John Goldwater, the Comics Code Authority, and Archie
How a Poor Orphan Boy Invented One but Not the Other.
Features
The Jesse Reklaw Interview
Catching up with the author of Applicant, Slow Wave, and Ten Thousand Things to Do…
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (7/27/11 – Traditions Continue!)
One door closes, another door opens. But often in comics it’s an older door to a room you’ve seen…
Wingnuttin’it
What’s the frequency, Kenneth?
How Censorship Won: The Final Victory of the Comics Code
Just a few months after the Comics Code met its less than grisly fate, the U.S. Supreme Court cited the anti-comics crusade of the 1950s as an example of misguided censorship.
Jason Lutes
The author of Berlin and Jar of Fools enters the studio.
“I Thought It Was Worth Doing, and That Was Enough”: The Walter Simonson Interview
The Thor and Manhunter artist talks about his new Artist’s Editions, Jack Kirby, Mike Mignola, Stephen King, and trying not to draw Peter Weller.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (7/20/11 – Blank Room Dispatch)
A summer travel edition, postcards included.
The Joe Simon Interview
In this brief interview, Joe Simon talks to Gary Groth about co-creating Captain America with Jack Kirby, as well as many other titles they worked on together.
The Slow Build
So, what does this have to do with comics?
The History of Webcomics
The earliest webcomics predate the World Wide Web and are almost as old as public online file transfer.
Tatsumi Yoshihiro’s “Black Rainbow”
The true roots of Tatsumi’s Black Blizzard.
Carroll, Cross-Contour, and the Demi-Fecund Ram: An Interview with Mahendra Singh
Singh’s work stands in proud defiance of the time, embracing surrealism, Renaissance composition, nonsense poetry, Victorian illustration, and the work of Lewis Carroll.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (7/13/11 – Future Elephant War)
Dapper Dan may be extraterritorial for now, but we’ve still got all the seasonal metal-crushing fury you can stomach.
Layout Workbook 11
Just some diagramming this week.
Emily Carroll!
Carroll’s sequential art is as ambitious in form and uncompromising in tone as her standalone pieces are lovely to look at.
Part 4: Rock ‘n Roll
It’s time to rock.
Art Comics and No Fooling
They send ’em, I review ’em. Eventually.
Bob Fingerman
In this episode, Mike speaks to the creator of Minimum Wage.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (7/6/11 – No More Holidays)
Welcome back, America! New comics are still on Wednesday, and this column is still… RIGHT NOW.
The Jillian Tamaki Interview
An interview with the illustrator, cartoonist, and author of Indoor Voice.
