Chris Ware – La prospettiva della memoria (“Chris Ware – The perspective of memory”) opened on March 9 and closed on May 12, and Valerio Stive was lucky enough to visit it on its last day
Grab your Old Bay and slap on a Ravens cap, we’re diving head first into the Maryland comics scene.
The titan, Nina Bunjevac, speaks with Emily Rems about her recent work, An Alchemical Journey Through the Major Arcana of the Tarot: A Spiritually Transformative Deck and Guidebook, moving back home and leaving comics.
Acclaimed cartoonist and caricaturist Drew Friedman reminisces about his time spent as a student in Kurtzman’s class at the School of Visual Arts.
In 1973, Harvey Kurtzman began teaching weekly three-hour sessions every semester at the School of Visual Arts. Mark Newgarden, Bob Fingerman and more remember what it was like being in his class.
Take a break from all the Kurtzman love with this week’s list o’ links.
Michael Dooley talks to John Holmstrom of Punk Magazine about his SVA education under Harvey Kurtzman and subsequent illustration career.
Anya Davidson digs us a trench on the front line and fills it with the journalistic works of Harvey Kurtzman.
In 1972, Patrick Rosenkranz talked with Harvey Kurtzman and his wife, Adele, about the Senate Comic Book Hearings of 1954 and the subsequent establishment of the Comics Code.
Kurtzman’s early EC work, read in order, shows a cartoonist embracing his unique sense of comedy, absurdity and self-reflective antics that erase the wall between reader and character.
Paul Karasik declares that “each Hey Look! page is a master class on how comics work.” And then he provides some examples.
Wolf down this week’s links, below, and then make a start on drafting your end of year list, otherwise you’ll be writing it two hours before the deadline.
A pair of collections recently translated to English by Epicenter Comics gives North American readers a chance to experience the work of popular Italian creators Giancarlo Berardi and Ivo Milazzo.
When did the profession known as “manga artist” come about? Natsume looks at the early history of making a living drawing cartoons in Japan.
There’s been a troubling rise in challenged and banned books in recent years- why are comics being targeted?
While the rest of the Internet is obsessed with baby dwarf hippos, we’ve got comics links for you.
RJ Casey has completed an entire year of Arrivals and Departures- what have you ever accomplished?
William Schwartz talks to the author of the Eisner Award-winning memoir Mexikid about that book, his webcomic Mexikid Stories and the differences between the two.
Go get your COVID shots folks. And then read this week’s collection of links.
On December 14th, 2022, I received an e-mail from The Small Press Expo (SPX), sent out to their mailing list. The e-mail concerned a sponsor of the fest, Crowdfundr. The email read as follows: This was not the only e-mail SPX had sent out regarding Crowdfundr, but it was the first I recall directly promoting… Read more »
Helen Chazan goes through the air lock to bodies in space with Bhanu Pratap’s Cutting Season and Katie Lane’s Perception Through a Gap.
Robert Aman sat down with Belgian cartoonist and Fréon co-founder Thierry Van Hasselt to talk about his work, both as an artist and publisher.
A quieter week for the medium of comics than we’ve had in a while, which is probably for the best, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any links to be had this week.
Grammy, Emmy, and Eisner- nominated, Grant Geissman talks EC, fanzines, Al Feldstein, reprints, getting back at the woman who raised you, The Usual Gang of Idiots, and his long musical career with Joseph Antoniello.
