In this expansive interview, Nate Powell describes the experience of working with Congressman John Lewis and writer Andrew Aydin on the widely popular March trilogy, his most recent non-fiction comics work Save It For Later, and how his work and parenting has been informed and changed by the American political climate of the last four years.
A new Cartoonist’s Diary begins, and so does a new era for a dog, depicted by MK Reed as having experienced, for the first time…well, you’ll just have to read on to find out!
While there are a hundred canoes you can take to the isle of knowledge, wouldn’t it be preferable to take the canoe featuring all the comics news, reviews and points-of-view that has burst forth in the last seven days? Of course it would: and Clark is beckoning to you. Take his hand, friend!
In the conclusion of Tegan’s look back at Knightfall, she makes her way to the other lodestone creator of 90s Batman iconography: filmmaker Joel Schumaker, whose colorful versions of Gotham City’s most popular inhabitants couldn’t be further from where Bruce Wayne now resides. Or could they?
Echoes of the infamous author in the superhero comic book behemoths of the 1980s – satirized in Watchmen, and domesticated in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
It’s an artist-on-artist special, as comics and animation veteran Tom Herpich makes his way through 14 years’ worth of manga by that inspiring and infuriating legend, Shirow Masamune, recording his thoughts book by book.
Publisher, editor and writer Bill Campbell talks with Ian Thomas about his new graphic novel with Bizhan Khodabandeh,The Day The Klan Came To Town, the historical riot that inspired it, the unfortunate yet obvious parallels to today’s white supremacy, and the future of his own Rosarium Publishing.
I had to look up the word “Murgatroyd”, you know. Check the spelling, the usage. You can’t take anything for granted in this life – the life of the person who writes these little texts. It’s a good life…
Tegan’s epic look at Jim Aparo, Batman, and Knightfall continues with a necessary stopover in the land of Denny O’Neil, the editor who ran USS Batman for over a decade.
Bob is calling class to order, and this time, he’s looking back at Vaughn Shoemaker, the question of who invented the “Q” in John Q. Public, how the Gospels made it past the editing stage, and supplying some professional anecdotes of the way things used to be, professionally..
Catching up with one of the prime movers behind the Library of American Comics, compilers of over 200 books of classic American comic strips – with more to come.
Whew, it’s been a hot week here. Almost as hot as these amazing links. God, I could have been a political cartoonist. I mean, a bad one. You just combine one thing with another; that’s what the bad ones do. These links are good, however.
A look into a cartoon controversy in the Netherlands, as a lauded artist of comic albums shifts into political cartooning for a new conspiratorial magazine.
Tegan begins her latest project with a look at the big guy: Batman, and the “Jim Aparo” who drew him best. Knightfall may not have the most beloved conclusion, but you can’t deny the opening act. Or can you?
Cartoonist Beatrix Urkowitz catches up with Sara Lautman about stepping out against the strangles of structure, the beauty and supportive community that she’s found in comics, and the hassles and expectations around “originality”.
Do you want to play skee-ball? No mommy! Do you want to play Fascination? No mommy, no! Do you want to race balloons? Nooooo! Noooo! Do you want to play Click All the Links? Yes mommy! Hooray!
A bird’s-eye view of one of the most intriguing UK comics writers, whose works are now appearing in digital form courtesy of Rebellion.
Juni Ba speaks with Tiffany Babb about discovering comics as a child in Senegal, what makes Sonic The Hedgehog perfect, the usefulness of Marvel Comics for learning a foreign language, and how all of that leads to his new book, Djeliya, from TKO Studios.
A selection of tributes to the late artist Jesse Hamm.
The summer continues, and its got enough comics news, reviews and interviews to come after you wherever you are–at home or abroad. Allow Clark to prepare your agenda, and then go forth: digitally, from wherever your body rests.
Examining the Austrian-born artist’s new-to-English graphic novel, along with some other works related by proximity, nationality, and a concern with sickness.
For the first time ever, we are presenting the unexpurgated version of a rare 1995 interview with Howard Cruse, captured in the glow of his newly-released graphic novel Stuck Rubber Baby. Please enjoy this journey back in time to a comics scene not entirely unlike today’s, in the company of a gay comics pioneer.
They say this world doesn’t make sense until you put your hands on it: but if you’re trying to make sense of the world of comics, you just need to put the part of your hands that are called fingers onto the part of technology that goes click: it’s link time, pal!
