Over time, last year’s Maine Comic Arts Festival in Portland has come to seem increasingly like a particularly productive orchard. Here’s more of what was plucked.
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Jason Miles’ Dylan Williams (Sparkplug publisher) interview
Posted by Kristy Valenti on March 12th, 2010 at 10:37 AM*Normally, I would leave the link-blogging to Journalista, but since Mr. Deppey is out sick, I figured it might make for weekend reading: Williams always has something worthwhile to say.
**Miles is my coworker, so full disclosure and all of that.
Minicomics From Sam Spina
Posted by Rob Clough on March 10th, 2010 at 7:29 AMRob reviews a batch of minicomics from Sam Spina.
Rich Kreiner: A Minis Monday Special Bulletin: Woman King
Posted by Rich Kreiner on March 8th, 2010 at 2:38 PM
A while back I took a look at a chapter, the second, of Colleen Frakes’ Woman King that was assembled, offered and reviewed as a mini. I found that segment to be a fine encapsulation in fantasy of a dilemma of leadership, experienced here by a young girl chosen to rule, in time, over a clan of bears.
Minis Monday: End of Eros, Polite Fiction and Sam n’ Dan
Posted by Rich Kreiner on March 8th, 2010 at 1:00 PM
You know the beginning-of-the-workweek drill: more comics gathered from last year’s Maine Comics Arts Festival. No joke.
More Fractured Fairy Tales From Colleen Frakes
Posted by Rob Clough on March 3rd, 2010 at 6:12 AMRob reviews two minicomics from Colleen Frakes: Giant Size Comic Relief and Color Comics.
Minis From Silber Media
Posted by Rob Clough on February 27th, 2010 at 8:06 AMRob reviews a number of minis from Brian John Mitchell’s Silber Media, including JUST A MAN #2 & 3 (art by Andrew White), MARKED #1 (art by Jeremy Johnson), WORMS #5 (art by Kimberlee Traub) and ULTIMATE LOST KISSES #11 (art by Dave Sim).
Survival Skills: Troop 142 #1 & 2
Posted by Rob Clough on February 24th, 2010 at 5:32 AMRob reviews the first two issues of Mike Dawson’s new minicomics series, Troop 142 .
Minis Monday: Freddy and Dear Bill, A Month of Weekly Hourlies
Posted by Rich Kreiner on February 22nd, 2010 at 1:00 PM
Minis, joy of man’s desiring. Women’s, too!
As usual, these were gathered at the inaugural Maine Comics Arts Festival held in Portland last year.
Slapstick: Odd Jobs #1
Posted by Rob Clough on February 22nd, 2010 at 6:42 AMRob reviews Eric H’s minicomic, ODD JOBS #1.
TCJ Blogs
Top TCJ Stories
- 1. Harvey Kurtzman and Modern American Satire (Part Two of Two)
- 2. Tom Kaczynski at the 2009 MoCCA Festival
- 3. Harvey Kurtzman and Modern American Satire (Part One of Two)
- 4. The Moto Hagio Interview conducted by Matt Thorn (Part Four of Four)
- 5. Trina Robbins: Valerie Barclay 1922 – 2010
- 6. Valerie Barclay: Spurned
- 7. Copyright’s Dubious History
- 8. The Moto Hagio Interview conducted by Matt Thorn (Part Three of Four)
- 9. The Moto Hagio Interview conducted by Matt Thorn (Part Two of Four)
- 10. The Moto Hagio Interview conducted by Matt Thorn (Part One of Four)
