Life with/out a Signature
It’s common for Internet denizens to share favorite comics and illustrations without paying much attention to the source. But some go further than that.
Columns
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (12/11/13 – Winter Famine)
Just look what you’ve found behind the advent calendar window this week!
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (12/4/13 – Une Femme est infâme)
Cyber Monday is behind us, readers, which means it’s time to question the accepted wisdom of capitalism! (Followed by a shopping list.)
Now Hear This
Get hip!
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (11/27/13 – The Pursuit of Sedition on the YA Scene)
Journeying to exotic lands to bring you the best in meaningful distraction!
Tour Swag
“The Simon Hanselmann Diaries” plus Frank’s tour swag.
Comics Survey: Words, Part II
Ken Parille digs through 60 years of comics and says things about words. He explores a diverse creative cast, from Bill Griffith, Gabrielle Bell, and Julia Gfrörer to Jerry Siegel, John Byrne, and Grant Morrison — with a brief appearance by Otto Binder.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (11/20/13 – The Route to Your Roots)
Oh my god, Ryan Holmberg did a column yesterday? IT’S COATTAIL-RIDING TIME, SNOW DAY, WOOOOOO!!!!!
Poor Little Rich Boys: The Art of the Mumbai Circulating Library
Upon publishing the interview with Leaping Windows Comics Café, I was informed by an elder Indian that rental bookstores – locally called “circulating libraries” – are not uncommon in Mumbai. There used to be more, I was told, but there are still some out in the suburbs, though they deal mainly in books in Hindi… Read more »
Mouly Mouthpiece
A look at Jeet Heer’s new book, In Love With Art.
Catholic Block
CAB 2013 report
MCAD and the Minneapolis Scene
Rob Clough takes a close look at the local comics scene in Minneapolis, and particularly the work of current and former students from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD).
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (11/13/13 – Two from CAB)
A comics show last weekend? That means *new reviews*, citizens of Internet City!
Where Do We Begin?
Beat on the brat.
“Who the Hell Was the Conscious and Clever Brains Behind the Marvel Phenomenon?”
Analyzing some recently unearthed Marvel documents.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (11/6/13 – Tales from the Holding Pattern)
Believe me, these are the kinds of column headers I did *all the time* at Comics Comics…
I Want To Know My Father’s Name. Tell Me His Sweet Name Again!
Kosaku Shima wins official approval, Sinner presages the comics future, and Checkmate! embodies the ’80s.
Conflict of Interest Reservoir Tour Diary 2
“There’s an entire generation of young artcomix makers whose work just isn’t being reviewed at all.”
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (10/30/13 – Everything Folds In)
Format shifts abound, both in this column, and in all our favorite comics (so I’ll guess) (this week)!
