Month: August 2016
Gene Ahern Covers The Conventions
You might have missed this. Gene Ahern, a popular newspaper cartoonist covered the tense, rancorous presidential nominations by sending Major Hoople, his Our Boarding House comic strip character, to the Republican and Democratic national conventions. It’s understandable if you didn’t happen to catch Ahern’s coverage in the funny pages. After all, it happened in 1928.… Read more »
An Interview with Maré Odomo
A conversation with Maré Odomo, a young Seattle-based cartoonist who’s just released their largest work to date, Late Bloomer.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (8/10/16 – Maximum Relevance)
Real shit in the real world.
A Conversation with Zack Davisson
On Kitaro and Shigeru Mizuki’s legacy.
Comics Criticism: Seven Hot Takes for Summer 2016
She tweeted that “comics criticism is trash and must be destroyed.” Does “comics” agree? In this episode, Grid veers away from comics boosterism (and moves perilously close to parody) as we search for answers. That, and Frank Cho’s unmentionables.
Richard Thompson, 1957-2016
Thompson, illustrator and creator of the syndicated comic strip Cul de Sac, passed away on July 27, 2016 due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 58 years old.
Dancing on the Manhole Cover: The Genius of Richard Thompson
Mourning the loss of Richard Thompson.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (8/3/16 – Blooming Sun)
Some things are inevitable.
Tributes to Richard Thompson
Memories from Warren Bernard, Craig Fischer, Charles Hatfield, and others.
A Conversation with Jack Davis
In this 2000 interview from The Comics Journal #225, Jim Woodring talks to Jack Davis about his college life, moving to New York, MAD and EC’s influence, and the famed editors and publishers he worked with.
