New Talent Showcase 10
Alex Schubert, Vice Comics, and Jaako Pallasvuo
Features
One Set Of Footprints? That’s When I Picked You Up And Twirled You Around, Kissing You All The While
Convention news, and—a change in tone?
SDCC12: Love and Rockets 30th Anniversary Panel
Publisher Gary Groth interviews Gilbert, Jaime and Mario Hernandez about 30 years of cartooning Love and Rockets. Filmed by Justin Bloch and David McCloud.
Milton Caniff, Steve Canyon and the Fair Sex
In 1948 the usually shrewd cartoonist misjudged his public’s appetite for the risqué.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (7/18/12 – New Frontiers in Police Harassment)
Judge Dredd delivers an ex parte opinion on North American comics, though the real par-tay remains at your local retailer! I want to be saved from my own life.
Tezuka Osamu and American Comics
Tezuka was a comic book artist, first and foremost, his dreams and later successes with animation notwithstanding. And as a comic book artist it would only make sense if comic books were his strongest influence, which indeed they were.
New Talent Showcase 9
Angie Wang, Aaron Cockle, Jessica Campbell, Max de Radigués, Andy Burkholder
I Read Somewhere That These Things Are Worth Money
Tucker is mellowing? Plus Comic-Con.
Construction Manual * John Hankiewicz’s “The Kimball House”
A close reading of an unusual comic by the innovative cartoonist John Hankiewicz. Bonus: the full comic is included!
MoCCA Aims for Improved Location: Closure Not Permanent
A report on the sudden news.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (7/11/12 – Halloween in July)
A scary incident from Alan Moore’s past, among other chillers for your summertime bag.
To Hell and Back
Re-reading Ed the Happy Clown, examining footnotes, and “The Door”.
Ed Piskor Report
What You See Is What You Get
I’d Like To Declare My Independence From These Pants
Joe McCulloch on Ozymandius, Abhay Khosla on Marvel NOW!, and Tucker Stone works through some negative emotions.
“And to Have More Control, I Would Have to Do More”: Richard Corben on Adapting Edgar Allan Poe
The living legend weighs in on horror, color and adaptation while announcing a brand-new suite of Poe comics. Exclusive preview images inside!
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (7/4/12 – Slightly Less Than Everything)
Happy birthday, United States! Please spend the comics money you’ll save on black powder novelties!
New Talent Showcase 8
Simon Hanselmann, Aidan Koch, and and Lala “Lauren Albert”
Here’s Hoping They Buried Your Dreams With Him
Two weeks’ worth of complaining about comics in one!
Fact and Fancy in Seth’s G.N.B. Double C
Everybody misunderstands Seth. Popular mythology has pegged the cartoonist as a nostalgist hankering over the lost past. In fact, Seth is a fantastist obsessed not with the world-that-was but rather the world-as-it-might-have-been.
Gold Out of Straw
Ed the Happy Clown returns, Shadow covers do battle, an ancient penny drops, Adrian Tomine meets Liz Prince in a paper bag, and Ray Bradbury checks out.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (6/27/12 – Everything, Everything, Everything)
The summer season explodes with an eruption of quality that challenges the very boundaries of this column and the sanctity of your purse!
Smilin’ Zack Mosley’s Wilder Blue Yonder
The bumpy beginnings and intriguing flight of Smilin’ Jack.
