They Called Her Viking
It’s Michel Versus Chuck, Keith on memory, and the internet on everything else.
Month: June 2018
Forsman X Fiffe
This week sees the release of Michel Fiffe’s official continuation of Rob Liefeld’s Bloodstrike series, legally (and affectionately) known as Bloodstrike: Brutalists. Meanwhile, Chuck Forsman has set up shop at Patreon, where he’s currently serializing Automa. While the majority of their conversations take place at the conventions they often share a table at, some of them make their way into print: like this one you’re about to read.
The Plight of the Superhero Comic Book
Working his way through a stack of recent mainstream and alternative superhero comics, Ken Parille finds many drowning in clichés and a few that get it right.
Excerpt: Left in the Canefields
Thanks to Brady Evans and Sloane Leong, we’re pleased to share this excerpt from Brady’s Left in the Canefields, one of the comics to appear in Cautionary Fables and Fairy Tales: Oceania Edition.
Understanding Detroit: The Nonfiction Work of Anne Elizabeth Moore & Melissa Mendes
When you’re looking for the way into a complicated news story about what’s been happening in Detroit, it helps to be able to pull the cat card.
That Car’s Not On Fire, That Car’s My Dad
Peter from The Beguiling is here, Irene gears up for some Godhead action, and we talk abou the pluses and minuses of BookExpo.
The Beguiling
Founded in 1987, The Beguiling has set a new standard in Canada for comics and graphic novel retail. Showcasing the largest selection of alternative, underground and avant-garde graphic story telling in the country, The Beguiling has a worldwide reputation for excellence. Peter Birkemoe has the deets!
Ted Shearer and His Visual Masterpiece, Quincy
Quincy’s energetic, juicy brush line and lively layouts showed that comic strip rendering could qualify as high art.
Children of the Korn
Start your week off right with Eli Valley, Shea Hennum & a reminder of the future in which you must now live.
Eli Valley and The Plight of the Secular Jew
“Over how many years, decades, or centuries are we supposed to be in dialogue with people who not only refuse to acknowledge our authenticity but who are all-in in a project of ethnic-cleansing?”
Lee Holley, 1932 – 2018
The cartoonist behind the teen strip Ponytail, who was also drew the Sunday Dennis the Menace strip and was an animator for Warner Brothers, died in a plane crash.
Excerpt: Ideal Copy
Plus Man and Hank find themselves facing the most difficult heist of their career: the heist of finding gainful, non-crime-based employment! Check out this excerpt from Ben Sears’ latest Double+ graphic novel!
