Article Archive
Maurice Sendak: Tributes
Artists and writers comment on one of their own.
The King of the Wild Things Is Dead. Long Live the King. Maurice Sendak (1928-2012)
In this obituary, Philip Nel, a children’s literature scholar, provides a historical overview of Maurice Sendak’s career and legacy.
Starstruck: An Interview with Elaine Lee and Michael Kaluta (Part 1)
The first of a series of interviews with Elaine Lee and Michael Kaluta on their ongoing epic comic, Starstruck.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/9/12 – 4 Excuses for a Late Column)
Lord, what day is it? This column’s still good, right? I mean good as in ‘useful,’ naturally.
“I Felt Like I Didn’t Have a Baby But At Least I’d Have a Book”: A Diane Noomin Interview
The pioneering co-editor of Twisted Sisters and creator of DiDi Glitz talks about the underground comics scene, Communism, abortion, the politics of anthologizing, contact paper-derived orgasms, and nail polish.
Permanent Tour 2
Try a Little Harder.
Lichtenstein and the Comics in Chicago
Neal Adams, Ivan Brunetti, Geof Darrow, and J.J. Sedelmaier discuss comics at the Art Institute of Chicago.
If Kirby Was Still Alive, He Would Totally Have Killed Himself By Now
The comics Tucker thinks are good this week aren’t new, and the comics that are new aren’t good.
Jack Kirby: Hand of Fire Roundtable (Part 3)
William Blake, Steve Ditko, and the idea of analogues in this final part of our Hand of Fire roundtable.
Josep Maria Berenguer, 1944-2012: The Last Libertine Publisher
The most relevant underground Spanish publisher in the history of comics has died.
Jack Kirby: Hand of Fire Roundtable (Part 2)
Part two of our Jack Kirby/Hand of Fire roundtable, in which Philip K. Dick makes an appearance.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/2/12 – My HP Printer/Scanner is About to Explode)
On one hand, I do not have Jonathan Lethem in this column. But on the other, I’ve got an explosion of Japanese comics from New York City! Wait, why is my hand exploding? That’s terrible.