Craig Thompson
This time around, Mike talks to the creator of Habibi and Blankets.
This time around, Mike talks to the creator of Habibi and Blankets.
A few words about the human element in manufactured fun.
We may be seeing a renaissance of high-end webcomic raunch—indie smut that is witty, cheerfully explicit, and gorgeously drawn.
Girls Against Boys
Surprise—Tucker Stone didn’t like most of this week’s new comics. Plus a special guest with convention news.
The life, times and beliefs of Johnny Hart, creator of the caveman comic strip B.C.
This week a secret co-writer joins me in discussing Chantal Montellier, Robert Crumb, and the disease of the instincts. Plus, new and old books, with and without pictures.
Tucker Stone debuts the TCJ incarnation of his legendary weekly roundup of the latest funnybooks.
The intelligence behind Jonny Negron’s comics transforms his low-culture and underground influences into fully formed work of surprising sophistication.
Mike talks to the cartoonist behind such disturbing works as The Ticking and Marbles in My Underpants about style, what’s acceptable (and not) in today’s comics world, and her second career as a children’s book creator.
Homage to a horny goof.
Shop talk with Zack Soto.
Now, it is time to reset this column. It’s not about alternative manga. It started out thinking it was but now it’s changing.
Ken Parille looks at Super-Ugly Muscles and Male Superhero Outfits.
In uttering the correct pronunciation of Métal Hurlant last week, Dan Nadel summoned the powers of the Atom Style to my command, damning us all. Plus: upcoming comics.
Gimme, gimme, gimme!
The cat.
Surgery on the studio.
The cartoonist and publisher behind Retrofit.
It’s time to train.
Kramers Ergot: the early years – EXPOSED. Feel free to scroll down for upcoming comics!
Preparing a batch for The New Yorker.
Working from home, breakfast, a flurry of self-recrimination, then a trip to the dentist.
Stuck in snow outside of Seattle.