Emily Flake: Monday
Working from home, breakfast, a flurry of self-recrimination, then a trip to the dentist.
Features
“It’s Obvious You Can’t Fuck with Cartoons”: A Wilfred Santiago Interview
The creator of 21 and In My Darkest Hour talks Static, style, Puerto Rico, and John Brown.
Avalanche
Stuck in snow outside of Seattle.
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith: Billy DeBeck, Fred Lasswell, and John Rose
A legacy comic born out of a rollicking time and steered by three artists over many decades.
Cleromancy
Dicebox Book 1: Wander is a thing that exists and makes the universe better.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (2/22/12 – Just a lot of stuff.)
Quite a lively lineup of artists old and new; if you’ve got a great shop, you’ll be glad for it this week.
West Coast Tour Diary Finale
Smells Like Poutine Spirit
The Top 30 Minicomics of 2011
What it sounds like. Rob Clough picks his thirty favorite minicomics from last year.
Tom Scioli: Day 5
Fun with accents, some odd Kirby-ana, and one last look.
Tom Scioli: Day 4
Strong cigars, long lines and a dazed artist as Angoulême marches on.
Tom Scioli: Day 3
Taxation, tech snafus and a bit of home in the heart of Angoulême.
Dylan Horrocks
An interview with the creator of Hicksville and The Magic Pen.
The John Severin Interview Parts I & II
John Severin remembers his time at EC, DC, Cracked, and more.
Tom Scioli: Day 2
Our man arrives in Angoulême and discusses French superheroics.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (2/15/12 – New Love City)
Scalding passion is one click away.
John Powers Severin, 1921-2012
John Powers Severin is legendary as one of the most prolific and long-lived of all comics artists, producing quality work well into his 90s.
Collective Vision: An Interview with Jim Shaw
Artist Jim Shaw on his landmark work My Mirage, cultural hierarchies, 1960s idealism, and comics.
Tom Scioli: Day 1
Angouleme-bound, discovering petanque, T. Rex, French sushi and dreams.
West Coast Tour Diary 3
Snoopy come on home.
“I Just Like Hybrid Activity”: The Matthew Thurber Interview
The 1-800-MICE creator talks about Dada, performance art, Dungeons & Dragons, making music, making money, and interning for Dame Darcy.
You Vant, Mebbe, 39 Vays to Say ‘Imbecile’?
To paraphrase the old Levy’s rye bread ad, you don’t have to be Jewish – an observant Jew, anyway – to enjoy Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular & the New Land, an anthology designed to acquaint the un- (or under-) informed with Yiddish culture.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (2/8/12 – Murky Time)
The return of a very special comic book serial, along with odd revivals and vintage kids.
The Ballad of Axe-Faced Anne: Comics, Criticism, Contexts
Horror, Robert Jauss’s horizon of expectations, the Skywald publishing line.
West Coast Tour Diary 2
Bay Area Shuffle
