Article Archive
The Best Female Power Fantasy Is A Male Sexual Fantasy
Surprise—Tucker Stone didn’t like most of this week’s new comics. Plus a special guest with convention news.
Truth, Justice, and the Comic Book Way
R. C. Harvey on Johnny Hart and religion in the comics, Sean T. Collins on Jillian Tamaki, and the news.
Johnny Hart to Appear B.C.
The life, times and beliefs of Johnny Hart, creator of the caveman comic strip B.C.
Questions for Griffy
Shortly after the publication of Bill Griffith’s Lost and Found: Comics 1969-2003, Gary Panter sent the cartoonist about 20 questions. Here’s what came back.
Now and Forever
Joe McCulloch on Chantal Montellier & Kafka, plus various reviews and internet news.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (3/21/12 – Like a dog!)
This week a secret co-writer joins me in discussing Chantal Montellier, Robert Crumb, and the disease of the instincts. Plus, new and old books, with and without pictures.
Recently Read
What’s been off the shelf and on the desk: Everett, Sottsass, Clowes, Kirchner, Erro and X-Force.
We’ll Go Back To Mourning Moebius When Alan Moore Tells Jason Aaron That He Didn’t Mean To Hurt His Feelings
Tucker Stone debuts the TCJ incarnation of his legendary weekly roundup of the latest funnybooks.
Jonny Negron!
The intelligence behind Jonny Negron’s comics transforms his low-culture and underground influences into fully formed work of surprising sophistication.
Renée French
Mike talks to the cartoonist behind such disturbing works as The Ticking and Marbles in My Underpants about style, what’s acceptable (and not) in today’s comics world, and her second career as a children’s book creator.
This is a Love Letter: An Interview with Eliza Frye
Illustrator-turned-comics artist Eliza Frye has just put out her first book, a rich-looking, embossed hardback with a dark, dreamy image on the dust cover.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (3/14/12 – 2 or 3 Things I Know About Gir)
Homage to a horny goof.
Tributes to Jean “Moebius” Giraud
An ongoing series of tributes to Moebius from his fellow artists.
Jean “Moebius” Giraud, 1938-2012
Jean Giraud, the French cartoonist best known by his pen name “Moebius,” died Saturday in a Paris hospital after a lengthy battle with cancer, at the age of 73.
Study Group Comics
Shop talk with Zack Soto.
An Interview With Jean “Moebius” Giraud
Kim Thompson’s 1987 interview.
