Brief Talks With Bill Griffith and Steve Cerio
Previews of upcoming features.
Columns
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (11/25/15 – Falling Dead at the Solution’s Door)
A special pleading.
CAB 2015: More Comic Art Brooklyn Notes
Part Two of our CAB 2015 report.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (11/18/15 – The Earth’s Bouquet)
Odd efforts this week; tilting at windmills, chasing ghosts.
The Truth about America’s Superheroes; Or, Real-Life Revisionism.
In one image, Daniel Clowes defeats the superhero. Also: Eugenics, Fetishes, Word Games, Race, Feminism, Fredric Wertham, Corporate Branding, Libertarians, Pajamas, Stan Lee, Graffiti, The Austrian School of Economics, and much more!
Jeremy Sorese: Day Five
Grandma’s 95th birthday party, and the ride home.
Jeremy Sorese: Day Four
Returning a library book by Alice Munro, while prone to tears
CAB 2015 Roundup(s): Clowes, Kitchen & Head
Frank Santoro here, this week we have a double column about the CAB festival. I’ve got a brief report and then John Kelly will take over to give a much fuller account of the activities. John and I will both have more on CAB next week as well. The 2015 Comic Arts Brooklyn (CAB) presented… Read more »
Jeremy Sorese: Day Three
Going to Lincoln Center, and remembering Moonstruck.
Jeremy Sorese: Day Two
The stereotypical weekly visit with his snarky gay Jewish therapist.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (11/11/15 – Sinister International)
One day there will be art here, but for now: commerce.
Episode 5: Sammy Harkham
On the fifth installment of Comic Book Decalogue, the Crickets #5 creator talks Edward Hopper and the evolution of Kramers Ergot.
Jeremy Sorese: Day One
Mean neighbors.
The Woes of Working for Hef
Cartooning legends from Jack Cole to Harvey Kurtzman drew for the deep-pocketed, wannabe cartoonist Hugh Hefner, but there were some significant downsides.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (11/4/15 – It’s Light Again as I Finish)
Movies? Cartoons? Comics!
Isaac Cates on Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli
The Cartozia Tales editor talks about Mazzucchelli’s ambitious graphic novel.
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2015 and Schlitzie
Kendal UK tour diary — and John Kelly checks in on Schlitzie developments
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (10/28/15 – From the Germ of the Womb to the Worm of the Tomb)
Hope you get all the candy you can stomach on this diabolical day.
Bezango, WA: An Interview with Filmmakers Louise Amandes and Ron Austin
Back in 2011, two documentarians set out to make a movie about artists in the Pacific Northwest who make comics. They thought they were making a simple film about a beloved subject and then discovered they were in the middle of a cultural surge.
The Origins of RAW and a Lost Lynch is Discovered
At CXC, Spiegelman and Mouly discuss their early projects. And Jay Lynch talks about a painting of his recently rediscovered on Roadside Antiques.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (10/21/15 – 7,000 Words About the New Star Wars Trailer)
All of this week’s comics are either from Europe or people who’ve heard of Europe. Take it to the bank, Hank.
Gottfredson’s Illegitimate Heirs: Tezuka Osamu and the Great Wall of 1945
Debating Tezuka’s American influences.
Twenty Small Press Anthologies Of Note
Taking the pulse of the alt-comics world by way of a traditional method: evaluating anthologies.
Noah Van Sciver: Day Five
October country.
