Jeffrey Catherine Jones: A Life Lived Deeply
Jeffrey Catherine Jones, 1944-2011
Features
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/25/11 – Caught Up)
ALL UPCOMING COMICS, NO FUSS.
Jack Kirby Interview
Jack Kirby talks to Gary Groth about who really created Thor, Spider-Man, The Hulk, The Fantastic Four and many of the other Marvel characters currently populating the big screen.
Bedlam and Baby: Parables of Creation in Jack Kirby and Chris Ware
A look at scenes of creation, drawing, and comics-making.
Intermission
This week we’re taking a break from the Layout Workbook series.
Dustin Harbin: Day Five
The grand finale!
A Chester Brown Notebook
Some notes that try to tease out a fuller account of Chester’s remarkable “comic-strip memoir.”
Dustin Harbin: Day Four
Our man remembers a year past…
Saitō Takao and the “Gekiga Factory”
Studios, factories, and the rise of Saitō Takao in Japan.
Dustin Harbin: Day Three
And the award goes to…
Dustin Harbin: Day Two
The plot thickens in a Toronto auditorium.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/18/11 – Transformer)
Scenes from evolution by collaboration. Also, have you heard about Chester Brown? He has a comic!
Dustin Harbin: Day One
In which an American goes to Canada.
Layout Workbook 10
This week we’re going to look at some spreads from David Mazzucchelli’s Asterios Polyp.
Joyce Farmer: Day Five
The fifth day in a week of the life of Joyce Farmer.
The Chester Brown Interview
In this interview from 1990, Chester Brown talks about God, trying to break into the superhero biz, Watchmen, and hawking minis on street corners.
Joyce Farmer: Day Four
The fourth day in a week of the life of Joyce Farmer.
Josh Cotter
A podcast interview with Skyscrapers of the Midwest and Driven by Lemons creator Josh Cotter.
Joyce Farmer: Day Three
The third day in a week of the life of Joyce Farmer.
Notes to a Note on the Notes of Chester Brown
Ed Park reflects on the words in the back of the book.
Some Girls Work in Factories, Some Girls Work in Stores
R. Fiore on Chester Brown’s Paying for It.
Joyce Farmer: Day Two
The second day in a week of the life of Joyce Farmer.
