Arrivals and Departures — March 2025
RJ Casey climbs back into the crevasse with newsprint-stained fingertips in this month’s Arrival’s and Departures.
Article Archive
‘You can’t just let them fucking take over’: The Mat Wakeham interview
Jake Zawlacki talks about the mastermind behind the Phoo Action Silver Jubilee book about that, Gorillaz, meditation, celebrity culture and a host of other subjects in this lengthy interview.
‘Almost everything I’ve done to this point has led me into this project’: An interview with Anders Nilsen
In his 2015 Comics Journal interview with Marc Sobel, Anders Nilsen said, “I am just embarking on a new graphic novel which I expect to be a long-term project. … I don’t really know where it’s going yet, but I expect it’s going to be a pretty long process, though hopefully not fifteen years again… Read more »
Angela Fanche Goes To Angoulême: Day Five- Epilogue
Cartoonist and Bernadette editor Angela Fanche, went to Angoulême- you can wave from the train platform, but she won’t see you.
‘Why I don’t believe in glory’: An interview with Charlton Comics alum, Will Franz
Will Franz on war and Willy Schultz with Alex Dueben.
Angela Fanche Goes To Angoulême: Day Four-THE FINAL DAY
Cartoonist and Bernadette editor Angela Fanche, went to Angoulême- if you’re not going to finish that Spiced Apple Waterloo, can I have it?
Angela Fanche Goes To Angoulême: Day Three
Cartoonist and Bernadette editor Angela Fanche, went to Angoulême, now finish your breakfast, you’re going to be late for school.
Angela Fanche Goes To Angoulême: Day Two
Cartoonist and Bernadette editor Angela Fanche, went to Angoulême, get out of her way!
Quebec at Angoulême 2025: Is this the year the bubble burst?
Photographer (and translator) Marc Tessier and writer Jean-Dominic Leduc went to this year’s Angouleme Festival and came back with this report, which casts a close eye on Quebec’s place within it.
Angela Fanche Goes To Angoulême: Day One
Cartoonist and Bernadette editor, Angela Fanche, went to Angoulême, what the hell are you going to do about it.
EXCERPT: SURROUNDED: America’s First School for Black Girls, 1832
Please enjoy an excerpt from SURROUNDED: America’s First School for Black Girls, 1832, written by Wilfred Lugano, illustrated by Stéphane Fert (NBM Publishing, 2025.
The Tariff Is Self – This Week’s Links
Well, well, well, if it isn’t a new selection of this week’s links, courtesy of Clark.
Caitlin McGurk Remembers Barbara Shermund
Tell Me a story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund by Caitlin McGurk, as Tammi Morton-Kelly sees it.
Saul Steinberg, yesterday and today
Saul Steinberg, as a figure in American art, is poised to evaporate. Or so says columnist Austin English.
Milk White Steed’s ‘zone of weirdness’: an interview with Mike Kennedy
Mike Kennedy talks to Tony Wei Ling about his influences and playing with perspectives for his new book, Milk White Steed.
Marc Bell and Ron Regé, Jr. talk life, travel and comics: ‘Uniquely different but very similar life paths’
D&Q’s Tom Devlin wrangled Rege and Bell together for a discussion about their new books, Shell Collection and Raw Sewage Science Fiction.
The Dwindling Party – This Week’s Links
Let’s bid a fond and fervent farewell to February in the manner to which we have all become accustomed – making a plan for spring cleaning
Edward Gorey is My Blood Type: an appreciation for the artist who made us goth
Edward Gorey Week continues as Artis Corinne Halbert recounts her lifelong companion, the work of Edward Gorey.
Happy Edward Gorey Week!
Happy Edward Gorey week, look out for Gorey reviews, essays and articles and kindly mind the urns.
My family’s curious correspondence with Edward Gorey
Cynthia Rose recalls her childhood pen pal, the one and only Mr. Earbrass, himself: Edward Gorey.
Ethics Gradient – This Week’s Links
The only true temporal constant is this week’s links of comics-related news and reviews.
‘You can do all kinds of weird stuff if you’re delivering the goods’: The Zander Cannon Interview
Jake Zawlacki talks to the Replacement God creator about his new series, Kaijumax, and a whole lot more.
Arrivals and Departures – February 2025
RJ Casey’s spirit leaves both this month’s Arrivals and Departures and his corporeal form at the grocery store: what can one even buy for $10 these days?
