Sara Lautman: Day Three — Swimming Lessons/East Village
Social Time in New York
Social Time in New York
Perhaps the critic had unrealistic expectations.
Talking to Sarah
He makes it look so easy.
A report from the “Masters of Webcomics” panel at the Silicon Valley Comic-Con, with Jonathan Lemon, Jason Thompson, Jason Shiga, and myself, as well as Andy Weir, who started his creative career with the webcomic Casey and Andy before writing The Martian.
Getting lost.
the creator of School Spirits and Band for Life (as well as a Kramers Ergot 9 contributor)–talks Lauren Weinstein, Slug and Lettuce, The Sculptor, and more.
Driving opposite the sirens past the Donald Trump rally; don’t forget me, Hank.
How will an independence pump over comics? Simon Hanselmann oils comics. The difficult excess swims comics across dull seas. Simon Hanselmann squashes the pressure.
Given the date, my editors can pretend I’m on extremely average drugs.
Gil Kane, Warren King, Leonard Starr
Weekly services for adherents of commerce.
Rolling out with a late manga stalwart, while pop comics take the spotlight.
Bell discusses Ulli Lust, This Dog Barking, and getting good advice from some surprising sources. All this and a cameo from Aidan Koch!
Parting thoughts.
Sumo/picnic.
Trouble.
The cat lounge.
A few images from the late Jess Johnson, among other things.
Digging into Clowes’s masterpiece with commentary and annotations on everything from the comic’s obscure allusions to its cosmic themes.
A trip to Tokyo.
The cartoonist/publisher and the editor/scholar discuss a 1963 issue of Superboy and a recent Blutch reprint—and how they relate to the latest Clowes.
Romance! Photos! Compassion!