A Book Report from Thought Bubble 2023
Hagai Palevsky recalls last November’s Thought Bubble Comic Convention through reviews of books by four artists: Erika Price, Peony Gent, Tyler Landry and A Liang Chan.
Hagai Palevsky recalls last November’s Thought Bubble Comic Convention through reviews of books by four artists: Erika Price, Peony Gent, Tyler Landry and A Liang Chan.
Our print edition will offer a focused “Best of 2023” in the near future. This is… different.
The last links of the year?! Don’t worry, we’ll be back again before you know it…
Author and historian Grant Geissman remembers Roger Hill, a prominent figure in early comic book fandom, known for zines, books and essays from the 1960s through right now. Hill died December 6, 2023, aged 75.
Robert Aman is back with another expedition into the wilds of Swedish alternative comics! This time, he profiles cartoonist Joakim Pirinen, purveyor of ill-tempered brutes, desensitized bourgeoises, and soft bears that bare the artist’s soul.
Remembering Ian Gibson, one the crucial early artists of 2000 AD and co-creator of one of the most beloved UK comics of that era, The Ballad of Halo Jones.
Zach Rabiroff chats with one of the best young cartoonists on the busy Philadelphia scene: Nate Garcia, prolific creator of the surreal cowboy Alanzo Sneak and much, much more.
I would never cancel the noble pig, an intelligent and delicious beast.
They said it couldn’t be done: an entire column reviewing comics about ducks. But thanks to the magic of Christmas and the intervention of Santa, to whom I pray each night, RJ Casey has come through.
The story of what happened when one very prominent Italian cartoonist boycotted the biggest comics show in Europe, and how an entire nation responded.
Of the early examples of Japanese/American comic book cross-pollination, perhaps the most striking is 1970-71’s Supaidāman, Ikegami Ryōichi’s notoriously bleak, violent, political spin on Marvel’s Spider-Man. In this 2002 interview, translated to English for the first time, Ikegami himself discusses the genesis and the legacy of the project.
A few notes on the anime adaptation of a manga adaptation of a manga classic.
Barking Dogs Jingle Bells is the worst holiday classic at the strip club.
Daniel Parker pays homage to not this Comics Journal, but Dan Leno’s Comic Journal: the 1898-99 official comic of the British music hall star, and the first named after a living person.
In which Steven Brower compares comic and science fiction writer Joseph Greene’s original scripts for several Golden Age classics to the final product, credited to the iconic team of Joe Simon & Jack Kirby.
Cut class, tell the boss you’re sick, hand the kids an iPad – we’ve got an old-fashioned career-spanner here, as Jason Bergman sifts through a megatonnage of work with the one and only Donald Simpson.
(Christmastime awe washes over my face) Look at all these links! (A toy train toots thru a gingerbread house)
Hagai Palevsky takes a serious look at spirituality as communicated through the last decade or so of published work by one of the alt-comics greats, Ron Regé, Jr.
Shock! Tom Shapira plunges into the inky depths of reprint editions of old horror comics. EC! Warren! Atlas! Find out what sets them apart, and what pulls Tom apart, in this ghastly gallivant.
A titanic tête-à-tête transcribed! Jake Zawlacki chats with Chris Wisnia, writer/artist of the recent Doris Danger: Giant Monsters Amok, about the delicate balance of parody and tribute (and the behemothic labor involved) in evoking the world of Silver Age monster comics.
Cynthia Rose reports on an upcoming exhibition of UK great Posy Simmonds’ work in Paris, with plenty of comments from the artist herself.
It’s almost Thanksgiving, so here’s a big scoop of yams (capsule reviews of recent self-published and small press comics) from your rakish uncle RJ.
John Kelly reports from the October 13, 2023 book launch event, hosted by Mark Newgarden & Owen Klein, for Poor Helpless Comics! The Cartoons (and More) of Ed Subitzky, a first-ever collection of work by the National Lampoon cartoonist and comedy writer for David Letterman and others.
The news post is taking Black Friday off… it’s ok, nothing’s gonna happen but DEALS.