Ware and ‘When’ (and What About It)
A citizen of Berkeley opens Building Stories.
Features
Infantino Raises Questions About CBG Letters Policy Following Kirby Controversy Flare-Up by Greg Stump
This feature from The Comics Journal #191 summarizes the back and forth between Carmine Infantino and Mark Evanier via Comic Buyer’s Guide’s (CBG) letters column re: Infantino’s decision to have Kirby’s Superman heads redrawn. it also delves into the way CBG handled the rumor that there was a set of false sales figures shown to DC creators.
The Carmine Infantino Interview: Trimmings
In these trimmings from the Carmine Infantino interview in #191, some of which are never before released, Infantino talks about movies, C.C. Beck and how his job affected his health.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (4/10/13 – The Pathos of Things)
The saddest lil’ unicorn in the whole wide world, and other comics to pluck those strings.
Carmine Infantino Passes Away at 87
An overview of Carmine Infantino’s development as an artist and his corporate career.
Family Meeting!
Abhay on the Uncanny Avengers “m-word” controversy, and Tucker on three recent comics.
Lucy Knisley — Day Five
How to deal with stress.
Lucy Knisley — Day Four
On camera appearance.
Lucy Knisley — Day Three
Addressing save-the-date cards.
Lucy Knisley — Day Two
Why she isn’t visiting your state on her book tour.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (4/3/13 – A Gentleman Creeper’s Brief Vignette)
A trip to the seedy side of digital comics fizzles out, yet our beloved art form endures!
A Reminiscence of Things I Would Prefer to Forget
My recollection of the “debate” with Harvey Pekar recently posted here was that I made an ass of myself, and I am sufficiently confident of my memory that I really can’t bear to look.
Lucy Knisley — Day One
Getting ready to release a book…
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (3/27/13 – European Comics Crisis)
LOOK OUT, new comics are comin’ ta getcha! And they’re not from around here…
Robert Weaver and the Pedestrian View
On February 21st, a group of artists and writers gathered at The New School to celebrate the book by the late Robert Weaver and to salute his achievement as an illustrator more generally.
Blood and Thunder: Harvey Pekar and R. Fiore
From The Comics Journal’s letters pages (Blood and Thunder), circa 1989-1990: American Splendor creator Harvey Pekar and critic R. Fiore argue over realism and genre fiction in comics. And Animal Farm.
A Conceptual Flush: The Magician
A heady and long-gestating project emerges.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (3/20/13 – The Most Normal Comic in the World)
“Anything is impossible these days.”
An Interview with Walter Biggins
A talk with the outgoing acquisition editor of the University Press of Misissipi, by far the leading publisher of scholarly comics criticism in North America.
Filipino Komiks and Japanese Sex Tourism: Joe Gatchalian’s Clone Woman
A curious cultural synergy.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (3/13/13 – Digital Comics Ultimate Apocalypse: Aftermath)
Where were you when the world ended? Pennsylvania? London? HERE?!
The Barry Windsor-Smith Interview
Barry Windsor-Smith talks to Gary Groth about transitioning out of the X titles into his own creator-owned work, Jack Kirby, subverting genre and the aesthetic state of the industry, ca. 1996.
