Albert Uderzo: 1927-2020
He came, he drew, he conquered. Co-creator of one of the world’s most beloved comics, Astérix, Albert Uderzo passed away on March 24th at the age of 92.
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“I’m Surprised!”: An Interview with Andrew Neal about Meeting Comics
Retailer turned cartoonist Andrew Neal catches up with TCJ about the first print collection of his gag strip, Meeting Comics, which transitioned from “lunch break work” to a full-fledged universe in record time!
“A Diary Of Time Itself”: An Academic Roundtable on Chris Ware’s Rusty Brown
A major work from a major artist, the first installment of Chis Ware’s collected Rusty Brown was released in the winter of 2019. Martha Kuhlman and the authors & scholars behind 2010”s Comics of Chris Ware reunited to discuss the work.
Diamond Comics To End Weekly Comics Delivery Starting April 1st Until Further Notice
Read the letter Steve Geppi sent to comics retailers and publishers regarding the impact of COVID-19 on Diamond Comics.
An Open Letter To Comic Readers
Comics retail speaks out about ways to help out that part of the industry at an uncertain and difficult time.
Kevin Budnik: Day Six
Kevin closes out his week of Cartoonist’s Diary entries with the classiest of cliffhanger conclusions: unanswered questions!
Kevin Budnik: Day Five
There’s a lot to love in today’s installment of Kevin’s Diary (and there’s still one more surprise day to go!), but for our money, the crowd pleasing moment is the very specific instructions that go down during dinner. Get some!
Kevin Budnik: Day Four
It’s time to inventory the desk, where creation lives. Wait, that happens on the dining room table? Kevin: explain!
Kevin Budnik: Day Three
Today is a simple one for Kevin, who finds some time outside of drawing and frustration to check in on the soundtrack of friendship.
Michel Fiffe, Ed Piskor, and Tom Scioli Make Corporate Comics Their Way
Three cartoonists who like to play the field sit down to figure out where the loyalties lie–the comics or the characters?
Kevin Budnik: Day Two
Kevin packs more into a day than I would into a week, and then you sit straight up in bed, wild-eyed and out of breath. “Holy shit” you say, “And he still found time to draw it, too?”
Adopt to Resist: When Comics Embrace Internet Aesthetics
The internet is where so many of us live, and it’s a world with its own aesthetics, language and texture. What happens when those begin to bubble up in comics? Nicholas has a theory for just that question!
Kevin Budnik: Day One
Kevin Budnik’s Cartoonist Diary begins–and today sees him asking the question of whether he’s said everything one can with this medium. Let’s answer that for him: not yet, Kevin! Keep them coming.
Strictly Business (Flanders’ Last Links)
“I thought we’d get to see forever”, I said, “But forever’s gone away,” Ryan responded. “I don’t know where this road is going is going to lead. All I know is where we’ve been. And what we’ve been through!”
“I Would Never Draw Except To Tell A Story.”: An Interview with Nick Maandag
The king of deadpan sat down with his number one fan to talk about his latest collection of comics, The Follies of Richard Wadsworth.
The Copacetic Comics Company
In the first Retail Therapy of 2020, we’re catching up with Bill Boichel, whose Copacetic Comics Company is legitimately one of a kind!
“I Want To See What Else We Can Get Away With”: An Interview with Avi Ehrlich
Avi Ehrlich talks about the history of Bay Area store, record label, art crew and comics publisher Silver Sprocket, and how philosophy can be more than just talk, but an actual practical business model.
A Landscape Study Of Paco Roca’s House
Paul Karasik takes a long(ways) look at Paco Roca’s graphic novel The HouseI, which takes a somewhat traditional story and turns it on its head. Like, it actually turns it. You’ll see!
Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine Thou Short of a Mill (This Week’s Links)
Ryan’s got a contest for you–close readers will not only find themselves champions, but will come away informed….about all the comics news!
COCORICO! Charlie Hebdo’s Coco Tackles Plato
The Charlie Hebdo cartoonist tried her hand at a graphic novel adaptation of Plato, the end result runs at Paris’ Galerie Art-Maniak through 14 March. Cynthia Rose is here to catch up those of us with travel restrictions.
Doomsday Clock: What’s It All Mean?
R.C. Harvey isn’t going to let Geoff Johns get away with spending a huge amount of time messing around with old Watchmen comics and thousands of alternate DC universes without giving the end result the old once over. Can Bob resist the bombast?
