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Recent Articles
RIP Jerry Moriarty — 1938-2026
“Jerry was Jerry. He was different, you know?” — Fred Moriarty, talking about his brother Jerry Jerry Moriarty, the artist and educator who taught for 50 years at New York’s School of Visual Arts (SVA), died of natural causes on March 25, 2026, at his home in Binghamton, N.Y. He was 88 years old. His… Read more »
R&R: Get up — Schrauwen’s Sunday and Joyce’s Ulysses, revisited
Greg Hunter takes a second look at Olivier Schrawen’s most recent graphic novel, how it’s been compared to Joyce, and how it should actually be compared.
Pat Oliphant: The quiet man with the loud drawings
David Apatoff offers a remembrance of the legendary editorial cartoonist.
R&R: A Glass of Water for Adam the Gardener
Malcy Duff and The Uncertain Man on Adam the Gardener by Cyril Cowell and Morley Adams, part of our continuing Rebuttals & Regrets series to celebrate the first 50 years of The Comics Journal.
Arrivals and Departures — July 2026
RJ Casey reviews his 11,667th zine, gets into the drunky grit. Why can’t you be more like your older brother?
R&R: Clown Logic: The Crow Nears Forty
Rebuttals & Regrets: Looking back at James O’ Barr’s The Crow through Anya Davidson’s response to Ng Suat Tong’s Violence is Good, Says The Crow (TCJ #143,1994).
Archie Bongiovanni on Queer Spaces and Severe Winters: ‘If it’s trying to appeal to everyone, it doesn’t really appeal to anyone!’
In the opening scene of Leo Rising: Queer Spaces, Sexuality, and Fame we meet Laura, warming up to find her tone for the latest update to her series, confidently and assuredly announcing herself fellow to her audience of #LesbianWarriors, a social media clique she’s built from the ground up that just might be her ticket… Read more »
R&R — Jim Shooter Agonistes: A reconsideration of the editor and writer’s legacy
Zach Rabiroff argues that the great artistic work of Jim Shooter’s life was Jim Shooter’s life.
Gerry Conway, 1952-2026
Zach Rabiroff remembers the legendary comics writer, who passed away back on April 26.
R&R- Craft, Comics Art, The Enemy, and Me: Blood and Thunder Thirty Years Later
“I don’t know if Kraft is the enemy, but they make a fine macaroni and cheese.” -Jess Johnson, from The Comics Journal #194 (March 1997) In the far flung past when written arguments took place through mailed correspondence over months and the online forums which corporate-hosted microblogging (social media) has replaced were still newborn, The… Read more »
Introducing: Rebuttals & Regrets
In honor of The Comics Journal’s 50th anniversary, we we present a new series we’ll be running every Tuesday and Thursday this summer.
‘It hasn’t really struck yet that this is my life in a book’: Evan Dorkin talks Nerd Inferno
Jason Bergman talks with Dorkin about the latest collection of his work, as well as his decades-long career in comics.
Excerpt: Box Garden Beetle
Today we are bringing you an excerpt from Box Garden Beetle, the first volume of manga by Kondoh Akino to be released in the U.S. (Nothing Whatsoever All Out in the Open, a 50-page magazine-sized comic, was published by Retrofit in 2014). The manga is now available from Glacier Bay Books for $25. Here’s the The Editors | July 3, 2026
Her Wit Flowed Long: Two Recent Jane Austen Graphic Biographies
Two recent graphic biographies of Jane Austen, reviewed by Hank Kennedy.
The Wild Colonial Boy Conquers Rome
For example, Suat Yalaz. the Turkish comics artist rose to fame by successfully establishing an adventurous series named Karaoğlan featuring a scout in the services of conqueror Genghis Khan. Those tales made it across the borders of his home country, a rather rare thing to happen in Turkish comics. With cinematic adaptations and more prominence… Read more »
Joshua Kendall Goes Inside Garry Trudeau
Zach Rabiroff talks Garry Trudeau with biographer Joshua Kendall.
‘This One Actually Has A Bit of Truth In It’: How Kim Deitch Makes Comics
Kim Deitch interviewed by John Kelly.
Excerpt: Bimbo Agitprop
Today we are pleased to bring you an excerpt of Raquelle Jac’s debut graphic novel, Bimbo Agitprop.
Hot Hot Heat — This Week’s Links
We hit the halfway point of the year sweltering under the omega block and a humidity dome.
There is Hope For Your Embittered Heart: Zine Dump 2025 Scene Report
Zine Dump 2025: resetting the standard for community-building in the comix world? Luis Ramirez-Liberato investigates.
‘The art elves come up with ideas, and I just follow them’: Mia Wolff & her hundreds of paintings
Mia Wolff flies through the air with, in conversation with Ann Matsuuchi.
