The War on Gaza – 2.6.24
This is the third installment of Joe Sacco’s column, “The War on Gaza.”
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“Girls Like Us”: Karina Shor & Natalie Norris in Conversation about the Perils and Triumphs of Making Graphic Memoirs About Trauma
Natalie Norris and Karina Shor are cartoonists who released debut longform comics in 2023; both were memoirs depicting trauma in their lives. In this conversation, they discuss their intent, their process, and the effect of this work on their daily lives.
Year One
Inspired by DC’s recent “Facsimile Edition” reprinting of Batman: Year One as four comic books, with all the ads and letters from 1986-87, Tegan O’Neil writes about everything surrounding that classic story.
The War on Gaza – 1.31.24
This is the second installment of Joe Sacco’s column, “The War on Gaza.”
Martí, 1955-2024
Remembering a key figure in Spanish alternative comics as the 1970s became the ’80s, best known to English readers for The Cabbie, a grimly funny vision of authoritarian mania in a comic strip vein.
Three Years of Thick Lines: An Interview with Sally Madden and Katie Skelly
RJ Casey interviews Sally Madden & Katie Skelly, cartoonists and hosts of the popular Thick Lines podcast, now celebrating its three-year anniversary.
The War on Gaza – 1.26.24
Joe Sacco has been a writer, an editor, and a cartoonist since the 1980s. He is the author of Palestine and Footnotes in Gaza, among more than one dozen books. “The War on Gaza” is a completely new and recurring feature of this website.
Over The Land Freckled With Snow – This Week’s Links
Call the cops! No, not those cops; the news cops. No, not those news cops; the cops that congratulate you on reading the news. You’ve got a citation coming.
Webcomics Special: Chatting with KC Green
You make a comic, you put it online. It becomes one of the most repeated memes around. Then what do you do? William Schwartz talks with artist KC Green about a variety of webcomic, print comic, and syndicated comics projects that do not always involve a dog in a burning room.
A Walker By Any Other Name: Multiple Ways of Looking at a Cartoonist
Bob Levin examines three wildly different comic memoirs by the artist Jesse Reklaw, illuminating and contradicting one another in productive ways.
“This Is Not Only What I Want To Do, But What I Need To Do To Be Happy”: An Interview with Philadelphia Cartoonist Steven Arnold
Zach is back on the Philadelphia scene for a long talk with Steven “S.R.” Arnold, a collaborator on half a decade’s worth of self-published and anthology comics, recently struck out solo with the bleak and funny slice-of-life specials Perry Midlife and Perry Shitlife.
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out – This Week’s Links
Bought myself some new pants at the Tedrick Street dump.
Arrivals and Departures – January 2024
RJ filled his arms with comics from November’s Short Run Comix & Arts Festival, and now he’s pouring approximately half of them into your lap with the first Arrivals and Departures of 2024!
David Kunzle, 1936-2024
An obituary for one of the most notable of the early scholars of comic strip history: David Kunzle, author of the massive two-part History of the Comic Strip among other studies of art, politics, and society.
Remembering David Kunzle
Comics scholar Charles Hatfield remembers the late David Kunzle, one of the pioneers of the comics studies field.
“I’ve Had The Life That I Wanted When I Was 10 Years Old”: A Conversation with Dave Gibbons
Jason Bergman sits down with the British comics superstar and co-creator of several very famous genre comics to discuss his recent autobiography.
A Hazy Shade of Winter – This Week’s Links
After the storm a couple of guys from down south came out of the building like “look at all this goddamn snow.” I turned on my car to heat the windshield, and they started taking selfies in the glow of the lheadlights.
John M. Burns, 1938-2023
Tom Shapira remembers John M. Burns, a massively prolific artist whose work covered virtually every corner of UK comics for over half a century. Burns died on December 29.
Jean-Christophe Menu: On L’Association, the State of French Comics, and His Return As a Publisher
Kicking off a new year with one of the icons of European alternative comics, as Robert Aman interviews Jean-Christophe Menu: cartoonist, critic, editor, co-founder of the game-changing L’Association, and founder of his own 21st century endeavor, L’Apocalypse.
You’re My January Friend – This Week’s Links
A new year… the perfect time to settle old scores! (Unsubscribes from grocery store mailing list.)
A Book Report from Thought Bubble 2023
Hagai Palevsky recalls last November’s Thought Bubble Comic Convention through reviews of books by four artists: Erika Price, Peony Gent, Tyler Landry and A Liang Chan.
The Best of 2023, as Decreed by Our Contributors
Our print edition will offer a focused “Best of 2023” in the near future. This is… different.
