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Melanie Gillman: Day One
Cartoonist Melanie Gillman is on their way to the White Leaves Artist Residency–but first, they’ve got to learn the rules of the land. Then, creation can commence!
“You Also Wanna Have a Couple Weirdos”: Sloane Leong Talks to Vincent Kings
Cartoonist and critic Sloane Leong has been speaking with the her fellow artists-in-residence at the Maison de Auteurs in Angouleme, France. This week, she spoke with Vincent Kings about oil painting, Heavy Metal & autobiography.
Bijou Funnies: The Conclusion!
Marc Sobel has a sermon on George Pérez, old Red Circle comics and classic pissed off Toth quotes for you. Put on a tie before you walk into this church, ya turkey!
Excerpt: Motel Universe
Check out a 16 page excerpt from Joakim Dresher’s Motel Universe, released this week from Secret Acres.
He Wanted Her Dead. She Turned It into Art: A Conversation with Vivek Shraya
In Death Threat, Shraya and artist Ness Lee turn a series of transphobic death threats–directed at Shraya herself–into a kaleidoscopic comic.
Eight of the Eleven Defendants Dismissed from Pickrodt Lawsuit
New developments in the Cody Pickrodt case see eight of the eleven defendants dismissed, Alec Berry has the details
“Comics Are the Best Way to Meet My Needs”: Sloane Leong Talks to Pao-yen Ding
Cartoonist and critic Sloane Leong has been speaking with the her fellow artists-in-residence at the Maison de Auteurs in Angouleme, France. This week, she spoke via email with Pao-yen Ding about why he chose comics, his efforts in interpreting his dreams, and how he used the residency.
The Materiality of Comics
In this first installment of a new column, Kim Jooha explores the materiality of comics by looking at the work of three artists: Warren Craghead, Alexis Beauclair, and Erin Curry.
OVERWORD 4 · Squadron Supreme & Quasar
OVERWORD RECAP 1 · TEEN TITANS – My need for colorful, clean-cut super heroics and my obsessive habit to hunt back issues in bulk met at the intersection of Wolfman & Pérez. My enthusiasm was destroyed by troubling story elements but was resuscitated by the excellent Titans Hunt storyline. 2 · JSA/ALL-STAR SQUADRON – A Roy… Read more »
“We’re All Writing About Ourselves on Some Level”: A Conversation with Sophie Yanow
Talking to the creator of War of Streets and Houses about art styles, the dangers of navel-gazing memoir, and her webcomic, The Contradictions.
“I Left with the Mission to Level Up”: Sloane Leong Talks to Glynnis Fawkes
Cartoonist and critic Sloane Leong has been speaking with the her fellow artists-in-residence at the Maison de Auteurs in Angouleme, France. This week, she’s speaking with Glynnis Fawkes about her comics work on black holes, literary titans and middle grade historical fiction.
The Art of Juxtaposition: Botticelli and Karl Stevens
At Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Renaissance art is being exhibited with contemporary comics work.
The Dark Knight Returns: Art Makes Sense If You Force It To
A new comics reader decides to cram the titles that comics call their canon. In the first installment, it’s Frank Miller’s take on an aging Batman that gets the spotlight.
