Today is the 35th anniversary of the conclusion of 1986’s Great Peace March of 1986. Michael Tisserand, who participated in the March, is celebrating by telling the lesser known story of the great Guy Colwell, who served as the March’s cartoonist. (A gallery of Colwell’s work is, of course, on hand).
Your local food court may be abandoned, littered with the debris of a departed era, but we have not abandoned: the links!
In a 2019 essay, artist and scholar Natsume Fusanosuke considers the historical impact of manga icon Takahashi Rumiko and her Urusei Yatsura on the audience for Japanese comics and animation at the dawn of the otaku era.
An exclusive preview of Conor Stechschulte’s Generous Bosom #4, courtesy of Breakdown Press awaits you!
Cartoonist Nate Doyle visits an NYC showing of Tanino Liberatore’s work at the Philippe Labaune Gallery, and reports back that yes, there’s more to the artist of RanXerox than extremely big muscles being used in extremely violent fashions.
Łukasz Kowalczuk returned to making comics as an adult, fueled by memories of slime, a love of 80s licensed properties and role playing games. Since then, he’s translated Prison Pit, organized conventions and increased the world supply of neon-colored Polish comics by a healthy margin!
Nobody is ever going to fix my roof; water is just going to keep dripping in until the rainy season passes. Luckily, the supply chain has not disrupted the delivery of these links – digital insulation to warm your soul.
Robert K. Elder uncovers the little known story behind the model and muse behind some of Jeffrey Catherine Jones’ iconic painting and illustration work.
Brian Hibbs of Comix Experience speaks to creators Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefengki about The Good Asian, their much-admired period crime series from Image.
Greg Hunter takes an extended look at Dash Shaw’s Cosplayers in this excerpt from Hunter’s upcoming book,
New Realities: The Comics of Dash Shaw.
In this conversation between Dash Shaw and Greg Hunter which took place earlier this month via Brooklyn’s Community Bookstore, Shaw discusses the background to his latest graphic novel Discipline, how his own Quaker upbringing informed its depictions of silence, and the real world Civil War letters that birthed the project.
The wind is threatening to blow the walls off my building right now, but nothing stops the news! Join us in our affront to nature by clicking these links.
Eszter reports back from Beirut, with a look at the variety of comics, aesthetic concerns, philosophical questions and political grapplings that took place at The Beirut Comic Art Festival, which took place earlier this month.
An examination of Ted McKeever’s final narrative comic, a kiss-off to the comic book industry, with comparisons to other famous Fuck You features.
In this sprawling conversation, we catch up with Steve Lafler’s time making music in Mexico, raising children in houses laden with autobiographical comics, his return to the States and his most recent work, powered by Kickstarter support.
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Check out this extended look at Dash Shaw’s latest graphic novel, Discipline, courtesy of NYRC!
Joe Decie catches up with cartoonist Hurk just as Avery Hill prepares the release of his “crime caper” graphic novel, Jinx Freeze. Has Hurk forgiven the Trix rabbit? What are his favorite parts of making comics? How seriously should one take people who wish to be taken seriously? The answers to these questions, and more, are only to be found here.
A new movie adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal SF fantasy Dune opens this week, but we’ve got something a little more old-school: an oral history of Marvel’s 1984 comic book adaptation of David Lynch’s divisive first film of the book.
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The first-ever edition of the Philly Comics Expo was held on October 2, 2021, and we’ve got a massive report! Featuring interviews with three exhibiting artists, reviews of nearly a dozen comics, and plenty of observations on this celebration of the small press.
The second in our line of sponsored videos from the Comix Experience Graphic Novel of the Month Club interview series finds proprietor Brian Hibbs in discussion with two creators bringing an original digital comic to print format.
Now that he’s on the other side of reading every single Marvel comic ever published, Douglas Wolk is catching up with Laura Hudson on whether that was (or was not) a good idea, what sort of lessons that etched into his subculture, and laying down some dogma for future cultural archaeologists to grapple with.
