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Features
Part 3: Television
Our hero stumbles on the birth of television.
Lost Boy: The Comics of Dave Kiersh
The key repeating motif of Dave Kiersh’s cartooning career is Peter Pan.
TCJ #301: Excerpt from the Genesis Interview
Discussed: The approaches various media have taken to the same source material, Crumb’s personal religious beliefs and what it’s like to bring to light some of the less savory Bible stories.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (6/29/11 – Within Reach)
Exotic surprises are in store for you as we examine the upcoming releases of… Not the United States!!
Jim Davis and His Fat Feline Celebrate an Anniversary
Garfield is now 33 years old. And still likes lasagna.
“The Mind of a Worldly Man Is Like a Fly”: A Jim Woodring Interview
The creator of Weathercraft and Congress of the Animals opens up about his upbringing, influences (from Max Fleischer to Kenneth Patchen), and art.
The Comics Code in the Phantom Zone
What is in the archives? Has the CMAA actually dissolved?
Pittsburgh Biennial 2011
A report from the Pittsburgh Biennial at the Carnegie Museum of Art.
Gene Colan, 1926-2011: “For Me, It’s a Ride That Didn’t Enter My Mind Would Ever Happen.”
The life and art of a comic book master.
A Dan Clowes Notebook
From Ice Haven to Mr. Wonderful.
The Gene Colan Interview
Gene Colan talks to Larry Rodman about his time on Howard the Duck, Daredevil and Tomb of Dracula.
Part 2: An Early Education
Jazz, folk and the ’40s.
The Comics Code Revisited, Part 1
A look at the legalities surrounding the end of the Comics Magazine Association of America.
Center for Cartoon Studies Graduates
A Center for Cartoon Studies special, featuring school graduates Lucy Knisley, Melissa Mendes, Joe Lambert, and Steve Seck.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (6/22/11 – Studies in Delayed Thrill-Power)
“Night of the Jackass”? Like, every Monday before this column goes up?
Lew Sayre Schwartz, 1926-2011
A remembrance of the late Lew Sayre Schwartz.
TCJ #301: Excerpt from “Irredeemable: Dave Sim’s Cerebus”
Tim Kreider tries to separate Dave Sim from his notoriety long enough to figure out if Cerebus is a masterpiece or not.
The Greatest Baseball Game Ever Played
It seems like a dream, but one cold day in 1917 some of the world’s greatest cartoonists squared off on a baseball field.
Color Workbook 3
This week we are going to look at “second color” application.
The Jim Woodring Interview
Jim Woodring talks about his career in animation, shares anecdotes about Jack Kirby and Gil Kane, his move to Seattle, his transition from autobio to Frank, collaborating with Harvey Pekar and more.
Hauntology and the Invisibles 3: The Mirror We Made to See Ourselves In
Amy Poodle concludes this three-part meditation.
