Article Archive
Revisiting Dakota North
According to Keith Silva, we don’t talk enough about Dakota North–and he’s here to remedy that situation, with a look at the under-discussed ’80s miniseries by Martha Thomases and Tony Salmons that introduced the character.
Dermal Lift: Barry Windsor-Smith’s Weapon X
Weapon X isn’t the only superhero comic to tear down its protagonist’s heroic facade or even to indict its readers for believing in that image – though it is one whose force and quality surpasses all but the top rank of stories to do so.
Ian Densford: Day Five
Ian goes into the woods, pal in tow, danger afoot: will our cartoonist make it safely to his destination?
Ian Densford: Day Four
The cartoonist’s diary continues with a break-time daydream.
Wednesday’s Satanic Children
It’s a podcast, and it’s a diary, and it’s a sweet update on facts and figures!
Episode 31: Lauren Weinstein
The Normel Person and Goddess of Warcreator talks Aisha Franz, Gary Panter, Carol Tyler, and more.
Ian Densford: Day Three
We all get lost in your work, but sometimes your work is drawing a whole lot of dead bodies: it takes a toll!
“I Look at Every Story I Draw in a Different Way”: An Interview with Rubén Pellejero
Pellejero is one of Spain’s great comics artists (Historias de Barcelona, The Summer of Irreverence, Rain Wolf). Today he, along with writer Juan Díaz Canales, is making the new adventures of one of comics’ greatest characters, Hugo Pratt’s Corto Maltese.
Ian Densford: Day Two
This day in history.
Fall into Degradation
In this week’s column, an Arcades Project-style history of cartoonists and their relationships with editors, publishers, and so-called fans.
Ian Densford: Day One
Ian Densford is here, and he’s brought his love of Robert Stack with him, in the form of drawings of Robert Stack.
I’ll Assign This Treason Case to You
Tegan turns her eye to Steve Ditko, and his Shade the Changing Man series. Gather round: there’s learning to be had.
Fuck You, Death: Thoughts on Finishing My Friend’s Last Book
The cartoonist Anders Nilsen describes the experience and labor of helping to bring Geneviève Castrée’s final book, A Bubble, to publication.
Switching Gears: Annie Koyama Will Shutter Press in 2021 to Focus on Patronage
“There are no strings attached. Once I decide to work with an artist, as I have always done with the press, I put enough trust in them and their project not to interfere. They don’t need my creative help, they need money.”
You Shall Know No Quarter
Today we’ve got David Brothers, Max Baitinger, and a reminder of His Holiness: Trevor Von Eeden.
“Expectations Are Right Next Door to Demands”: A David Brothers Profile
From blogger to critic, from California to Portland, from Image to Viz–David Brothers is a name you already know, or soon will. In this exclusive profile, Alec Berry unpacks a career whose trajectory is all its own.
