closed captioning, Alfred Hitchcock, serialization, and his latest project. Continue reading
“I Mean, Why Did I Like That?”: The Tim Hensley Interview (Part One)
A career-spanning interview with the one-of-a-kind cartoonist behind Wally Gropius and Ticket Stub, in which he discusses Neil Diamond, closed-caption video, performing music in Los Angeles, the ethics of disabilities-related art, and meeting Daniel Clowes. Continue reading
Creating a New Comics Show: DICE
Last year, I started my own comics show in Durham, North Carolina. Here’s what I learned. Continue reading
No Longer of This Planet: Gary Arlington (1938-2014)
The “patron saint” of underground comix died last week at his home and by now has hopefully moved on to cartoon heaven. But he was always a procrastinator and might still be hanging out in funny book limbo. Continue reading
“I’m Shocked to Be Meeting Young People Who Are Reading This”: An Interview with Paul Pope
The creator of Battling Boy on making comics for kids, getting caught up in the world of film, drawing inspiration from his predecessors, and straddling multiple worlds. Continue reading
“Stories Are Just People”: An Interview with Anatola Howard
She started putting her work up on deviantART when she was 10 years old. She’s designed two computer games. She’s drawn comics for Wolfen Jump and been published by Rigged Books. She has a work ethic that would make a full-time cartoonist blush. Oh, and she’s 16. Continue reading
