Nancy Fest 2024 scene report: Brisket and Bushmiller
What was the first ever Nancy Fest like? M.S. Harkness lays it all out for you.
Article Archive
All the Time in Sunny Beach – This Week’s Links
Lawsuits, AI issues and grant givings are revealed in the link.
Arrivals and Departures – June 2024
Here’s some new stuff that I’ve read that no one wants to talk about on the playground.
The War on Gaza – 6.18.24
This is the twelfth installment of Joe Sacco’s column, “The War on Gaza.”
Flash Gordon artist Dan Schkade on rebooting a classic: ‘It’s all fresh ground’
As the man behind the King Features reboot of Flash Gordon in newspapers, Schkade has wowed readers with a fast-paced, action heavy style that works surprisingly well in the comic-a-day format.
Just Tell Me Who Won – This Week’s Links
Censorship, AI drama, awards and sad passings top this week’s news roundup.
‘What always struck me was that there was no justice’: An Interview with Derf Backderf on the state of campus policing
Derf Backderf speaks with Jason Bergman about the past and present states of: campus policing, growing up with Jeffrey Dhamer, and literal tons of garbage.
Miriam Libicki on VanCAF, bannings, and political protests
Libicki talked to the Comics Journal about the incidents at VanCAF that led to her being banned as an exhibitor at the show and the festival’s subsequent apology.
The War on Gaza – 6.11.24
This is the eleventh installment of Joe Sacco’s column, “The War on Gaza.”
In This Way I Made My Debut: Yamagami Tatsuhiko’s Compendium of New Philosophy: A Comedy
Protests at university, struggles in the comics market: it could be today, but here it’s the 1970s, as related by Natsume Fusanosuke in a 1996 essay on the gag manga master Yamagami Tatsuhiko, and a young man’s journey into comics.
Recordando Latino Comics Expo cofundador Ricardo Padilla, 1966-2024
Familia. Es la primera palabra que viene a la mente cuando uno piensa en Ricardo Padilla, que falleció el 8 de abril de 2024, después de una batalla contra una enfermedad pulmonar.
Remembering Latino Comix Expo co-founder Ricardo Padilla, 1966-2024
Familia. It’s the first word that comes to mind when you think of Ricardo Padilla, who passed away on April 8, 2024, after a battle with pulmonary illness.
Remembering John Ronan, 1962-2024
Fantagraphics’ Eric Reynolds pays homage to the late comics scholar and one-time Comics Journal editor.
Pure Folly Books
Retail Therapy returns to talk to Edward Uvanni, owner of Pure Folly Books in Hudson, New York, about his decision to close the store.
‘I don’t know if many people do a graphic novel the way I did this one’: Talking with Rick Altergott about Blessed Be
John Kelly talks to the Doofus cartoonist about the long road towards getting his new graphic novel published.
The War on Gaza – 5.28.24
This is the tenth installment of Joe Sacco’s column, “The War on Gaza.”
3rd Eye Landslide – This Week’s Links
All the comics news and link you could hope to peruse as we head into a holiday weekend.
Don Perlin, 1929-2024
Prolific comic book artist, editor, and art director Don Perlin passed away peacefully from natural causes on May 14 in the company of his family in Florida. Andrew Farago looks at his lengthy career.
Arrivals and Departures- May 2024
RJ Casey attempts to beat the entire editorial staff in pickleball, only to once again get distracted (and defeated) by zines.
Champion of Mini Comics Michael Dowers Dies at the age of 74
A legion of comics creators whose work has rarely entered the spotlight are mourning the May 7, 2024, death of Michael Dowers. The publisher/founder of Starhead Comix and Brownfield Press was a friend and colleague to every cartoonist who was motivated more by self-expression than by any glimmer of hope for financial reward.
Michael Dowers Tributes
When news of Starhead Comix-Brownfield Press publisher/Eros editor/musician/Tarot advocate Michael Dowers’ death started circulating on social media, some of his longtime artistic collaborators and friends from the 1980s–2000s Pacific Northwest minicomics scene reached out, many unprompted, with tributes.
Abolish Judge Dredd
Mixing SF action and mordant satire since 1977, sometimes uneasily, Judge Dredd recently concluded a storyline on defunding the police. Shea Hennum examines the utility and futility of broaching activist themes in a strip like this.
