Dreamers & Make-Believers
It’s hard enough running a comic book store during a pandemic, but how about opening one? Dreamers & Make-Believers pulled if off, going from pop-up retailer to brick-and-mortar in Baltimore, and Zach’s got the story.
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“A Simple Story Done Bombastically”: James Stokoe on Orphan and the Five Beasts
Catching up with the unmistakable artist of Orc Stain, some standout Godzilla and Alien comics, and the ongoing martial arts saga Orphan and the Five Beasts.
Had A Summer Job Breaking and Entering – This Week’s Links
I said the word news so many times it sounds funny, so now I have a new word: triumph.
An Excerpt from The Comics Journal #309: At Last, The Crap We Need: A Pop Culture Saga
In this excerpt, Helen Chazan reconsiders Kim Thompson’s landmark essay “A Modest Proposal: More Crap is What We Need” by way of Brian K. Vaughan’s and Fiona Staples’ Image megahit Saga.
Chekhov in the Funny Papers
This time Bob’s taking on Where have you been?, a collection of 25 years’ worth of comics from artist Ivana Filipovich, who drew for years, stopped for years, then drew for years more.
“I Need To Go Down Every Avenue That’s Available”: The Leah Hayes Interview
Sit yourself down for a career-spanning interview with eclectic cartoonist, illustrator and musician Leah Hayes – everything from dreams to songwriting to craft and parenthood is covered, as the artist tours her first children’s book.
Carryin’ Fire In A Horn – This Week’s Links
That certainly was a lot of ways to describe Stan Lee.
An Excerpt from The Comics Journal #309: Fair Warning – Hyena Hell
In this excerpt from the “Fair Warning” column in The Comics Journal #309—introducing readers to up-and-coming artists—the cartoonist, teacher and self-publisher Hyena Hell talks to Kristy Valenti about movement and backgrounds in her work.
Joseon Attorney: Webtoons on the Screen
A short overview of a characteristic South Korean webtoon – not extremely popular, but the engine of small sectors of popular culture, and enough to cultivate a cartooning middle class increasingly foreign to the west.
When Adult Comics Came to Sweden
A profile of Swedish publisher Horst Schröder, whose Epix Förlag brought the world of adult comics to Scandinavia, before collapsing amidst legal and financial woes.
On The Necrophilic Landscape
The cartoonist Jason Overby considers a characteristic work by the late artist Morgan Vogel, and her presentation online in the persona labyrinth of online discussion.
“Even The Inner World Is Unknowable”: An Interview with Lonnie Nadler & Jenna Cha of The Sickness
The Sickness is a new horror series spanning an ambitious 14 serial issues; Hagai Palevsky sits down with Lonnie Nadler & Jenna Cha, who’ve been planning this project for years.
John Romita, 1930-2023
Remembering the artist who best defined the romance and lively youth of Marvel Comics in the ’60s and early ’70s; John Romita died on June 12.
An Excerpt from The Comics Journal #309: Huge Planets Making Their Turns – An Inés Estrada Interview
In this excerpt from The Comics Journal #309, cartoonist, self-publisher and distributor Inés Estrada talks to cartoonist, self-publisher and distributor John Porcellino.
An Interview with John Romita by Tom Spurgeon
In this 2003 interview, Tom Spurgeon interviews John Romita, who is best known for his 1960s run on The Amazing Spider-Man.
Comicon Napoli 2023
Italian comics vs. Italian football: find out who runs the streets of Naples as Valerio Stivé reports in from Comicon Napoli 2023.
Dialogue Balloons: AI and Soul
Jason chats with Tom Kaczynski of Uncivilized Books about the potential impacts of AI and its “slick magic.”
Can an Artist Be Happy? Arizona O’Neill Poses the Question
Montreal-based cartoonist, bookseller and video artist Arizona O’Neill wants to know what happiness means to artists. So, she conducted interviews with a dozen of them, and drew them as comics. Jean Marc Ah-Sen talks to her about this project, collected last year in book form.
The Ink Farm Jam Comic: Day 5
Josh Bayer, Tom Hart, Hyena Hell & Carol Tyler bring you: The Ink Farm Jam Comic, Day 5, in which we say goodbye to the Ink Farm, save for those who remain.
The Ink Farm Jam Comic: Day 4
Josh Bayer, Tom Hart, Hyena Hell & Carol Tyler bring you: The Ink Farm Jam Comic, Day 4, in which we consider the abyss, and we receive the blessing.
An Excerpt from The Comics Journal #309: Annie Koyama Never Plans
In this excerpt from Gary Groth’s interview with Annie Koyama from The Comics Journal #309, the two independent comics publishers talk about taste, editing and aesthetics.
The Ink Farm Jam Comic: Day 3
Josh Bayer, Tom Hart, Hyena Hell & Carol Tyler bring you: The Ink Farm Jam Comic, Day 3, in which the tools are laid out, and support is offered.
