He’s Making Guns With His FINGERS
Tucker snaps after one too many Holocaust comparisons in X-Men comics.
Features
Dylan Horrocks: Day Four
Struggling to write a book review.
Crumb in the Beginning
In 1987, the proposal to bring all of Crumb back into print in a uniform set of books was a radical publishing act which re-contextualized and re-vitalized an already momentous body of work.
Dylan Horrocks: Day Three
Horrocks teaches a class, and learns something.
Dylan Horrocks: Day Two
A week in the life of Dylan Horrocks continues.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (4/4/12 – Hottest Game of Thrones Recaps Inside!)
Alright, no, I’m just trying to drum up some extra hits for all the new comics I’m covering inside. Is that so bad? Yes.
Dylan Horrocks: Day One
A week in the life of Dylan Horrocks.
New Talent Showcase 2
DeForge, McManus, and Forsman. Call for a free consultation.
An Interview with MoCCA Founder Lawrence Klein
How the museum has been able to survive, why building a permanent collect has not been a high priority, and why Klein left the museum and New York.
AVX 2NITE, AVX 4LIFE
Archie, Cerebus, and Young Blueberry take their places (and their marks) alongside the Avengers and the Flash.
State of the Art Museum: What MoCCA Has Accomplished and Failed to Accomplish After Ten Years
For better or worse, MoCCA is the high-water mark for the level of respectability that comic art has been able to carve out for itself in its home town.
Craig Thompson
This time around, Mike talks to the creator of Habibi and Blankets.
The S. Clay Wilson Interview
Bob Levin and the legendary underground artist and Zap contributor engage in a hearty discussion.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (3/28/12 – The Secret Life of a Licensed Comic)
A few words about the human element in manufactured fun.
VERT! and the Single Girl
We may be seeing a renaissance of high-end webcomic raunch—indie smut that is witty, cheerfully explicit, and gorgeously drawn.
A Few Notes on Wally Wood’s EC Stories Artist’s Edition
A category-defining book.
New Talent Showcase
Girls Against Boys
The Best Female Power Fantasy Is A Male Sexual Fantasy
Surprise—Tucker Stone didn’t like most of this week’s new comics. Plus a special guest with convention news.
Johnny Hart to Appear B.C.
The life, times and beliefs of Johnny Hart, creator of the caveman comic strip B.C.
Questions for Griffy
Shortly after the publication of Bill Griffith’s Lost and Found: Comics 1969-2003, Gary Panter sent the cartoonist about 20 questions. Here’s what came back.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (3/21/12 – Like a dog!)
This week a secret co-writer joins me in discussing Chantal Montellier, Robert Crumb, and the disease of the instincts. Plus, new and old books, with and without pictures.
Recently Read
What’s been off the shelf and on the desk: Everett, Sottsass, Clowes, Kirchner, Erro and X-Force.
We’ll Go Back To Mourning Moebius When Alan Moore Tells Jason Aaron That He Didn’t Mean To Hurt His Feelings
Tucker Stone debuts the TCJ incarnation of his legendary weekly roundup of the latest funnybooks.
