Features
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.
The Jillian Tamaki Interview
An interview with the illustrator, cartoonist, and author of Indoor Voice.
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.
Color Riff
Just riffin’
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.
Jim Davis and His Fat Feline Celebrate an Anniversary
Garfield is now 33 years old. And still likes lasagna.
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!!
The Comics Code in the Phantom Zone
What is in the archives? Has the CMAA actually dissolved?
