Proto-Gekiga: Matsumoto Masahiko’s Komaga

One could say that Matsumoto Masahiko was the true innovator of gekiga and today’s manga. Sakurai Shōichi (cartoonist, publisher, brother of Tatsumi Yoshihiro), 1971-72 As an aside, let me point out that, around the time that the term ‘gekiga’ was born, some people used ‘komaga’ instead. In my opinion, it would be more appropriate to… Read more »

| October 22, 2014

Neckless: The Short, Sharp World of Zachary Kanin

A profile of the cartoonist and SNL writer Zachary Kanin, in an excerpt from I Only Read It for the Cartoons: The New Yorker’s Most Brilliantly Twisted Artists by TCJ’s own Know Your New Yorker Cartoonists columnist, Richard Gehr.

| October 6, 2014

Comics From Oceania: Pikitia Press

Matt Emery’s Pikitia Press is located in Melbourne, but Emery is a New Zealand native and unsurprisingly publishes the work of a number of Kiwis as well as Aussies. The scene has long been small but feisty but it has grown dramatically in the past five to ten years.

| October 3, 2014

2014: New Comics, Old Problems

A generally positive TCJ columnist goes negative, finding something wrong with five recently-released comics: Seconds, Vertigo Quarterly, Ragnarớk, The Death of Archie, and Multiversity. He also answers the question: “Who is the best American-comics-influenced British writer?”

| September 11, 2014