Q1: A Good Comic is Hard To Find
Matt Seneca’s new column for the Journal documents what he’s read so far this year–the good, the great, the bad & The Authority.
Columns
The Curtain Falls on Piranha Club
Bud Grace’s wicked cultural satire ends its thirty-year run.
At the Mountains of Madness
Within the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, we come across Sherrie Levine’s 1989 art work Untitled (Mr. Austridge: 2). It is not currently on view, but was up in the galleries from June 30, 2010 through September 12, 2011. It is an exact replica, save the grain of the… Read more »
Episode 27: Whit Taylor
The creator of the newly released Ghost Stories talks Junji Ito, Meghan Turbitt, Jeffrey Brown, and more.
Ass Kicked
Bolting topicality onto a struggling juvenile concept never elevates the juvenile concepts as well as creators always seem to think.
Katie Skelly: Day Five
The reason that everybody loves to throw down on Friday is because it’s awesome to throw down on Friday: especially when you’ve earned it.
Comics Dragnet 3
Another search for the best and most interesting webcomics (and other titles of interest).
Katie Skelly: Day Four
In today’s installment, Katie goes shopping for all the sundries that turn the mundane into luxury. Never deny yourself joy!
Katie Skelly: Day Three
Today in all things Skelly, fashion takes the stage!
Katie Skelly: Day Two
In today’s installment, Katie has what the scientists like to call “a good day”. Spiritual, emotional, physical and professional goals are all met!
Katie Skelly: Day One
There’s no better way to start off a week than to get an email from a celebrity. No better way!
Where I’m Coming From (Part 2)
Zines disappear arbitrarily and without warning. For the final installment in this series, I’ve tried to write about a great many, in the hopes that works that have moved me might open up forgotten corners of what is possible in cartooning.
A Trumped Up Tour
R. Sikoryak hit the road to promote his book. Is the road going to hit back?
Comics Dragnet 2
Time to gather up another round of webcomics…
Jerk City, USA
Mike Grell wrote a lot of issues of Green Arrow. But were any of them any good? Let Tegan take the wheel.
Smokestack Foo-mania: The Life and Notary Sojac of Bill Holman
Holman took madcap comedy, pumped it into a comic strip, Smokey Stover, and punned his way to everlasting infoomy.
Where I’m Coming From (Part 1)
The minicomics and zines that shaped the columnist’s aesthetics.
Tom McHenry: Day Five
Getting it together for the office party, facing the Wallace Shawn challenge: it’s been one hell of a week.
Mark Campos, 1962-2018: Seattle’s Unsung Comics Master Remembered
A tribute to the Seattle cartoonist’s life and work, with remembrances from friends and fellow cartoonists.
Tom McHenry: Day Four
Taking on the frustration of others, doing the bare minimum when dinner rolls around. What’s that? “The Libyans betrayed our cause!”
Tom McHenry: Day Three
Bikes, giving cats medicine, and drinking in those late night conversations about the functions of emotion: welcome to the TenderDome.
John Pham’s J + K
John Pham stakes out new territory with this Spanish-language collection.
Tom McHenry: Day Two
Reading books, watching movies, wishing things could be just a little bit different.
Tom McHenry: Day One
A morning routine, drawing rituals, and the work day itself. It’s all coming up McHenry.
