THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (2/27/13 – Last Century in Comics Critics!)
Be this the mark of ideals, or decay? Only critics know, and now they’re talking… FROM AN AGE BEFORE THE COMICS JOURNAL!!
Article Archive
The Comics Journal #302: Authors Meet Images by Gavin Callaghan Excerpt
In this excerpt, Gavin Callaghan makes the case for proto-cartoonists such as William Blake.
Fairy Quest: Outlaws No. 1
Can we declare a moratorium on mix-and-match fairy tale pastiche, especially the kind with obvious franchise ambitions?
Tezuka Osamu Outwits the Phantom Blot: The Case of New Treasure Island cont’d
Osamu Tezuka, Sakai Shichima and the complicated history of a manga classic.
Minicomics Of Note
Ten of the most interesting comics that have come my way over the past few months.
The Comics Journal #302: Wages of Love: Chester Brown’s True Romance Comix Excerpt
In this excerpt, Tim Kreider talks about how Chester Brown’s mother’s schizophrenia affected Paying For It.
Campbell’s Rules of Comprehension
Reading comprehension for comics.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (2/20/13 – Irregular Holiday Celebrations)
Cooking up the freshest capsule summaries of whatever looks to be coming. PLUS: “Movies of the French”
The Comics Journal #302: Toon Treasury Think Tank! Excerpt
In this excerpt from the message board roundtable discussion on what to include in The Toon Treasury of Classic Children’s Comics, edited by Art Speigelman, Spiegelman, Chris Duffy, Paul Karasik, Paul Levitz and Jeet Heer figure out the book’s target audience and debate if selections from Mad magazine are suitable.
A Conversation with Gabrielle Bell
Chatting with the cartoonist about process, communication and the status of autobiography.
Gilbert Shelton in Conversation
A visit with one of the true greats of American underground comics in his Paris studio.
Friendly Ghosts and Comics Form
Greatness and minimalism in a disposable kid’s comic . . .
The Megan Kelso Interview
In this interview from TCJ #216, Megan Kelso and Gary Groth talk about the latter’s artistic development, sex in comics, self-publishing minicomics in the 1990s, and much more: introduction by Jason Lutes (Berlin, CCS).
The Comics Journal #302: Albert and Robert Excerpt
Bob Levin’s story about Robert Crumb’s lawyer, Albert Morse, begins with the Amazon “Keep on Truckin” lawsuit.
