Eric Reynolds Remembers Tom Spurgeon
Fantagraphics Associate Publisher and former TCJ staffer Eric Reynolds remembers The Comics Reporter’s Tom Spurgeon.
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Comics Journalist Tom Spurgeon Dies at the age of 50
Comics journalist Tom Spurgeon passed away on Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 at the age of 50.
Go, Look (This Week’s Links)
Ryan’s here to catch you up on this week’s comics news, reviews, interviews and more!
Excerpt: Constantly
Check out an 11 page excerpt from gg’s Constantly, coming this fall from Koyama Press!
“There Are Some Experiences That Bring Us Closer”: An Interview with Marcelo D’Salete
Marcelo D’Salete’s follow up to his Eisner winning Run For It is a 400 plus page graphic novel about an independent kingdom of runaway slaves in 16th Century Brazil. He spoke with Heitor Pitombo about the success the book, and how it came to America.
“Wood Told Me If You Can’t Do It Good, Do A Lot Of It”: A Conversation With Ken Landgraf
It’s easier to name publications Ken Landgraf didn’t work for than to name all the ones he did. Get ready for a firehose of history, and make sure you stay seated long enough to hear about the experience of working for magazines like Whitetail Deer Hunter & Tactical Knives.
Horror Press Publisher and Managing Editor Resign After Allegations of Bad Practices
This past weekend has seen a steady stream of allegations against Canadian graphic novel and horror publisher Chizine, resulting in the publisher and managing editor’s resignation. Alec Berry has the story.
Dylan Edwards: Day Five
When do you get your complimentary drink? Don’t just guess–there’s a right answer! Dylan Edwards, Diary style!
The Most Healthy Behavior Is to Stay in the Clear (This Week’s Links)
Allow Flanders to cut through the chaff, to slice the wheat, to provide you the gluten that will cause your comics story to rise: it’s time for all the news, reviews and interviews you’ll need to make it through another week!
“One Thing Leads to Another”: An Interview with Kevin Huizenga
“I don’t think about it in that way. At this point, that’s the way that I draw and the way that I write. It’s not a choice. It’s just the way I do it.”
Dylan Edwards: Day Three
Another day, another Cartoonist’s Diary entry, another opportunity to potentially frustrate the locals with tourist-style mishaps!
Dylan Edwards: Day Four
Are you ready to get spit on? Because if you’re not, you might be in the wrong room. Dylan has the deets!
Hamburg’s Comicfestival 2019
Couldn’t make it to Germany for the boundary incinerating installment of Comicfestival? Never fear. Boots were on the ground, worn by Heike & Oliver, and they’re here to catch you up on everything you missed. And it’s a lot!
Dylan Edwards: Day Two
Choreographed heavy metal crowd work: there’s more to translation than merely the spoken word. Dylan Edwards is ready to play catch-up, in today’s Cartoonist’s Diary!
“All That Truly Matters In A Story Is Emotion”: An Interview with Mark Waid
Alex Dueben attempts to catch up with Mark Waid, one of the most prolific and successful comic writers of the last three decades, and while he can’t quite cover it all–they certainly cover a good bit of what has kept Waid’s creative fires burning on books like Archie, Daredevil, Superman: Birthright, Impulse and his latest, Ignited.
Dylan Edwards: Day One
Dylan Edwards is in Japan, and so is heavy metal band Mejibray. Can Dylan make it through the evening, or will drink ticket politics stymie a dream? A new Cartoonist Diary begins!
Why Y’all Stuck on Laffy Taffy? (This Week’s Links)
In this week’s links, Ryan Flanders bemoans the Brooklyn youth of today; not their politics, not their art, not their choice of chain restaurants…but their lack of interest in Halloween costumes related to Russell Myers Broom-Hilda character.
Raina Telgemeier Has Got Guts
Raina Telgemeier’s work may feature a child-protagonist and may be read by children, but her compositional complexity within and across her autobiographical graphic narratives is as thoughtful and nuanced as the comics medium permits. It’s not good because it’s popular: it’s popular because it really is that good.
Memoirs of an Insomnious Man: Kevin Huizenga’s “The River at Night”
What happens when a dedicated insomniac reviews a book about a man who cannot sleep? Action as you have never seen.
Tom Tenney
Michel Fiffe returns with another look at a bin denizen of the not-so-recent past: Tom Tenney, whose work on the Marvel series Force Works brought a whole bunch of words that, according to Michel, were completely unnecessary.
“If Anything, The Book Would Be Longer”: A Conversation With Kelsey Wroten
Annie Mok catches up with cartoonist Kelsey Wroten, about their graphic novel Cannonball, the struggle between legible cartoons and artistic expression, and the lack of athletic style benchmarks in the creative arts.
