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Inverted Calm: An Interview with Vishwajyoti Ghosh

Vishwajyoti Ghosh is the real deal: an original and talented cartoonist with serious social commitments, and a smooth organizer of human resources as an editor and activist.

Ryan Holmberg | October 23, 2013

THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (10/23/13 – Simple Anxiety)

These United States take a lil’ break this week, as FOREIGN AGENTS dominate.

Joe McCulloch | October 22, 2013

Providence RI

Battling Boy

Long teased, at last delivered, Paul Pope’s Battling Boy has about it the air of an event.

Charles Hatfield | October 21, 2013

Thought Bubble

Internal Grease Dynamics

The return of Tucker Stone and Abhay Khosla.

Tucker Stone | October 18, 2013

Conflict of Interest Reservoir Tour Diary

Seattle to Vancouver

Frank Santoro | October 17, 2013

Gary Gerani

Figuring Out George Carlson (Part 2)

Further into the career of the great unheralded cartoonist.

Paul Tumey | October 16, 2013

THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (10/16/13 – Surreptitious Frenzy)

Whole lot of big-ticket releases this week, chasing some damn obscure cinema. Imagine!

Joe McCulloch | October 15, 2013

Hare Tonic

Sergio Aragones and the Art of Pantomime Cartooning

Sergio Aragones’s pictures provoke laughter all on their own.

R.C. Harvey | October 14, 2013

West Coast Tour Diary

California to Portland

Frank Santoro | October 10, 2013

Gary Gerani

Figuring Out George Carlson (Part 1)

Digging up George Carlson and his extremely busy career.

Paul Tumey | October 9, 2013

THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (10/9/13 – Life in Disarray)

MEN. WOMEN. TUMBLR. WE’VE GOT IT ALL TODAY.

Joe McCulloch | October 8, 2013

John Severin

Unicorn!

Dana Simpson’s current strip, Heavenly Nostrils, is one of the best comic strips running today, on- or offline.

Shaenon Garrity | October 7, 2013

The Way We Were

Revisiting magazines that covered small press comic books from the mid 90s.

Frank Santoro | October 3, 2013

THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (10/2/13 – This Column is Shutdown-Proof)

Wow, topical joke! Stellar work.

Joe McCulloch | October 1, 2013

Realms

“I’m Gonna Open Sealed Door to Negative Zone!”

A look at the pencils for Fantastic Four # 61.

Robert Steibel | September 30, 2013

The Name Garo: Shirato Sanpei and the Indo-Manga Connection

Uncovering the meaning of the name Garo

Ryan Holmberg | September 27, 2013

SPX, NY Art Book Fair, and the Brooklyn Book Festival

A good week to be a comic book maker.

Frank Santoro | September 26, 2013

THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (9/25/13 – Tropical Malady)

An image, a review, a number of guesses.

Joe McCulloch | September 24, 2013

SPX 2013

A brief report

Frank Santoro | September 19, 2013

Sequential Artists Workshop: Output From The First Year

The sense I get from SAW’s first year is that Hart’s aim was to create a collaboration and dialogue with his students, rather than create a rigid differentiation between the teacher and his pupils.

Rob Clough | September 19, 2013

Comics Survey: Word / Art, Part I

In Part I of this two-part survey, Ken Parille reviews twelve comic books and graphic novels, paying attention to the words they use.

Ken Parille | September 18, 2013

THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (9/18/13 – Small Press Xtra)

So what did you do last weekend? I went to a comics show.

Joe McCulloch | September 17, 2013

Comics Workbook Composition Competition 2013

A complete round up of all the entries

Frank Santoro | September 12, 2013

THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (9/11/13 – Curses!)

Quite a lot of comics and not a lot of time; I am left sputtering.

Joe McCulloch | September 10, 2013

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