In this excerpt from Bill Schelly’s forthcoming biography Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created Mad and Revolutionized Humor in America, the author chronicles the lifespan of the magazine Humbug. Rebounding from the abrupt cancellation of Trump (the magazine he had left Mad to produce) after only two issues, Kurtzman rallied an all-star cast of cartoonists for their next endeavor.
Spicy comics – and the men who write them! Or is it only one man after all…
Breakdown Press is among the most diverse and original publishers of comics in the UK right now, presiding over a small run of books united by their individuality, original story telling techniques, and sheer eye-popping attractiveness. Starting out with the publication of Joe Kessler’s Windowpane in 2012, they’ve stretched out to cover a whole heap of ground… Read more »
An interview with the Croatian cartoonist about his process, color, war, and portraying a country not his own.
An excerpt from Peter Schilling Jr’s new book, Carl Barks’ Duck: Average American, in which he analyzes his favorite Carl Barks Donald Duck story.
This 1988 panel about the viability of satire in editorial cartooning features Jules Feiffer, Chuck Freund, Brad Holland, David Levine, and Peter Steiner. They question what’s left to satirize in a culture that satirizes itself, and ponder if humor helps or hurts the political aims of editorial cartoonists.
You’ve seen one man’s best of 2014, now see another’s hot take on someone else’s selections for the best of the 1980s! CLICK AT THE RISK OF YOUR OWN LIFE.
Angoulême 2015 will be remembered chiefly for having taken place under the hovering specter of terrorism. But beyond that, it was a memorable year in several respects: a year of protest, reform, and even cautious optimism.
The middle years of a comic book genius.
A personal list of Clough’s favorite comics published last year, both long and short.
Many high-profile veterans this week, but some books take a bit longer to float over…
An interview with the author of the graphic memoir An Iranian Metamorphosis, which has just been published in the United States by Uncivilized Books.
