“We’re All Writing About Ourselves on Some Level”: A Conversation with Sophie Yanow
Talking to the creator of War of Streets and Houses about art styles, the dangers of navel-gazing memoir, and her webcomic, The Contradictions.
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“I Left with the Mission to Level Up”: Sloane Leong Talks to Glynnis Fawkes
Cartoonist and critic Sloane Leong has been speaking with the her fellow artists-in-residence at the Maison de Auteurs in Angouleme, France. This week, she’s speaking with Glynnis Fawkes about her comics work on black holes, literary titans and middle grade historical fiction.
The Art of Juxtaposition: Botticelli and Karl Stevens
At Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Renaissance art is being exhibited with contemporary comics work.
The Dark Knight Returns: Art Makes Sense If You Force It To
A new comics reader decides to cram the titles that comics call their canon. In the first installment, it’s Frank Miller’s take on an aging Batman that gets the spotlight.
“What’s Next, Walmart?”: An Interview with Mary Fleener
Mary Fleener sits down with Alex Dueben to talk about Bille and the Bee, her wildly unique graphic novel about bees, the environment, and people who don’t pay attention.
There’s Power in a Name: Seth on His Twenty-Year Project, Clyde Fans
After twenty years, Seth’s Clyde Fans sees publication this month from Drawn & Quarterly. In this extensive conversation, he talks about the story, the work that went into it…as well as David Lynch, likable characters, the mysteries of writing, God & Chester Brown.
Kazuo Koike, 1936-2019
Remembering the writer of Lone Wolf and Cub, Crying Freeman, Lady Snowblood, and many more things than were deemed fit for our local eyes.
A No-Deal Christmas
Cassandra Darke, the titular protagonist of Posy Simmonds’ latest comic, is the cartoonist’s most heroic figure so far, and the book is an assertive step in the direction of more proactive social engagement.
“I’m Very Interested in Cartooning as a Language”: Sloane Leong Talks to Antonio Hitos
Cartoonist and critic Leong is speaking with the her fellow artists-in-residence at the Maison de Auteurs in Angouleme, France. This week, she talks to Hitos about his “Noise” project, Charles Schulz, and whether or not he’s being too strict with himself.
So British, So French: Posy Simmonds & Catherine Meurisse Do Pulp
This year’s Pulp Festival revolves around new books and exhibits by and about two pioneering artists, Simmonds and Meurisse, and we caught up with both of them.
Excerpt from Darwin: An Exceptional Voyage
Take an extended look at Fabien Grolleau & Jérémie Royer’s Darwin: An Exceptional Voyage, a recent non-fiction release from Nobrow.
Kicks
Pondering the lessons of Malcolm Whyte’s Art Out of Chaos.
Today’s National Cartoonists Society: A Conversation with Steve McGarry
Steve McGarry talks about the future of the National Cartoonists Society, their festival, and what they’re doing to prove they aren’t just “old white guys who make comic strips”.
Joe Decie: Day Five
A night out with friends presents an artistic dilemma for this week’s cartoonist. How will Joe cope?
“What’s Your Secret?”: Sloane Leong Talks to Rebecca Roher
In the first of a series, cartoonist and critic Sloane Leong spoke with the her fellow artists-in-residence at the Maison de Auteurs in Angouleme, France. This week, she’s speaking with Rebecca Roher about Roher’s One Hundred Year Old Wisdom project.
Joe Decie: Day Four
Life makes its presence felt, and Joe goes for a run to figure things out.
Let Us Now Praise Famous Synthezoids
The penultimate edition of Tegan O’Neil’s super-hero column takes a look at Secret Wars, The Vision, Chris Ware, Jonathan Franzen, 9/11, and what it feels like to despise yourself for what you spend money on.
Joe Decie: Day Three
Animal waste didn’t stop Mozart, and construction noise didn’t silence Kirby–and they won’t slow Joe Decie down either!
Excerpt: Meat and Bone
Thanks to our friends at Conundrum Press, the Comics Journal is pleased to share this excerpt from Kat Verhoeven’s Meat and Bone, to be released this May.
Joe Decie: Day Two
It’s okay to keep a sock that’s not yours–but first, you’ve got to due some diligence. Let Joe Decie show you the path!
“Oh, Yeah, This Is Obsession”: An Interview with Box Brown
This month Philadelphia-based cartoonist Box Brown returns with a new, timely book of graphic non-fiction, Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America. Over the last few years, readers have followed Brown’s evolution from a self-published creator and the founder of Retrofit Comics to the author of best-selling pop-culture titles about Andre the Giant, Tetris and… Read more »
Joe Decie: Day One
We all have the chance to be the Pied Piper in our own lives–just don’t miss the opportunity when it appears. Joe is here: let Decie Week begin!
“There Are Just Some Times When You Can’t Deal”: A Previously Unpublished Interview with Harvey Pekar
A never-before-published interview with the late Harvey Pekar, which may have been his last. In it, he discusses collaboration, Israel, and the American Splendor movie.
Rolling Up Some Inspiration: An RPG Conversation with Kieron Gillen & Tim Se
They live thousands of miles away, and until now, had never met: but that didn’t stop Kieron Gillen and Tim Sievert from bonding over a shared love of rolling the dice…of life!
