Austin English talked to cartoonist-musician Jeffrey Lewis about the latter’s efforts to perfect his ability to draw and tell a story through 12 issues of Fuff (drawn over 15 years) and his brand-new series Statics.
Anything happen on the comics side of the Internet this week?
Maria Bamford and Scott Marvel Cassidy
‘There was vomit, there was poop, there was pee, there was animals drinking out of the toilet: It was the best party we ever had.’ Maria Bamford and Scott Marvel Cassidy on their comic book memoir Hogbook and Laser Eyes, interviewed by Nicole Georges.
The next time YOU think you can turn in a finished draft of an article, including all necessary images and hyperlinks while caring for two sick kids, let me know. Otherwise, please enjoy May’s Arrivals and Departures from RJ Casey.
Excerpted from TCJ #311: Helen Chazan’s new column links classic and contemporary manga. Here, she examines Yoshihiro Togashi’s Hunter × Hunter.
Andrew Farago remembers the late comic book artist, who died on May 1.
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night nor website domains expiring nor a killer bout of insomnia can keep comics articles from issuing forth onto the internet.
Jacob Ahana-Laba looks at the work of the little-known (in the U.S. at any rate) mangaka Zajirogh and his breakthrough manga, Rapid Commuter Underground.
Chris Anthony Diaz goes to Emerald City Comic Con, Ana. visit to the Fantagraphics offices and bookstore for a Noah Van Sciver signing.
Enjoy this week’s links, below, as we head into the calm before the storm of the summer convention and festival season.
Hagai Palevsky examines the grim endings and abstracted happiness found in this new collection of Jordan Crane’s work
Joe Sacco talks to Zach Rabiroff about stories past and future, as well as the endless misery.
Cullen Beckhorn and Marc Bell on their co-edoted anthology, ALIVE OUTSIDE, interviewed by Bill Boichel of the beloved Copacetic Comics.
John Peck, the underground cartoonist, music and comics historian, disc jockey, pack rat, and many other things, better known as the Mad Peck, and sometimes known as Dr. Oldie, died on March 15 in Providence, Rhode Island. He was 82.
Part three of Brigid Alverson’s coverage of the Diamond Comics bankruptcy.
Gina Gagliano follows up in how the comic book publishing industry is being affected by the Trump administration’s reckless tariffs.
Welcome back to High-Low, a column that originated at TCJ.com in December of 2009. It was originally about mini-comics and small-press comics publishers, but since RJ Casey has the mini-comics part of things covered with his monthly column, I thought I’d focus on the output of specific small presses. When you think of a small-press… Read more »
Jack Katz, born Sept. 27, 1927, is best known for his landmark epic The First Kingdom which paved the way for future long-form graphic novels.
Let’s spend Friday as is traditional, by reading this week’s links.
20th Century Man, Kent Worcester, talks the past, the present and The Punisher.
MoCCA 2025 attracted over 8,000 attendees and featured more than 400 exhibiting artists, showcasing the diverse and dynamic world of comics and cartooning.
On Feb. 26, 2025, Rebecca Burke became a prisoner of the United States immigration system. Burke, a 28-year-old comic artist from Wales, had come to the U.S. on a tourist visa on Jan. 7, in the waning days of the Biden administration, with a backpacking itinerary that entailed staying with friendly homeowners in exchange for… Read more »
