THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (6/7/17 – Exceptional Shine)
Embracing my inner ad man at last.
Columns
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/31/17 – Knot Comics)
Steve Ditko, unstuck in time.
Rediscovering Genre: Study Group Comics
A close look at the recent output of Zack Soto’s genre-focused small publishing house, Study Group.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/24/17 – The Philadelphia JNCOs)
Just trying to be fashionable over here.
Risograph Workbook 6
Panayiotis Terzis on riso printing – the hope of the future? Perhaps.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/17/17 – I Feel So Damn Good I’ll Be Glad When I Got the Blues)
I’m back, and I’m dozing.
Episode 19: Ben Sears
Ben Sears (Night Air, Volcano Trash) talks John Romita Jr. and Jacques Tati. Plus, the ultimate gag-strip faux pas!
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/10/17 — Father Stretch My Hands)
Jog’s on vacation, but the comics keep coming.
Magazine Gag Cartoons, Michelle Urry, and Cartooning for Playboy
A rare conversation with the longtime cartoon editor of Playboy.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/3/17 – Gesticulating Toward Authority)
Finally, comics that document my life.
Risograph Workbook 5
Continuing my series on the pioneers of risograph printing with a conversation with John Pham.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (4/26/17 – Here be lions.)
A most unusual import, among other fresh selections.
Lichtenstein and the Art of Letters
Roy Lichtenstein is one of the twentieth-century’s most important artists. He’s far from one of its best letterers.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (4/19/17 – Glyph Reader International)
Scenes from the apocalypse craze! Ready your soul for deliverance unto the high spire of GLOBAL FUNNIES.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (4/12/17 – St. Deals)
If you buy 40 comics for a dollar, that’s still a lot of money!
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (4/5/17 – Warmer)
I almost don’t need a coat, but I’ve put on weight.
Gluyas Williams: Master of Line and Shape and Subject
A life of the master of the clear line.
Episode 18: Maggie Umber
On the eighteenth episode of Comic Book Decalogue, Maggie Umber (Time Capsule, Sound of Snow Falling) discusses Ron Wimberly, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, and the comics tastes of Guillermo del Toro.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (3/29/17 – Goodbye, Sweetheart)
Above we see my favorite bit of Dominique Goblet’s Pretending Is Lying – published in French in 2007 and entirely re-lettered by the artist herself for the 2017 English edition. Goblet also collaborated on the translation itself, with Sophie Yanow; it’s a work that benefits from as much of the artist’s presence as possible. Immediately,… Read more »
Risograph Workbook 4
Ryan Sands, Publisher at Youth in Decline, on riso printing and book production and the genius of Mickey Z.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (3/22/17 – Welcome to the “real” world.)
Pestilence and survival, AT THEIR BEST!
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (3/15/17 – Temple of Water)
Deep inside the frozen world.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (3/8/17 – The Patter of Rain on the Roof Brings Me Blessed Sleep)
I won’t monopolize your time, just your LOVE.
