Today is day three of the great John Porcellino's Cartoonist's Diary. This time, he goes looking for gators.
Also, Rob Clough reviews the first issue of an all-woman British anthology, The Strumpet.
Elsewhere:
—In the Gary Panter department, James Romberger conducts a really nice, sharp interview with him for Publishers Weekly, and Jason Sack has a much shorter, but also nice interview with him at Comics Bulletin. On top of all that, Matthias Wivel, once (and future?) European correspondent here at the Journal, and supreme ruler of the Metabunker, translates and republishes a 2005 review of Jimbo's Purgatory as the first an installment of his "Comics of the Decade."
—If you want to ask Dave Sim questions (and considering all the recent events surrounding him, who wouldn't?), don't forget to take the opportunity we presented to you a few weeks ago, and leave a question in the comments here.
—In very welcome news, the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum has announced a new Dylan Williams Collection of small press and self-published comics.
—Top Shelf just launched their annual $3 sale. I don't generally like linking to those kinds of things, but there are so many potential good deals at that it seems a shame to let self-imposed, inconsistent principles get in the way.
—I missed this Alison Bechdel interview on getting old published at Jezebel last week. It doesn't look like the Bechdel interview onslaught that began this spring is slowing down much at all. So it's nice that she's such a good talker.
—The Rumpus interviews former Get Your War On cartoonist David Rees, one of the iconic webcartoonists.
—For Cul de Sac's fifth anniversary, Richard Thompson published a few early strips from before he figured things out.
—It's a fast-moving story, but apparently the sedition charges against Aseem Trivedi will be dropped. He is out on bail already.
—Nick Gazin talks to Johnny Ryan about his attempt to pitch an animated series with Dave Cooper.
—Robert Boyd reminds us all that Lynda Barry is currently selling original art real cheap on Etsy.
—This post on the New Yorker/Facebook "Nipplegate" incident is being linked to everywhere else on the internet, so I guess I should too. I'm doing it out of a sense of duty, not enthusiasm, though. (I do like Karen Sneider's cartoon.)
—Stephen Bissette teases some very interesting sounding Steve Ditko/Eric Stanton revelations in his review of the new Craig Yoe Ditko collection.
