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Excerpt: Paper Airplane
Today on TCJ we are pleased as punch to bring you an excerpt from Paper Airplane, a new magazine of comics, long-form writing, games, puzzles, and other sorts of things you like. Paper Airplane Vol. 1 began as a fundraiser for Refugee.org, you can now find both print and digital editions of Vol. 2 here.… Read more »
TCJ Special Edition Vol. 5: On Top of the Mountain: The Influential Manga of Yoshiharu Tsuge
In this feature from The Comics Journal Special Edition 5: 2005, Beatrice Marechal argues that Yoshiharu Tsuge’s work created new storytelling possibilities for manga.
Yoshiharu Tsuge, 1937-2026
I had a conversation the other day about “manga style.” They insisted that there was an identifiable, imitable art style from Japan that could be replicated for other audiences. I said Japan’s legacy of artists did not have a uniform style. As Exhibit A, I offered the work of Yoshiharu Tsuge. A young boy steps… Read more »
The Comics Journal #69: The Gerry Conway Interview
In this interview from TCJ #69 (December 1981), Bob Gustaveson asks Marvel / DC writer Gerry Conway about working with Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Jim Shooter and many others, sales number mysteries, writing characters like Wonder Woman, Peter Parker, Captain America, and killing Gwen Stacy.
An interview with Iasmin Omar Ata: ‘I just always gravitated towards multiple mediums’
TCJ first talked to Iasmin Omar Ata in 2017, after the publication of their first graphic novel Mi(s)hadra, a book inspired by their own experiences dealing with epilepsy during their college years. Almost a decade later, we check back in with Ata, who has in the interim published two new graphic novel novels — Nayra… Read more »
‘I’ve gone back to basics’: Catching up with Frank Quitely
The renowned artist talks about teaching comics, the current political climate and bending time on the page.
The Comics Journal #189: The Frank Stack Interview
In this August 1996 TCJ #189 interview with one of the earliest underground cartoonists, Jim Ottaviani and Steve Lieber ask Frank Stack about working with Harvey Pekar, teaching, Gilbert Shelton, Foolbert Funnies, the New Adventures of Jesus and more.
Captive of the Sun — This Week’s Links
Enjoy today’s column as much as you can, for Clark is on vacation next week.
Arrivals and Departures — April 2026
Traveling through the desert of zines with the Critic with No Name- it’s April’s Arrivals and Departures by RJ Casey.
‘I realized how hilarious it is to do a gorgeous, realistic picture of a disgusting mess’: A Taste of Jennifer Hayden
The dazzling Jennifer Hayden interviewed by Alex Dueben.
The Cham-Cham — This Week’s Links
Layoffs, deaths and the usual collection of reviews, interviews and think pieces await you.
Hermann, hero of the hard boiled, 1938-2026
Cynthia Rose pays homage to auteur Hermann Huppen, who signed himself “Hermann”, who passed away in Belgium on March 22.
An interview with Deathbulge’s Dan Martin: ‘Eyes and mouths are where the party is at’
Dan Martin is the British cartoonist behind Deathbulge, the brilliantly immature punk rock webcomic that melted the minds of terminally online millennials back in the 2010s. His work is characterized by its distinctive style, featuring outlandish hairdos, bowling-ball heads, and subversive humor that blends zany shock value with Martin’s over-the-top delivery. Beyond his instantly recognizable J.D. Harlock | April 15, 2026
The Matti Hagelberg interview: ‘The secret to my humor is that I don’t have a sense of humor’
Robert Aman talks to the Finnish cartoonist about his career, work process and why you can’t get any decent scratchboard anymore.
April Skies — This Week’s Links
It is an absolutely bafflingly insane time to be plugged into the news on a daily basis right now. But let’s try anyway.
Sam Kieth, Jan. 11, 1963 — March 16, 2026
Andrew Farago pays homage to the late Maxx creator, who died back on March 15.
Telling Armenian Stories That Will Leave You Hungry For More: Nadine Takvorian in conversation with Robert Mgrdich Apelian
gina Gagliano in conversation with Robert Mgrdich Apelian and Nadine Takvorian about her recent book, Armaveni: A Graphic Novel of the Armenian Genocide (Levine Querido, 2026), grab a snack before you proceed to read, you’re going to get hungry.
Kasia Babis and Seth Tobocman on looking for That Elusive Ethical Boundary
Kasia Babis and Seth Tobocman in conversation with Alex Dueben.
Voyage dans la Lune – This Week’s Links
If you were anything like Clark Burscough, I’d have something to like about you: here’s this week’s links.
The return of CAB? New Brooklyn nonprofit announced debut of comics show, award, magazine
A new two-day show, dubbed the Brooklyn Expo of Comics (BEC), will be held Nov. 14-15 in Williamsburg.
The Comics Journal at 50: Live from MoCCA 2026
An excerpt from The Comics Journal at 50 panel from MoCCA 2026.
An interview with Jordi Lafebre: ‘I try to make the reader forget that they are reading a comic book’
Aug Stone talks to the I Am Their Silence author about his career.
RIP Yoshiharu Tsuge
The news broke early this morning that Yoshiharu Tsuge, the enormously influential mangaka, died of aspiration pneumonia on March 3. He was 88. It’s hard to overstate the influence Tsuge had on the manga artists that followed him, not to mention the western cartoonists that became aware of his work through the small dribs and… Read more »
Pain Lasts, Kid – This Week’s Links
I think we can all agree, the most logical way to move forward is for all Content to be eternal, unending, unceasing, flying past on a truly infinite infinite-scroll, so that all serialised storytelling forms up like the news, from which this week’s links is sourced.
