Article Archive
The Lost Comics of Jack Cole – Part 3 (1939-1940, Humor and Crime)
In many ways, 1939 and 1940 were pivotal years in Jack Cole’s life and work. These are the years he stretched from humorous short subjects to longer, more serious crime and superhero stories.
The Ultimate Nullifier?
On Monday the Supreme Court announced that yet another brief has been filed in support of the Kirby family’s attempt to regain the copyright to key Marvel properties. Have these briefs truly made it all but certain that the Court will not just agree to hear the case in the 2014-15 term, but rule that Jack Kirby’s creations were not work for hire?
Down the Rabbit Hole with Brian Chippendale
Checking with the man behind Black Pus.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (6/25/14 – Melted)
Now including more of other people’s words.
Nothing to Say about Kelsey Grammer or Rosario Dawson
A report from ELCAF, Drew Friedman explains himself, and more.
Life at ELCAF 2014
On the floor at the third annual East London Comic and Arts Festival.
Choosing the Heroes of the Comics
How Friedman decided who to draw.
Charles Barsotti 1933-2014
A Barsotti cartoon has the brisk immediacy of a mentholated cough drop.
“Trail May Lead to the Ends of Infinity”
A close reading of The Mighty Thor # 166 (July 1969).
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (6/18/14 – The Time Has Come to Go to Winter Wonderland)
I am sweating. Better spend some money.
A Conversation with Hillary Chute
A dialogue with Hillary Chute about Outside the Box, Comics: Philosophy and Practice, canons, and projects.
National Cartoonists Society Pats Itself on the Back But Who Better Qualified To Do It?
The big takeaway from the Memorial Day weekend meeting of the National Cartoonists Society is that Non Sequitur’s Wiley Miller was named Cartoonist of the Year and presented with the Reuben, a heavy metal statuette in the shape of a pile of comical characters.
“Ugly Is Good”: An Interview with Katie Skelly
The Operation Margarine creator talks biker films, science fiction, sex, and escape.
