Barney Google and Snuffy Smith: Billy DeBeck, Fred Lasswell, and John Rose
A legacy comic born out of a rollicking time and steered by three artists over many decades.
Columns
Cleromancy
Dicebox Book 1: Wander is a thing that exists and makes the universe better.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (2/22/12 – Just a lot of stuff.)
Quite a lively lineup of artists old and new; if you’ve got a great shop, you’ll be glad for it this week.
West Coast Tour Diary Finale
Smells Like Poutine Spirit
The Top 30 Minicomics of 2011
What it sounds like. Rob Clough picks his thirty favorite minicomics from last year.
Tom Scioli: Day 5
Fun with accents, some odd Kirby-ana, and one last look.
Tom Scioli: Day 4
Strong cigars, long lines and a dazed artist as Angoulême marches on.
Tom Scioli: Day 3
Taxation, tech snafus and a bit of home in the heart of Angoulême.
Dylan Horrocks
An interview with the creator of Hicksville and The Magic Pen.
Tom Scioli: Day 2
Our man arrives in Angoulême and discusses French superheroics.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (2/15/12 – New Love City)
Scalding passion is one click away.
Tom Scioli: Day 1
Angouleme-bound, discovering petanque, T. Rex, French sushi and dreams.
West Coast Tour Diary 3
Snoopy come on home.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (2/8/12 – Murky Time)
The return of a very special comic book serial, along with odd revivals and vintage kids.
The Ballad of Axe-Faced Anne: Comics, Criticism, Contexts
Horror, Robert Jauss’s horizon of expectations, the Skywald publishing line.
West Coast Tour Diary 2
Bay Area Shuffle
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (2/1/12 – The groundhog will see savings on Thursday.)
Unless he gets either of today’s Spotlight Picks; then he’s gonna have to stay in the hole for a month to save.
One Good Apple Proves a Barrel’s Worth
Untangling the surprisingly confused origins of Mary Worth.
West Coast Tour Diary 1
Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’!
A Long Strange Trip, If You’ll Pardon the Expression
The Someday Funnies now joins Smile, From Arrgh to Zap, and a complete version of Metropolis on the list of Things That Have Come Out Before The Last Dangerous Visions.
Julia Gfrörer!
No one is wedding horror’s darkness to an equally black, equally lacerating emotional palette as effectively as Julia Gfrörer.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (1/25/11 – Three Hundred Reprint Dollars)
I included my finder’s fee in the above total, just so you know.
Northampton, MA Scene Report
Kowabunga.
Leslie Stein: Day 5
Posters, juices, and other staples of life.
