Article Archive
Rockin’ in the New Year with The Rocket’s Xmas Covers
Happy Holidays to everyone, whatever it is you celebrate–or not celebrate–this time of the year. In the spirit of the New Year, and in an effort to further explore some historical connections between comics and other forms of popular culture, today we will be focusing on some of the Christmas-time covers done by an extraordinary John Kelly | December 22, 2015
An Interview with Samandal
Speaking with the editors of the Lebanese comics anthology Samandal, three of whom were recently found guilty of inciting sectarian strife, denigrating religion, publishing false news, and defamation and slander.
Sam Alden and Sophia Foster-Dimino on Two Comics by GG
In this episode, the creator of It Never Happened Again and the creator of Sex Fantasy discuss the work of the cartoonist known only as GG.
Will Eisner’s Star Jaws
1978 was a big year for Will Eisner. He invented… that thing where you take a massive pop culture hit, and lazily sort of mash it up with another massive pop culture hit. (He didn’t really invent that. Or the graphic novel.)
A Vogue for I Don’t Get It: Hayashi Seiichi vs. Sasaki Maki, 1967-69
In the late 1960s “Hayashi and Sasaki” became a set conjunction, and remained so in much retrospective writing. Amongst the standby names used to group their work were “avant-garde manga” (zen’ei manga), “difficult-to-understand manga” (nankai manga), and “anti-manga” (anchi manga).
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (12/16/15 – Reading is my REAL home.)
Very short, like my time in this place.
Episode 6: Dylan Horrocks (HOLIDAY SPECIAL)
In this double-sized holiday edition, Dylan Horrocks discusses the magic of Tove Jansson, the problems of late-period Eisner, and the troubled legacy of Dave Sim. All that, and a special guest drops by!
Sky in Stereo
Modern Romance by Mardou
The Life and Death of Shigeru Mizuki, 1922-2015
His English translator remembers the great and influential cartoonist.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (12/9/15 – Educated Guesses)
Believe it or not, you may be hearing more from this week.
“I Used the Concepts in the Book on the Book”: A Jessica Abel Interview
Talking to the La Perdida creator and comics educator about podcasting, storytelling, and her new book.
