Article Archive
Reading How to Read Nancy
Talking mysteries, grails, and hoses with Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden, authors of the best book ever written about comics.
“After I Failed to Die”: An Interview with Katherine Collins (Part Two)
In this installment, the Neil the Horse creator explains the treatment she received from the comics community after her transition, her struggles with illness, and her post-comics career.
“Whatever Came to Mind”: An Interview with Katherine Collins (Part One)
In the first installment of a two-part interview, the Neil the Horse creator talks about Neil, the mistaken notion that she’s nostalgic, her early career in radio, and being part of a matrilineal line of Canadian cartoonists.
“Comics to Me Are a Musical Medium”: An Interview with Ulli Lust
In 2013 I had the pleasure of interviewing Ulli Lust on the train back to New York City after that year’s Small Press Expo. She had just won the Ignatz Award for Best Graphic Novel for Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life, and I had debuted my own first book… Read more »
“It’s Not Some Form of Primal Scream Therapy”: An Interview with Tom Gauld
The Baking with Kafka cartoonist talks about the challenges and rewards of doing a weekly cartoon strip, why he doesn’t solicit feedback, and the person he’d most like to cast as James Bond.
The Tumult of Liberty
Three French-language comics demonstrate the challenges raised for creators by the remarkable aesthetic and thematic developments of the last twenty years.
“To Me, It All Makes Sense!”: A Ron Rege Jr. Interview
The artist discusses his recent mystical books, What Parsifal Saw and The Cartoon Utopia, as well as his early career and future projects.
Leslie Stein Talks to Her Mother
The cartoonist behind Eye of the Majestic Creature and Present is interviewed by the woman who raised her.
Everything Sells Everything
A Not-So-Secret History of Superman, Wonder Woman, and the American Superhero.
