Molly Mendoza: Day One
The only way out is through: there’s a reason that phrase has stuck around for a bit. Welcome to Molly Mendoza’s Cartoonist Diary!
Article Archive
“I Did It The Other Way Around”: An Interview With Joan Steacy
For her first foray into the artform, Joan Steacy went long–a 250 page graphic novel, detailing a semi-fictionalized account of her life. Today, she’s speaking with Alex Dueben about her life, her unusual background, and the variety of real life people who appear in Aurora Borealice.
Feeling Like a Vigilante or a Missionary (This Week’s Links)
Time to look at the week that wuz, and the comics news that entails. Ryan Flanders is on the scene!
An Interview with Trevor Von Eeden (Reprise)
Michel Fiffe’s groundbreaking 2009 interview with legendary artist Trevor Von Eeden, first published in The Comics Journal #298, makes its online debut.
“Magic is Bunk, o’course… Still… Whaddyuh Know?” The Curious Pull of Harold Gray’s Little Orphan Annie
Frank Young takes a look back at Harold Gray’s groundbreaking, fun, and (occasionally) Little Orphan Annie.
“Simplifying Is My Thing”: Sloane Leong Talks To Giorgia Marras
Cartoonist and critic Leong is speaking with the her fellow artists-in-residence at the Maison de Auteurs in Angouleme, France. This week, she talks to Giorgia Marras about the inspiration and decisions behind her graphic novel, Sissi, Une Femme Au Delà Du Conte De Fées.
The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Tempest
Brian Nicholson takes a look at Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s League of Extraordinary of Gentlemen, whose recent conclusion reportedly serves as the conclusion of Moore’s career in comics as well.
You Build Walls, We’re Gonna Probably Dig Holes (This Week’s Links)
Comics news and happenings from Ryan Flanders. Just imagine he has one of those hats, and that he’s about to sing.
Paul Krassner, Dead at 87: An Appreciation
Ethan Persoff reflects on Paul Krassner’s work with Wally Wood, Kalynn Campbell and Richard Guindon.
“I’m Crazy. This Is Why It’s Really Hard To Find A Publisher”: Sloane Leong Talks To Giorgia Casetti
Cartoonist and critic Leong is speaking with the her fellow artists-in-residence at the Maison de Auteurs in Angouleme, France. This week, she talks to Giorgia Casetti about the cartooning “code”, making work for children, and lining things up for publishers.
Turning Away From Reality: Seth’s Clyde Fans
“Seth’s skill and talent is not up for debate any longer. We must instead move on to the implication of what he is trying to say, the only way to engage with an artist of consequence.” In the latest installment of 10 Cent Museum, Austin English examines Clyde Fans.
Live Scribing with Elizabeth Beier: Non-Fiction Comics & Comics Journalism
Elizabeth recounts the Non Fiction Comics / Comics Journalism Panel, featuring MK Czerwiec (moderator), Rosa Colón, Martina Schradi, Alison Wilgus, and Elvis Wolf discussing comics based on true stories.
“In Love with A Sea of Love”: A Conversation With Wilfrid Lupano
Brenda Dales has a lot of questions for Wilfrid Lupano about A Sea of Love, the wordless graphic novel that he and Grégory Panaccione delivered to the world last year. He ain’t gonna answer all of ’em!
Live Scribing with Elizabeth Beier: Long Form Comics
Elizabeth Beier recaps the “Long Form Comics” panel at the Queers & Comics Conference, featuring Robert Kirby, Nicole Georges, Steve MacIsaac, Lee Marrs, Hazel Newlevant, and Eric Orner.
An Unusual Gang of Idiots: The Joy of Working at MAD Magazine Past Its Heyday
Ryan Flanders looks back at what it meant and what he learned during the 17 years he spent at the house that Alfred E Neuman built.
No Choice But Comics: Kramers at X
Matt Seneca peeled back the cover of Kramers Ergot 10 and found enough comics nitroglycerin inside that he felt the need to pull in editor Sammy Harkham for some background on the thinking behind its assembly.
Live Scribing with Elizabeth Beier: Nicole Georges and Mariko Tamaki
In today’s installment of Elizabeth Beier’s recap of the Queers & Comics Conference, she takes us through Nicole Georges and Mariko Tamaki’s conversation on comics, stories, and motivation!
Robin McConnell On The Future of Inkstuds
Robin McConnell, the longtime host of Inkstuds, recently posted a series of tweets regarding the future of the project, and we reached out for clarification.
Everett Raymond Kinstler Reminisces About His Life In The Worlds Of Illustration and Comics – And The Duke
Before he passed away this past May, the legendary Everett Raymond Kinstler–illustrator of Presidents, pulps, comics and Hawkman–spoke at great length with Steven Brower about a life, and career, lived well.
Live Scribing with Elizabeth Beier: Magdalene Visaggio In Conversation
From May 16-19 2019, New York City’s School of Visual Arts hosted the Queers & Comics Conference, a biennial LGBTQ cartoonist conference. The event was organized by Jennifer Camper and Justin Hall and provided a space for artists, writers and fans to discuss everything from publishing to story structure to social justice to different kinds of pens. Bay Area artist Elizabeth Beier attended the event and created visual notes of some of the panels.
Nate McDonough: Day Five
On his last day, Nate McDonough turns his Cartoonist’s lens onto the Diary process itself–well his courageous eye like what it sees, or will he blink?
