THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (9/28/16 – Get Ready to Despair)
Who the hell will buy all of these? By “these” I mean by deepest emotions.
Features
Dash Shaw: Day One
Alternating between projects.
“My Way of Witnessing”: Warren Craghead on Donald Trump
What it’s like to draw the same man, again and again, day after day.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (9/21/16 – Star Maps)
Less pictures than usual in here.
Alex Raymond: Becoming a Cartoonist
An encyclopedic look at the master of fantasy and romance.
Wren McDonald: Not a Cartoonist’s Diary
In advance of SPX, Wren McDonald imagines creating a TCJ Cartoonist’s Diary.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (9/14/16 – Alchemical Salon)
Books! Words! Pictures! All formats! A bonanza of hits! The blockbuster season is here!
A Conversation with Tom Gauld
Noah Van Sciver catches up with the author of Mooncop.
Connecticut Cartoonist #8: Uncle Oskar’s Ragtime Band
Whitman/Dell Comics and a trio of artists.
Tillie Walden
Tillie Walden is a young Texas-based cartoonist who has three graphic novellas from UK’s Avery Hill Publishing to her name (The End of Summer in 2015 and I Love This Part and A City Inside in 2016), as well as her upcoming graphic memoir about synchronized skating for First Second, Spinning (fall 2017). Tillie wields a high degree… Read more »
Before Neat Stuff: A Look at Some of Peter Bagge’s Lost Early Work
New York, 1980s — the young Peter Bagge finds his way.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (9/7/16 – Urgent Call to Action)
Now YOU can help overcome the anonymity imposed by commercial production! It’s like we’re all with the Shadow.
Error Report?: Comics, Text, and Editing
Words, punctuation, and “orthographic consistency” on the comics page: theories and practices.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (8/31/16 – Sweaty New Books Lolling Blearily In Shops)
Latest upcoming movie and NEW RELEASE COMICS news! Please continuing enjoying your favorite “nerd culture” website!!
“I Don’t Think About It. I Just Do It.”: Catching up with Gilbert Hernandez
If ‘Los Bros Hernandez’ didn’t already include Jaime and Mario, the term would still be a suitable nickname for Gilbert, who sometimes appears to be doing the work of multiple cartoonists.
An Interview with Peter Bagge on Neat Stuff
J.R. Williams brings Peter Bagge back to the beginning.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (8/24/16 – A Quiet Week)
Time for spiritual contemplation.
Episode 13: MariNaomi
The Turning Japanese creator talks Mardou’s Sky in Stereo, Bloom County, Cheryl Strayed, and much more. Plus, a fond farewell to a fan-favorite question.
An Interview with Nancy Burton
A rare interview with “Hurricane” Nancy Burton.
When Wolverine Met Hemingway: A History of Ernest Hemingway in Comics: Part I
An exploration of Hemingway homages, appearances and doppelgangers in comics, from the divine to the ridiculous.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (8/17/16 – Legendary Archives of Dazzling Treasure)
WOW, look at all these reprints. A comic book too; it’s a sequel.
Gordon Bailey, Co-Founder of The Nostalgia Journal, Dies at 59
A founder of the Nostalgia Journal has passed away.
