Lee Holley, 1932 – 2018
The cartoonist behind the teen strip Ponytail, who was also drew the Sunday Dennis the Menace strip and was an animator for Warner Brothers, died in a plane crash.
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I Admire Its Purity
Today, Chuck and Max figure out the comics situation, Ben Sears takes the stage, the best profession gets its due.
“I’m Not Sure Anybody Cares but It Allowed Me More Freedom”: A Conversation with Max de Radigues
It’s Cartoonist Vs. Cartoonist, and Chuck Forsman has Max de Radigues in the hotseat to talk about his latest graphic novel Weegee, the French version of a co-op and what trick Max uses to keep his feet moving.
Seven American Brothers
Tuesday is Monday, so start your week off with some Alex Degen and some French colors.
“I Have a Gut Reaction to the Story and Translate It with Color”: An Interview with Walter
Talking business and art with one of the most accomplished colorists in European comics.
Joyce Carol’s Oatmeal
Today it’s Tegan on Los Bros, more evidence that the Greeks weren’t the only ones with mythology, and an embedded YouTube video!
Excerpt: The King of Birds
In this Nobrow excerpt, author Alexander Utkin, retells the Slavic myths of his youth in a stunning new graphic novel, illustrated in a bold new style.
Empathy through Ennui: A Conversation with Nick Drnaso
Nick Drnaso sits down with The Comics Journal to talk about his newly released graphic novel Sabrina, including the reasons he cancelled its publication upon completion last year!
Her Satanic Hands
A double shot of Sabrina, a prying open of your Third Eye, pointless lines in the sand.
Third Eye Comics
In the latest episode of our retailer interview series, Third Eye Comics makesa couple of simple requests: better cover design, and more books like Chew. Wait, Chew?
Seth’s 2018 Center for Cartoon Studies Commencement Speech
Advice for cartoonists about to enter the profession
Notes Toward a Future Understanding of Wally Wood
Why is the art of Wally Wood so hard to describe, so hard to get at? Why am I so interested in his art, while the similarly painstaking craftsmanship of a Joe Kubert or Will Eisner leaves me cold?
“How Far We’ve Come Since the 1980s!”: An Interview With Tim Truman
Truman sits down to talk about his upcoming return to Scout, how he’s found one of his best artistic collaborations by working with his son, and yes, because one of us demanded it, how he ended up making the greatest Hawkman story of all time.
Colleen Frakes: Day Five
You can actually go home again, but sometimes that means you have to find a way to entertain other people’s children if you want to survive the flight. Colleen Frakes can tell you all about it!
Don’t You Bile, Tonight
It’s comic book day at the Comics Journal–bring ya kids! Actually wait maybe only big kids.
Excerpt: Entropy
Secret Acres and Aaron Costain are preparing to unleash Entropy this summer, and they’re ready to pull back the curtain. The rest is up to you, people with the capacity to read.
Colleen Frakes: Day Four
Sometimes, even if it means the destruction of expensive technology, you have to document the theft of human food by our brothers and sisters that call the Alaskan sky home. Colleen has your Thursday covered!
Colleen Frakes: Day Three
Dungeons and Dragons, cooking, a little house built by a teenager, and more science: it’s Wednesday, and Colleen is holding it down in Alaska!
“They Changed My Life”: An Interview with Bill Schelly
A discussion with the comics scholar and Harvey Kurtzman biographer about his new memoir of growing up as a gay comics fan, the difference between fandom and criticism, the reality of comics as a profession, and his experiences with Steve Ditko.
