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.
Article Archive
Nightmare Neighbors, Dream Collaborators
Mark Newgarden and Megan Montague Cash on Bow-Wow, comics, picture books, and telling stories without words
“I’m Not on This Planet Forever”: An Interview with Charles Burns
The creator of Black Hole talks about Sugar Skull, his creative process, today’s comics community, and learning to be an artist.
“Comics Language Has an Alphabet and You Should Use It”: An Interview with Manuele Fior
The Italian-born cartoonist talks about creating female characters, psychoanalysis, comparing comics to literature, and creating art in a pop world.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (10/29/14 – Treats. Only treats.)
It’s very unlikely I will try to cook and eat you on this Halloween week!
“My Aim is to Be as Appealing as Possible”: An Interview with Michel Fiffe
The creator behind Copra and Zegas talks about breaking into comics, helping to found Act-i-vate, the perils of small publishing, and working for Marvel.
Ralph Steadman: Into the Gentle Darkness
In this 1989 Comics Journal interview, Gary Groth picks Ralph Steadman’s brain on the topic of his growth as an artist, changing interests, loss of faith and times working with Hunter S. Thompson in a career-spanning conversation that always finds its way back to politics and all that’s wrong in the world.
South American Spotlight: Berliac
A look at a great work by the Argentine author
Proto-Gekiga: Matsumoto Masahiko’s Komaga
One could say that Matsumoto Masahiko was the true innovator of gekiga and today’s manga. Sakurai Shōichi (cartoonist, publisher, brother of Tatsumi Yoshihiro), 1971-72 As an aside, let me point out that, around the time that the term ‘gekiga’ was born, some people used ‘komaga’ instead. In my opinion, it would be more appropriate to… Read more »
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (10/22/14 – A European Afternoon)
I’ve found them! Yep, mostly foreigners.
Weird Sisters
Demonic forces abet and appall in this Halloween analysis of comics by Andrew Pannell, Cathy G. Johnson, and GG.
Lianhuanhua: China’s Pulp Comics
An overlooked genre of comic art.
