Month: May 2012
Freeway to UPA
Freeway by Mark Kalesniko (Fantagraphics) UPA: The Jolly Frolics Collection (TCM) The eponymous metaphor of Matt Kalesniko’s Freeway is almost too easy: A transportation network that once granted free and effortless mobility that’s become a morass of stagnation and frustration to symbolize an animation business that promised personal expression amid camaraderie but delivers forced mediocrity… Read more »
Howard Sherman
The debut of a new column based on letters to the author. This week: Howard Sherman, artist for Dr. Fate.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/16/12 – That’s My Name)
No, really, you should go read Ryan Holmberg’s column first. Did you? Okay, I’ve got Danes.
Tezuka Osamu & The Rectification of Mickey
Tezuka, Disney, and languages of cartooning and reproduction.
Maurice Sendak Interview Sneak Preview
Gary Groth remembers Maurice Sendak, and introduces excerpts from his career-spanning interview with the artist in the upcoming TCJ #302.
Permanent Tour 3
Picksburgh
Maurice Sendak Q&A
An interview that took place at the Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco in December 1987.
Maurice Sendak: Tributes
Artists and writers comment on one of their own.
The King of the Wild Things Is Dead. Long Live the King. Maurice Sendak (1928-2012)
In this obituary, Philip Nel, a children’s literature scholar, provides a historical overview of Maurice Sendak’s career and legacy.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/9/12 – 4 Excuses for a Late Column)
Lord, what day is it? This column’s still good, right? I mean good as in ‘useful,’ naturally.
Starstruck: An Interview with Elaine Lee and Michael Kaluta (Part 1)
The first of a series of interviews with Elaine Lee and Michael Kaluta on their ongoing epic comic, Starstruck.
“I Felt Like I Didn’t Have a Baby But At Least I’d Have a Book”: A Diane Noomin Interview
The pioneering co-editor of Twisted Sisters and creator of DiDi Glitz talks about the underground comics scene, Communism, abortion, the politics of anthologizing, contact paper-derived orgasms, and nail polish.
