SDCC13: Music & Comics Panel with William Stout and David Lasky
Cartoonists William Stout (Legends of the Blues) and David Lasky (The Carter Family, with Frank Young) talk about music at comics at SDCC13.
Cartoonists William Stout (Legends of the Blues) and David Lasky (The Carter Family, with Frank Young) talk about music at comics at SDCC13.
Yeah, there was a comics convention last week. But at the same time, half a world away, some real business was going down…
…in which I review old mini-comics from my collection.
Now that we know the new Superman movie is a colossal hit, it seems like a good time to review the legal conflict over who gets to rake in those profits.
Scenes from a true curiosity, as French scandal meets Japanese comics in the alternative comics midday.
Things are not going well on Mars or on Earth. Chris Ware tells these tales with the help of a cartoonist’s best friend: the circle.
I can see you… and all the comics! Whew, another worthwhile column description for the books!
In this review from The Comics Journal #42 (October 1978), Kim Thompson critiques National Lampoon’s Claire Bretecher translation.
Kim Thompson answers a “silly question” in this editorial from The Comics Journal #55 (April 1980)
In his review of Masters of Comic Book Art from The Comics Journal #49 (August 1979), Kim Thompson makes a distinction between illustration and sequential comic art.
Trouble rears its stormy head to menace our man’s vacation! Good thing there’s still plenty of shit to summarize.
A study of Cole’s lesser-known comics and cartoons sheds light on his greatest work, and reshapes our current narrow understanding of this secretive, influential 20th century pop artist.
Tucker reviews the latest comics, and Abhay experiments with Valiant fan fiction.
An interview with the You’ll Never Know and The Job Thing creator about page design, not being known as a “finisher,” dealing with family illness, and portraying sensitive details about close relatives.
There were many Kim Thompsons: translator, anthologist, editor, publisher. The first Kim Thompson I encountered was Kim the critic, who tended to get lost in the busy shuffle.
In this excerpt, Kim Thompson, Gary Groth and Mike Catron discuss the earliest days of Fantagraphics and The Comics Journal at the 2001 Comic-Con International: San Diego.
It wasn’t all easy at first.
In this review from The Comics Journal #82 (July 1983) Kim Thompson reads and reacts to the first issue of Ronin.
Memories from David B., Peter Bagge, Mike Catron, Daniel Clowes, Helena G. Harvilicz, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Paul Karasik, Jason T. Miles, Tony Millionaire, Pat Moriarty, Eric Reynolds, Richard Sala, Joe Sacco, Chris Ware, and many others.
An exclusive excerpt from David B.’s new graphic novel.
As one of the twin pillars of Fantagraphics Books, Kim Thompson helped the comics medium to grow up. He did so with the tough love of a strict parent, the internationally formed intelligence of a global citizen, and the abiding loyalty of an avid comics reader.
On the hunt for a comic book story long-since disavowed by the artist and writer Jim Steranko.
Sally and the creator of Hate talk Bat Boy, politics, Margaret Sanger, internet piracy, making money while making art, and the similarity between selling convention sketches and prostitution.