Article Archive
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (11/19/14 – A Few Words on the Predilections of Record Collectors)
Jazz! What is it? Can I read it? Can I make love to it?? Blutch will show you the way, signore.
The Art of Divination
In Aidan Koch’s “Configurations” the psychological interval between each panel is central, impossible for the reader to ignore, and in a sense that’s what this comic is actually about.
The Prehistoric Animal in the Room
Jill Lepore on Wonder Woman and the occult, Rob Kirby on Nick Sumida’s Spankies, and more.
Wonder Woman and the Unknown: An Interview with Jill Lepore
The cartoonist Ron Rege, Jr. interviews Lepore on feminism, the occult, and other matters connected to her groundbreaking book, The Secret History of Wonder Woman.
CAB 2014 Notes
A brief con report
“The Sponsor”: A Fourteen-Step Problem Comic
All about interpretation and responses to James Sturm’s comic strip “The Sponsor” . . .
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (11/12/14 – An Experiment in Funnybook Investigation)
It’s so nice not having to cover a comics show. God, I can just show up and be myself.
Zap: Censorship and Suppression
America at mid-twentieth century was chock full of self-appointed, blue-nosed guardians of good taste who tried to control what could be shown in popular media and insisted that everyone follow their rules.
Letter to a Young Cartoonist
What is the meaning of the Internet? And what can be done about it? I am 36. Like Virgil in Dante’s Inferno I come from Another Time, the pre-Internet era, to guide you, Young Cartoonist, through the architecture of Hell.
Into the Forest with Lorenzo Mattotti
A chat with the artist of Hansel and Gretel and numerous other books and projects about process, Italian design, and the early 1980s.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (11/5/14 – Days of Manga Past)
Revisiting a special moment in international cooperation, before spending the first Xmas money of the season.
Nightmare Neighbors, Dream Collaborators
Mark Newgarden and Megan Montague Cash on Bow-Wow, comics, picture books, and telling stories without words
