The Best Comics of 2019
Comics Journal contributors chime in with their favorite comics, artists and reads from the year that was: 2019.
Comics Journal contributors chime in with their favorite comics, artists and reads from the year that was: 2019.
The sands of time may fall through the webbings of your fingers, but the sands of comics news won’t…for Ryan Flanders, who has hands similar to the feet of an American duck, allowing the granules of comics news to stick, for future linking. That future is now!
Upon the eve of its conclusion, Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang discuss the history behind their Paper Girls series, and no nuts, bolts, warts, or feelings are left behind.
Marc Sobel’s archaeological finds include The Miracle Squad, Steve Bissette classics, R.L. Stine (huh?) and a comic that was actually published in 2019: you read that right. Go ahead and open your presents early!
Sexton Ming and J.T. Dockery’s 15-years-in-the-making collaboration, Kenttucky Pussy, made its way into the world via Nix Comix, earlier this year. Bob Levin took the trip, and he’s recovered enough to explain.
Here’s thirty items to peruse on your way to the airport. Which one of them will reveal Ryan’s lust for Friday The 13th related humor?
You never know what people are thinking about when they’re standing next to you. Maybe they turned you into a slimy beast!
The Peruvian duo discuss their latest work, Ya nadie te sacará de tu tierra, and the role of comics in political discourse.
Industry, huh? Well, you can keep these things in a zoo, if you ask Malcy!
Malcy isn’t feeling well, and while he isn’t going to share the sickness, he’s ready to walk you through how it sounds. Is it Cartoonist Diary Time? Yes, it is Cartoonist Diary Time.
When the curator of Santa Rosa’s Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center finds a giant exhibition of Moomin artwork winding its way through Japan, you better believe he’s going to document the experience for those of us without the frequent flier miles.
There’s always art available, if you know how to look for it. And sometimes, that art is an artist, seen by its double. It’s called a positive attitude, pal!
Chris Platt spent the day with Robert Williams, and he came away with his mind thoroughly blast-sanded. You’ll want to be prepared yourself, just like the Scouts of old.
There’s a first time for everything, and today, that first time is dealing with a canal lock in action. Malcy Duff, take it away: a new Cartoonist’s Diary begins!
Allow the dark to wrap around you: Ryan Flanders has the comics links that will sustain. The engine? Ignition!
Shazam hasn’t had the easiest run of things for a good long while–don’t let the box office receipts fool you! R.C. Harvey is here with the latest installment of Hare Tonic, focusing on the Big Red Cheese!
In this month’s installment of The Fiffe Files, Michel is setting up shop to talk about Chris Wozniak, the man responsible for some of the most memorable drawings of Ted Kord that have existed. But that’s not all!
Howard Cruse (1944–2019) was a highly influential cartoonist and a pioneer in the world of queer comics. He is best known for his strips Wendel and Barefootz, as well as his book Stuck Rubber Baby.
While the food you’re eating may be leftovers, today’s links are fresh and piping hot: let Ryan Flanders serve you up a slathering heap!
Check out this 2011 conversation between cartoonist Gahan Wilson and Fantagraphics publisher and Comics Journal Editor-In-Chief Gary Groth, which originally appeared in the Fantagraphics collection of Wilson’s Playboy cartoons.
Dissident artist Badiucao talks with Martyn Pedler about why he left China, why he’s no longer anonymous, the responsibility of the artist in the face of tyranny, and how he tries to create practical work that protesters can actually use.
Gahan Wilson, one of the most influential and respected cartoonists in the medium, passed away on November 21st, 2019.
This week, Ryan dances between the raindrops and finds enough non-Alan Moore-doesn’t-fave-my-tweets comics news to keep things moving right on through the weekend.