On one hand, I do not have Jonathan Lethem in this column. But on the other, I’ve got an explosion of Japanese comics from New York City! Wait, why is my hand exploding? That’s terrible.
A roundtable on the occasion of Charles Hatfield’s book, Hand of Fire: The Comics Art of Jack Kirby, with contributions from Jonathan Lethem, Glen David Gold, Sarah Boxer, Doug Harvey, Dan Nadel, and Robert Fiore.
On The Road. Again.
Exhausted by comics this week, Tucker recruits assistance from Joe McCulloch and Abhay Khosla.
A visit with the great underground artist on the occasion of another installment of his Buffalo stories.
Last week, after the iZombie co-creator announced via Twitter that he could no longer work for DC, due primarily to moral reasons, the company quickly fired him. Roberson talks with us about what happened, his relationship with DC, and the ethics of the comics industry.
Prepare yourself for journeys to the past and future, where maximum love and minimal savings await!
In the last two years, Tatsuya Ishida’s Sinfest has transformed from an attractive diversion to a must-read.
Real Life
Bike maintenance.
In which Tucker compares reading certain superhero comics to allergy medicine-enhanced self-abuse.
A slow work day.
A unusually busy day in the city.
In his final episode, Mike Dawson interviews The Pain cartoonist and essayist Tim Kreider
Cultural confusion.
Winter is coming, my friends, as are spoilers for recent zombie-like funnies.
A rainy day in Japan.
Smash the State
When did superhero comics start obsessing about histrionic emotional reactions to the vagaries of interpersonal relationships?
The Magic Whistle cartoonist takes you step by step through his process.
The best in delicate French cartooning of the 1960s (not pictured) is waiting for you inside! Provided you have money! But not much!!
Bushmiller refined his art, honed it to its barest essentials, and thereby produced a comic strip that in many respects was the very apotheosis of a comic strip.
Color Theory and Practice.
