Are you ready for photos? That’d better be a yes, because Chris Anthony Diaz has a comprehensive document of the first-ever Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival: Small + Indie Press show, held on Saturday, October 7, 2023.
Jake Zawlacki talks science fiction, story construction, personal faith and what’s cool with Daniel Warren Johnson, a standout writer/artist of contemporary American action comics.
I’m feeling better, thanks for asking! It’s great to see the world rumbling along regardless of my participation.
A preview of the forthcoming English translation of a period seinen manga by cult artist Shin’ichi Sakamoto.
In light of the news that two California comics retail institutions will be closing at the end of the year, Zach sits down with Geoffrey Patterson II of Geoffrey’s Comics and Hi De Ho Comics.
Matt Petras reports from a visit the cartoonist M.S. Harkness paid to The Copacetic Comics Company in Pittsburgh, upon the release of her new book, Time Under Tension.
Cartoonists in conversation today, as Whit Taylor interviews Lawrence Lindell, artist and publisher of minicomics and zines, whose debut graphic novel Blackward was recently published by Drawn & Quarterly.
Got the bug at a Halloween party last weekend, and honestly it’s what I deserve for socializing.
A reader of comics since the days of EC and MAD in the 1950s, Bob Levin now grapples with the idea of AI comics, through a book that purports to critique AI by using it.
Critics, cartoonists and colleagues pay tribute to the late Keith Giffen, as assembled by Austin English.
Noted and notorious, a superstar behind the scenes – Keith Giffen was one of the major players of superhero comics in the American direct market for nearly half a century. Andrew Farago unpacks the work and the influence of Giffen, who died earlier this month.
There’s been a few Daniel Clowes interviews in the last few weeks, but none go as deep as John Kelly does today. Learn the secrets of Monica – or at least as many as the author is willing to tell.
“I’m here to deliver smiles.” I perform my katana routine to volcanic applause.
Hagai Palevsky visited the ShortBox Comics Fair, that annual month-long market of new digital comics, and came away with five reviews of experimental and satirical works.
Continuing her journey through the Toronto comics scene, Kim Jooha interviews Rotem Anna Diamant & Jordan Reg. Aelick of the Canada Comics Open Library, which is dedicated to community access and artist involvement.
“Even though the ideal is high, I never give in,” I whisper, switching to Bluesky Social.
Combing through library archives, newspaper files and his personal collection, Michael O’Connell assembles a beguiling portrait of Milton Caniff, young and hungry, drawing industrial cartoons for a charismatic young editor.
Catching up with the creator of Tales of the Beanworld, extensively travelled through the art and business of comics and several bordering terrains.
What, I’m at a funeral… no, NOT for my career in writing excerpt text…
Natsume tackles the fundamentals of manga composition: the particular qualities of pictures, words and panels that deliver meaning to the reader. With examples from the work of Tiger Tateishi, Tori Miki and Natsume himself!
October brings another batch of tricks and treats (small press and self-published comic books) for RJ Casey to read, and for you to read about.
One of the standout comics of 2023 is the fourth and final installment of Olivier Schrauwen’s Sunday, a 468-page depiction of one day in the life and mind of a self-centered man. Matt Seneca questions the artist on the making of this proudly unextraordinary epic.
MMMM, NEWS! I dive in like it’s a money bin of sparkling candy.
Brief musings on the wildly popular yet curiously unambitious Instagram comics ‘mainstream,’ and its difficulties in travelling beyond the particularities of its audience.
