Article Archive
Katie Skelly: Day Two
In today’s installment, Katie has what the scientists like to call “a good day”. Spiritual, emotional, physical and professional goals are all met!
French and Frisky: The Man Behind Astérix
When the scenarist René Goscinny (1926 – 1977) died at 51, much of the world felt they knew him. With Astérix, he had created a hero who outsold Tintin. Goscinny also helped to found and run Pilote, a magazine that won French cartooning back an audience – adults – that it had lost after the 19th century.
This Land Is Quicksand
Katie Skelly sets up shop, Matt Seneca gets a history lesson, I hung out with the best synchronized skaters in the country.
Katie Skelly: Day One
There’s no better way to start off a week than to get an email from a celebrity. No better way!
“Hopefully You Reach a Few People Here and There”: A David Collier Interview
David Collier’s work is much too personal, much too idiosyncratic to pass as straightforward nonfiction. His latest, Morton: A Cross-Country Rail Journey, is no exception, and possibly his best book to date. Here he discusses the book, being edited, the military, trains, and many other topics.
The Illuminati, But For Raisins
The funny thing about plumbing is that’s such a present tense kind of thing.
Excerpt: Bloodstrike Brutalists
An exclusive preview of Michel Fiffe’s upcoming series for Image Comics, Bloodstrike: Brutalists.
Where I’m Coming From (Part 2)
Zines disappear arbitrarily and without warning. For the final installment in this series, I’ve tried to write about a great many, in the hopes that works that have moved me might open up forgotten corners of what is possible in cartooning.
Know When To Fold Them
Red Winter, R. Sikoryak & Rob Liefeld. Are there other letters in the alphabet? Not any good ones!
A Trumped Up Tour
R. Sikoryak hit the road to promote his book. Is the road going to hit back?
Feed Zone Portugals
Black Panther, Yuichi Yokoyama and David Brothers–we’ve got your weekend covered, here at TCJ.
Fear of a Black Panther
In 2010, 36 years after its release, the story “Panther’s Rage” was collected and reprinted for the first time. David Brothers and Tucker Stone took it all in.
“A Total Space:” The Antoine Cossé Interview
Cartoonist Antoine Cossé discusses his recent releases, drawing driving, communication and how to make a “shared universe” interesting.
Excerpt: Good News Bible
An excerpt of the politically charged, hallucinatory, Jack Kirby-infused punk cartoons that Shaky Kane brought to Deadline magazine decades ago.
“I Never Felt Like I Had A Style”: An Interview with Charles Forsman
There’s a part of me that wants to constantly relive that because when you’re a teenager your emotions are so raw. You think you have everything figured out, but you’re also so lost and frustrated. I just find it fascinating, and I’m trying to organize that time of my life on paper.
“That’s Just What My Life Looks Like”: A Tommi Parrish Interview
Upon the release of The Lie and How We Told It, Tommi Parrish talks about bookmaking, working at Outback Steakhouse, and the Australian comics scene.
