THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (3/6/13 – A Wafer Duly Spat to the Floor at the American Secular Mass)
More service than you can stand; more attention than you can bear.
Features
The Jerry Moriarty Interview
A truncated conversation with the painter, cartoonist and musician.
I Totally Forgot To Get Mad At That Remake of Total Recall
Can mainstream comics hire the Green River Killer? Is the Green River Killer willing to demean himself by working for Marvel or DC?
The Comics Journal #302: Bloody Massacre Excerpt
In this excerpt from his feature “Bloody Massacre: How Fredric Wertham, Public Backlash and the 1954 Senate Delinquency Hearings Threw the Comics Industry on the Bonfire,” Warren Bernard looks at the impact of Bill Gaines “Are You a Red Dupe?” ad, and how the release of Fredric Wertham’s book may have affected the scheduling of the hearings.
Stan Lynde, the Western, and the Spirit of Independence
Rich O’Shay, Latigo, The Price of Fame, and Pardners,
Days of Yesteryear
Now that all our fond hopes for 2013 have been dashed and our memories of 2012 rendered into a whited sepulcher, wouldn’t it be wonderful to relive those innocent times? Well, then, I’ve got the column for you.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (2/27/13 – Last Century in Comics Critics!)
Be this the mark of ideals, or decay? Only critics know, and now they’re talking… FROM AN AGE BEFORE THE COMICS JOURNAL!!
The Comics Journal #302: Authors Meet Images by Gavin Callaghan Excerpt
In this excerpt, Gavin Callaghan makes the case for proto-cartoonists such as William Blake.
Fairy Quest: Outlaws No. 1
Can we declare a moratorium on mix-and-match fairy tale pastiche, especially the kind with obvious franchise ambitions?
Tezuka Osamu Outwits the Phantom Blot: The Case of New Treasure Island cont’d
Osamu Tezuka, Sakai Shichima and the complicated history of a manga classic.
Minicomics Of Note
Ten of the most interesting comics that have come my way over the past few months.
The Comics Journal #302: Wages of Love: Chester Brown’s True Romance Comix Excerpt
In this excerpt, Tim Kreider talks about how Chester Brown’s mother’s schizophrenia affected Paying For It.
Campbell’s Rules of Comprehension
Reading comprehension for comics.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (2/20/13 – Irregular Holiday Celebrations)
Cooking up the freshest capsule summaries of whatever looks to be coming. PLUS: “Movies of the French”
The Comics Journal #302: Toon Treasury Think Tank! Excerpt
In this excerpt from the message board roundtable discussion on what to include in The Toon Treasury of Classic Children’s Comics, edited by Art Speigelman, Spiegelman, Chris Duffy, Paul Karasik, Paul Levitz and Jeet Heer figure out the book’s target audience and debate if selections from Mad magazine are suitable.
A Conversation with Gabrielle Bell
Chatting with the cartoonist about process, communication and the status of autobiography.
Gilbert Shelton in Conversation
A visit with one of the true greats of American underground comics in his Paris studio.
Friendly Ghosts and Comics Form
Greatness and minimalism in a disposable kid’s comic . . .
The Megan Kelso Interview
In this interview from TCJ #216, Megan Kelso and Gary Groth talk about the latter’s artistic development, sex in comics, self-publishing minicomics in the 1990s, and much more: introduction by Jason Lutes (Berlin, CCS).
The Comics Journal #302: Albert and Robert Excerpt
Bob Levin’s story about Robert Crumb’s lawyer, Albert Morse, begins with the Amazon “Keep on Truckin” lawsuit.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (2/13/13 – New Touch City)
Everyone wants to know the future of comics. Here’s one of ’em.
Let Us Now Praise Al Feldstein
The glory of the sex and violence of EC Comics.
The Comics Journal #302: Maurice Sendak Interview Excerpt #2
In this brief excerpt from the extensive Maurice Sendak interview in The Comics Journal #302, Sendak talks to Groth about 9/11, Outside Over There and how children process memory.
