Lee Holley, 1932 – 2018
The cartoonist behind the teen strip Ponytail, who was also drew the Sunday Dennis the Menace strip and was an animator for Warner Brothers, died in a plane crash.
Features
Excerpt: Ideal Copy
Plus Man and Hank find themselves facing the most difficult heist of their career: the heist of finding gainful, non-crime-based employment! Check out this excerpt from Ben Sears’ latest Double+ graphic novel!
“I’m Not Sure Anybody Cares but It Allowed Me More Freedom”: A Conversation with Max de Radigues
It’s Cartoonist Vs. Cartoonist, and Chuck Forsman has Max de Radigues in the hotseat to talk about his latest graphic novel Weegee, the French version of a co-op and what trick Max uses to keep his feet moving.
“I Have a Gut Reaction to the Story and Translate It with Color”: An Interview with Walter
Talking business and art with one of the most accomplished colorists in European comics.
Excerpt: The King of Birds
In this Nobrow excerpt, author Alexander Utkin, retells the Slavic myths of his youth in a stunning new graphic novel, illustrated in a bold new style.
Empathy through Ennui: A Conversation with Nick Drnaso
Nick Drnaso sits down with The Comics Journal to talk about his newly released graphic novel Sabrina, including the reasons he cancelled its publication upon completion last year!
Third Eye Comics
In the latest episode of our retailer interview series, Third Eye Comics makesa couple of simple requests: better cover design, and more books like Chew. Wait, Chew?
Seth’s 2018 Center for Cartoon Studies Commencement Speech
Advice for cartoonists about to enter the profession
Notes Toward a Future Understanding of Wally Wood
Why is the art of Wally Wood so hard to describe, so hard to get at? Why am I so interested in his art, while the similarly painstaking craftsmanship of a Joe Kubert or Will Eisner leaves me cold?
“How Far We’ve Come Since the 1980s!”: An Interview With Tim Truman
Truman sits down to talk about his upcoming return to Scout, how he’s found one of his best artistic collaborations by working with his son, and yes, because one of us demanded it, how he ended up making the greatest Hawkman story of all time.
Colleen Frakes: Day Five
You can actually go home again, but sometimes that means you have to find a way to entertain other people’s children if you want to survive the flight. Colleen Frakes can tell you all about it!
Excerpt: Entropy
Secret Acres and Aaron Costain are preparing to unleash Entropy this summer, and they’re ready to pull back the curtain. The rest is up to you, people with the capacity to read.
Colleen Frakes: Day Four
Sometimes, even if it means the destruction of expensive technology, you have to document the theft of human food by our brothers and sisters that call the Alaskan sky home. Colleen has your Thursday covered!
Colleen Frakes: Day Three
Dungeons and Dragons, cooking, a little house built by a teenager, and more science: it’s Wednesday, and Colleen is holding it down in Alaska!
“They Changed My Life”: An Interview with Bill Schelly
A discussion with the comics scholar and Harvey Kurtzman biographer about his new memoir of growing up as a gay comics fan, the difference between fandom and criticism, the reality of comics as a profession, and his experiences with Steve Ditko.
Colleen Frakes: Day Two
Coffee and comics are great, but there’s no substitute for greenery. Need some science for that statement? Colleen has you covered, in day two of her Alaskan adventure!
Colleen Frakes: Day One
Sometimes you need to get away from it all: and sometimes that moment corresponds with an artist camp taking place in Alaska. Colleen Frakes has the details, in this week’s Cartoonist Diary!
“Getting to the Heart of the Matter”: The John Porcellino Interview (Part Two)
The conclusion of our career-spanning interview with the King-Cat artist and key figure in the minicomics movement.
Episode 29: Tom Kaczynski
The cartoonist and publisher behind Cartoon Dialectics and Beta Testing the Apocalypse talks the New Gods, comic shops, memes, nostalgia, and more.
Excerpt: A Western World
Thanks to Koyama Press, we’re pleased to share an excerpt from A Western World, Michael DeForge’s upcoming graphic novel, to be released this month.
Time to Meet Your God
Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo stake their claim that, yes, there is something new under that Gotham City sun. “You sure about that?”, Tegan replies.
The Dragon
Jenn Haines, owner of The Dragon, came all the way from Ontario to explain how she went ahead and created the future of comics retail about two decades ago.
Six Books from One Failed Bookstore
What can you learn from the comics found at a going-out-of-business sale? If you’re Matt Seneca, the answer is a whole hell of a lot.
“Getting to the Heart of the Matter”: The John Porcellino Interview (Part One)
When I first approached John Porcellino to do an interview back in 2012, he said that he really wanted to talk about his work. None of his previous interviews had ever simply zeroed in on the actual content of his long-running King-Cat zine. Now that his latest collection, From Lone Mountain, has been released, I… Read more »
