After Summer Merrily – This Week’s Links
A Deftones-themed end to this week’s links’ summer, as a new LP arrives, right as preparations are made to go Back to School.
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The Cabbie vs. Night Zero
The Cabbie by Martí versus Night Zero by John Bronson and Kev Hopgood: Hagai Palevsky hails the cab.
‘It has to get ugly in order for it to be beautiful sometimes’: Mike Curato on his latest, Gaysians
Mike Curato talks to Alex Deuben about the drama of the page turn, drag, and his latest comic, Gaysians,
The artist’s ‘touch’ and drawing tools: A history of changes in manga expression
Translators Satomi Newsom and Jon Holt bring to us a chapter from Natsume Fusanosuke and Takekuma Kentaro’s How to Read Manga, looking at how using different art tools helped change the face of the medium.
‘Trans people being generous with their voices and stories is the reason that I’m here today’: Sam Szabo’s path to enlightenment
The etnlightened Sam Szabo talks to Tate McFadden about Valerie Solanas, Lynda Barry, and the literal spiral to get out of not knowing what to write.
Kneel Before Zod — This Week’s Links
A classic return-from-vacation edition of this week’s links as covid riddles the household.
Comics and the atomic bomb from 1945 to 1955
On the heels of the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Hank Kennedy takes a look at how U.S. comics heralded the arrival of the atomic age.
Arrivals and Departures – August 2025
RJ Casey reviews 5 more zines of your dreams… or are they nightmares?
RIP Nancy Burton, aka ‘Hurricane Nancy’, 1941-2025
Alex Dueben offers up a remembrance of underground legend Nancy Burton, who died in July at the age of 84.
Andrew Alexander and Alex Laird
‘It can be lazy and gross, but when it works, it feels good’: NYC Small Press with Alexander Laird and Andrew Alexander
Andy Alexandy and Alex Laird talk to Christian Lee about small press in NYC.
Pump Up The Jam — This Week’s Links
An international edition of this week’s links, hailing from Europe, as Belgium is explored, bringing with it murals of Tintin and the Smurfs and copies of Spirou.
Who Killed Tanaka-san? The Tragedy Behind a Superwoman’s Smile
Kaoru Kumi examines at the tragedy of mangaka Hinako Ashihara, who took her life after a backlash involving the adaptation of her manga, Sexy Tanaka-san.
Nour Hifaoui’s Titties: Resistance against censorship in the Arab world
Even though anglo-comic books never took off in Lebanon, Franco-Belgian comics were a staple of Lebanese childhoods for those who were French-educated until the Internet became a fixture of daily life. Since there are no punitive measures in the country against those who pirate digital files, Lebanese youth, for the first time, suddenly had unrestricted J.D. Harlock | August 13, 2025
Today’s Fight Starts Tomorrow: Ashita no Joe
You’re the fight of my life: Ashita no Joe by Tetsuya Chiba and Asao Takamori, through the lens of Helen Chazan
Gil Thorp’s Rachel Merrill and Henry Barajas talk politics, comic strips and the zoot suit riots
William Schwartz talks to the team behind the recently revamped Gil Thorp strip, as well as their plans for their upcoming graphic novel, Death to Pachuco.
Excerpt: Wake Up, Pixoto! by Weng Pixin
An Excerpt of Weng Pixin’s Wake Up, Pixoto! from Drawn & Quarterly.
August, October, Mid-April, November, May – This Week’s Links
Another relatively quiet week, news-wise, as things slowly get back to normal following this year’s comics gathering in San Diego.
A visit to Rome’s 2025 Crack! Festival: ‘Fascists will not stop us from drawing’
Marc Tessier checked out a very cool-looking show held in an old fort in Rome and took a lot of pictures.
Tariffs are affecting comic book stores, but not in ways you might expect
Gina Gagliano talked to forty-five comics stores about how they’re weathering this year’s financial changes and upsets.
‘Boredom is one of the most essential ingredients to creativity’: An Interview with Alex Krokus
Not always gagging for it: Alex Krokus departs from the laffertunities to explore his other voice in the graphic novel, Talking To My Father’s Ghost (Chronicle Books, 2025).
‘I just wanted to do my version of an H.P. Lovecraft story’: a talk with Will Menaker of Chapo Trap House
Will Menaker of Chapo Trap House on the new anthology Year Zero (Bad Egg, 2025), political podcasting, and the opportunity of weakening Trump support in the face of the Epstein files, interviewed by Will Menaker.
San Diego Serenade — This Week’s Links
It’s that point in the dog days of summer where the vast majority of news outlets have a quick gander over at the winners of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, and this week’s links is no exception
