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Sam Henderson: Day Three
In which the author is embarrassed by one of the kids
Sam Henderson: Day Two
In which the author lays down the law
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/20/15 – somebody save us please)
Wow! Another big week of great comics! Let’s dive right in!
Queers & Comics: The LGBTQ Cartoonists and Comics Conference
A comprehensive report of the events at the historic first Queers & Comics conference, where the crowds were sizeable, intergenerational, and international.
Sam Henderson: Day One
In which the author begins a temporary job teaching cartooning for the week
An Illustrated Report from the Queers & Comics Conference
The first conference in history devoted entirely to LGBT cartoonists was a very personal event.
Blood Plants: Mizuki Shigeru, Kitaro, and the Japanese Blood Industry
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.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/13/15 – A Blaze of Retrospect)
THE OLDEST IN AUTHENTIC MANGA, RIGHT HERE, ALL WEEK.
Big “If”
A review, in comics form, of Bill Schelly’s new biography Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created Mad and Revolutionized Humor in America.
And So On
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 »
Run from Love
It’s Tuesday, and Joe McCulloch is here to prep you for the Week in Comics, and also to tell you about his experiences at this past weekend’s Free Comic Book Day: “So what do you think of Convergence?” “It’s a piece of shit.” We were almost 90 minutes into our first stop, and Chris had… Read more »
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/6/15 – Underground Comics)
A subterranean journey through Free Comic Book Day.
Dustin Harbin on Batman Year One
Dustin Harbin joins me for a conversation about Batman Year One, by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli. Full disclosure, I went into this pick totally wanting to hate on it and hate on Frank Miller, but I have to stay honest (that’s the TCJ Talkies Code) and admit this book is still a solidly satisfying… Read more »
