An Oral History of Wimmen’s Comix Part 2
The contributors and editors of Wimmen’s Comix discuss the history of the anthology and of women in the underground. Part 2 of 2.
Features
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (4/6/16 – Satan’s Sergeants)
Rolling out with a late manga stalwart, while pop comics take the spotlight.
Episode 8: Gabrielle Bell
Bell discusses Ulli Lust, This Dog Barking, and getting good advice from some surprising sources. All this and a cameo from Aidan Koch!
Ginette Lapalme: Day Five
Parting thoughts.
Ginette Lapalme: Day Four
Sumo/picnic.
Jess Johnson, 1970-2016
An obituary for the prolific alternative cartoonist.
An Oral History of Wimmen’s Comix Part 1
If Zap Comix #1 kicked off the underground comix movement, then over the two decades of its run, Wimmen’s Comix played a key role in shaping the generations of cartoonists that followed. This was a publication that was explicitly political, interested in memoir, promoted women’s voices, and was inclusive in every sense of the world.… Read more »
Ginette Lapalme: Day Three
Trouble.
From Watchmen to Orfani: A Colorists’ Roundtable
Some of the most important colorists from around the world gather to talk about the pros and cons of their job, the best and worst ways to color, the effects of new digital tools, and oh yes, how much they get paid.
Ginette Lapalme: Day Two
The cat lounge.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (3/30/16 – Filth, Symbiosis, Reality, Communion)
A few images from the late Jess Johnson, among other things.
“Unholy Momentum”: Daniel Clowes’s Patience
Digging into Clowes’s masterpiece with commentary and annotations on everything from the comic’s obscure allusions to its cosmic themes.
Ginette Lapalme: Day One
A trip to Tokyo.
An Interview with Dan White
An interview with Dan White, creator of the Cindy and Biscuit series and prolific comics commentator.
Austin English and Bill Kartalopoulos on Superboy, Patience, and Peplum
The cartoonist/publisher and the editor/scholar discuss a 1963 issue of Superboy and a recent Blutch reprint—and how they relate to the latest Clowes.
An Interview with Kaz
Two cartooning greats catch up on the occasion of Kaz’s Underworld: From Hoboken to Hollywood.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (3/23/16 – Mimesis is the Corridor, and Poetry the Light)
Romance! Photos! Compassion!
Consider the Source of the Crisis in the Newspaper Comics Strip Kingdom
A Perverse and Cynical Contrary View Full of Hope.
Jen Lee: Day Five
Don’t want to reverse it.
Jen Lee: Day Four
I want to stop missing things.
“Comics Was the Reliable Thing”: An Interview with Michael DeForge
Michael DeForge’s new graphic novel, Big Kids, follows the teenaged Adam through a conflict with his cop uncle, a mysterious college-aged stranger named April moving in with him and his family, and a jarring breakup with his jerky boyfriend, which then sparks a traumatic, permanent shift in his PoV.
Jen Lee: Day Three
Mapping out my head.
Daniel Clowes and Patience: An Interview
A conversation about process, structure, and aesthetics.
Jen Lee: Day Two
Still thinking about the sky.
