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Journalista for March 16, 2010: The world that happened in
Posted by Dirk Deppey on March 16th, 2010 at 8:38 AM
RIP: Turhan Selçuk, John Kane ♦ suspect arrested in Glauco Villas-Boas murder ♦ oh, and the Kirbys sue someone or other ♦ more
Journalista for March 15, 2010: Why I work here
Posted by Dirk Deppey on March 15th, 2010 at 11:38 AM
Brazilian cartoonist Glauco Villas-Boas and son murdered ♦ two Americans detained over Muhammed-cartoon murder plot ♦ more
Trina Robbins: Valerie Barclay 1922 – 2010
Posted by admin on March 11th, 2010 at 10:01 AM
In 1947, readers could mail in one dollar bill to Timely Comics and receive back in the mail a wonderful (and today priceless) little book called “Secrets Behind the Comics,” by Stan Lee. Along with such brief articles as “Who is Stan Lee? And why did he write this book?” and “Startling Facts About the Comics!” are snippets about pencilers, inkers and letterers like Ed Winiarski, Ken Bald, Morris Weiss, Syd Shores and George Sekowsky. There is exactly one woman mentioned in this little book: Violet Barclay, “Glamorous Girl Inker.”
Journalista for March 9, 2010: An excessive use of first-person pronouns
Posted by Dirk Deppey on March 9th, 2010 at 7:32 AM
Seven arrested over Muhammed-cartoonist murder plot ♦ more
Journalista reputation-destroying extra: Four years’ work
Posted by Dirk Deppey on March 8th, 2010 at 11:50 AM
As you might be aware, I generally try to avoid product announcements in this blog — with that going double for Fantagraphics products, what with the obvious “Dirk=company whore” connotations they bring. Nonetheless, I’ve spent the last four… long… years helping nurture this one into being, and pretty much demanded the right to be the one to break the news. And since Amazon just beat me to it, I might as well make the announcement here:
Panel from “The Willow Tree,” ©2010 Moto Hagio/Shogakukan.
Fantagraphics has signed an agreement with Shogakukan to launch a full manga line edited and curated by Matt Thorn.
For the record: Four years is a hell of a long time to keep a secret.
Journalista for March 8, 2010: Actual gay cartoonists need not apply
Posted by Dirk Deppey on March 8th, 2010 at 9:20 AM
Corpus Christi Caller-Times editorial cartoonist Herman Gutierrez dies ♦ Eight on trial for murder of Argentinian writer Héctor Oesterheld ♦ more
What the %@&*! Happened to Comics?
Posted by Gavin Lees on March 8th, 2010 at 12:01 AM
A report from Art Spiegelman’s illustrated lecture at the Liberty Theater, Puyallup, WA.
2010 Festival of Cartoon Art
Posted by Jared Gardner on March 5th, 2010 at 8:31 AM
One of the myriad pleasures of studying comics here at Ohio State University is the opportunity to work closely with the remarkable folks at the (recently renamed and soon-to-be-rehoused) Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum and to…
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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)
