Sam Henderson: Day Five
That’s right, I said it
That’s right, I said it
In which the author looks at old cartoons
A quick eccentrically skewed tour of the comic book’s crucial 1970-1990s from corporate creation to individual expression.
In which the author is embarrassed by one of the kids
In which the author lays down the law
Wow! Another big week of great comics! Let’s dive right in!
A comprehensive report of the events at the historic first Queers & Comics conference, where the crowds were sizeable, intergenerational, and international.
In which the author begins a temporary job teaching cartooning for the week
The first conference in history devoted entirely to LGBT cartoonists was a very personal event.
Blood banks and comics? The topic’s not as arbitrary as you might think. It’s quite a natural pairing, actually, both in Japan and in the United States, though for utterly different reasons.
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A review, in comics form, of Bill Schelly’s new biography Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created Mad and Revolutionized Humor in America.
We have two Rob Clough reviews for you this morning. First, he writes about a collection of Eric Orner’s Completely Unfabulous Life of Ethan Green: Getting [this] published in one volume is an important step to building continuity in the history of gay comics. Once a widely-distributed strip in gay-oriented publications, the comic became popular… Read more »