Nick Cuti 1944-2020
A look back at the life of the prolific comics creator, editor and animator, who passed away last week.
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“I Wanted The Opposite Of A Style”: An Interview With Jon J. Muth
Jon J. Muth–the only human artist who can lay claim to both winning a Caldecott and illustrating a memorable comic book featuring Havok–describes what drew him to the work of Stanislaw Lem for his 2019 book, The Seventh Voyage.
Best Of The Fests
Rob Clough takes a look at mini-comics from Kayla E., Sam Sharpe, Hyena Hell, Haleigh Buck and more in a column he’s calling a return “to the roots” of High-Low!
Simple Words Just Don’t Move Me (This Week’s Links)
Ryan went to the mattresses this week…but not to hide from the New York boys! Now, he went to the mattresses, pulled them up, found the comics news, and returned in style. It’s linking time!
Setting An Antitype
An exploration of risograph printing inspired by a visit to Amsterdam’s AGA LAB.
Don’t Just Call Your Parents, Interview them: A Conversation With Joey Perr
Joey Perr wanted to know more about his father, and used the tools of cartooning and interviewing to chase that want down and turn it into a comic. Sam Jaffe Goldstein asked him why!
“I Have To Remember To Burn All This”: A Cartoonist’s Conversation With Mardou
Cartoonist Sarah Glidden speaks with Mardou about the powerful conclusion to Sky In Stereo, published in late 2019, and her Internal Family Systems (I.M.F.) comics, which she’s currently releasing via Instagram.
“I Am the Love Man”: A Valentine’s Day Interview with David Krueger and Ben Marcus
RJ Casey catches up with the creators of Love Man to find out how the project began, what their collaborative process looks like, and what their plans are for the future.
Michael Comeau: Day Five
In today’s final installment in Michael Comeau’s Diary, we are given a lens into the degradation–moral, physical and environmental–that Coca Cola brings to the world.
Claire Brétecher (1940 – 2020)
“Her trajectory was a singular one, unlike that of almost any other artist.” Cynthia Rose, on the life and career of the legendary Claire Brétecher, who has passed away.
There’s Always a Certain Kind of Risk to Take (This Week’s Links)
Opening and closing with posters, this week’s installment of The Ryan Flanders Show sees our trusty explorer linking up a romantic storm. HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!
Michael Comeau: Day Four
In today’s Cartoonist’s Diary, Michael Comeau is talking skateboarding, and how it applies to absolutely everything that is or is not skateboarding.
“Year Abroad. Dumb Luck. Decent Taste.”: An Interview With Edward Gauvin
In a fascinating, must read conversation, Edward Gauvin talks with Alex Dueben about his career as a freelancer translator, the noble responsiblity of the job, the difficulties inherent to its economic model, and some of his favorite recent European finds.
Michael Comeau: Day Three
In today’s installment of Michael Comeau’s Cartoonist Diary, it’s time to talk relationships. Some might say “TMI”. To those people, we say: GTFO!
The Artist’s Life and Death Redundant: Inio Asano’s Downfall
In which the artist of Goodnight Punpun proves that comics can’t break your heart if you break it yourself.
Michael Comeau: Day Two
Michael discusses drumming, language reclamation, and the familial bonds created within a band. It’s Diary Day Two!
Seymour Chwast’s Graphic Novels
Famed graphic designer Seymour Chwast sat down with cartoonist Dash Shaw to talk about the graphic novels he’s created, those he wants to create, and whether or not he considers them a “side pursuit”.
Michael Comeau: Day One
A new diary begins, and in day one we’re introduced to Michael Comeau’s impersonation of Encyclopedia Brown, which goes well with his coworker Julie, who makes a Rowdy Roddy Piper reference.
I Can’t Wear My Hat in Here? (This Week’s Links)
France is dolling out the plaudits, Ryan is doling out the links. February’s comics news is in full swing!
The Comics Journal #305: Excerpt from the Rebecca Kirby and HTML Flowers Conversation
In The Comics Journal #350, Rebecca Kirby and HTML Flowers talk about health care, disability, and illness and how they transfer those themes into their comics work.
“What I Thought I Had Figured Out” – Talking Bradley of Him with Connor Willumsen
George Elkind and Connor Willumsen have a sprawling conversation on Bradley of Him, one of 2019’s most fascinating comics.
Come in from the Cold: Gou Tanabe’s At the Mountains of Madness and the Comics Adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft
Tom Shapira runs through some of the many comics adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft’s writing with an aim towards crowning one with the title of Number One.
Grappling With Privilege: Connor Willumsen’s Bradley Of Him
Brian Nicholson makes his case for the philosophy behind Connor Willumsen’s “bravura” Bradley of Him.
