Fantom Comics
In our latest installment of Retail Therapy, we spoke with Jake Shapiro, of Washington DC’s Fantom Comics!
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Esther Pearl Watson on Comics, Fine Arts, Theory, and Pink Flying Saucers
In this follow-up, Watson talks about the comics grid, Duchamp, Lynda Barry, and more.
Nick Meglin: 1935-2018
Writer, artist, editor, and lyricist Nick Meglin (born Nick Megliola) was perhaps best known for the 48 years he spent on the staff of Mad magazine, the last twenty of which were as co-editor of the magazine (with colleague John Ficarra), surviving Mad’s original creator Harvey Kurtzman, publisher William Gaines, and most of the original… Read more »
We Need to Talk about Thanos
Tegan and Thanos go back a long way, but have both of them outgrown the comics where they met? It’s time to find out.
The Dogs of Slaughter
Today we’ve got a double shot of Conundrum Press for ya. And then we’ve got some links!
Alison McCreesh
Alison McCreesh and Alex Dueben discuss the nature of her most recent work of illustration and ambition: Norths: Two Suitcases and a Stroller Around the Circumpolar World!
Fine Art and Cartoonists Roundtable
In this unpublished conversation from 2012, Michael Dooley sits down with artists Marc Bell, Joe Coleman, Esther Pearl Watson, and Robert Williams to discuss the place and value of comics in the realm of fine arts.
They Called Her Viking
It’s Michel Versus Chuck, Keith on memory, and the internet on everything else.
Forsman X Fiffe
This week sees the release of Michel Fiffe’s official continuation of Rob Liefeld’s Bloodstrike series, legally (and affectionately) known as Bloodstrike: Brutalists. Meanwhile, Chuck Forsman has set up shop at Patreon, where he’s currently serializing Automa. While the majority of their conversations take place at the conventions they often share a table at, some of them make their way into print: like this one you’re about to read.
The Plight of the Superhero Comic Book
Working his way through a stack of recent mainstream and alternative superhero comics, Ken Parille finds many drowning in clichés and a few that get it right.
Excerpt: Left in the Canefields
Thanks to Brady Evans and Sloane Leong, we’re pleased to share this excerpt from Brady’s Left in the Canefields, one of the comics to appear in Cautionary Fables and Fairy Tales: Oceania Edition.
Understanding Detroit: The Nonfiction Work of Anne Elizabeth Moore & Melissa Mendes
When you’re looking for the way into a complicated news story about what’s been happening in Detroit, it helps to be able to pull the cat card.
That Car’s Not On Fire, That Car’s My Dad
Peter from The Beguiling is here, Irene gears up for some Godhead action, and we talk abou the pluses and minuses of BookExpo.
The Beguiling
Founded in 1987, The Beguiling has set a new standard in Canada for comics and graphic novel retail. Showcasing the largest selection of alternative, underground and avant-garde graphic story telling in the country, The Beguiling has a worldwide reputation for excellence. Peter Birkemoe has the deets!
Ted Shearer and His Visual Masterpiece, Quincy
Quincy’s energetic, juicy brush line and lively layouts showed that comic strip rendering could qualify as high art.
Children of the Korn
Start your week off right with Eli Valley, Shea Hennum & a reminder of the future in which you must now live.
