“It Is Kind of Fun to Torture People Through Comics”: The Penny Van Horn Interview
In this interview, Weirdo cartoonist Penny Van Horn talks about color, motherhood, animation, and scratchboard technique.
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Chris Kuzma: Day Four
In today’s installment of Chris Kuzma’s Cartoonist Diary, we enter the mysterious world of absolute peak Kuzma.
Steve Ditko and the Comic-Book People
A big-picture/close-reading appreciation of Steve Ditko through the lens of his relationship with the world known as Comicdom. (It’s also a story about a cartoonist’s profound investment in words and his hostility toward editors who didn’t understand his unusual approach to language.)
Chris Kuzma: Day Three
The tighter one grips, the more likely chaos is to ensue. Allow Chris Kuzma to walk you through his experience of the stated truism, in today’s installment of his Cartoonist Diary!
On Don Ault
Remembering the pioneering comics scholar. Without him there might never have been such a thing as comics studies at all.
Chris Kuzma: Day Two
Is the glass half-empty? Is it half-full? Today, Chris Kuzma is throwing that question out at you with a quality social time twist.
Dominique Goblet and the Architecture of Self
The Belgian artist is among the most empathetic of artists working in the comics form, with each project pushing further the boundaries of interpersonal hermeneutics.
Chris Kuzma: Day One
This week, we’ll be joined by Chris Kuzma. In today’s installment, he’s on the hunt for a technological marvel, and won’t be stopped by panel borders.
Crepax: Misperceived Master of the Comics Form
The heavy focus on the erotic aspects of Crepax’s work has made knowledge of him in English-speaking countries too limited.
Excerpt: Rust Belt
Check out a twenty-page excerpt from Sean Knickerbocker’s Rust Belt, released this week from Secret Acres.
Getting Weirdo at the Society of Illustrators
Kim Deitch, Drew Friedman, Glenn Head, John Holmstrom, Mark Newgarden, and Art Spiegelman had a wide-ranging conversation about the 1980s anthology era.
OVERWORD 5 · Mark Gruenwald
Michel Fiffe’s OVERWORD series draws to a close with a long look at Mark Gruenwald’s impact–professional and personal.
“No One Was Calling, No One Was Asking for Humor”: An Interview with Michael Kupperman
One of our greatest cartoonists talks about his career, his struggles with publishers, and how he plans to navigate the future.
Lambda Literary and the Ongoing Recognition of Comics
Once again, a few Lambda Literary Awards went home with cartoonists. Alex Dueben spoke with the organization’s Deputy Director, William Johnson, about the relationship that the “Lammy’s” have with comics
“‘What Should One Do?’ Is the Pertinent Question Now”: An Interview with Aarthi Parthasarathy
Parthasarathy is the Bangalore-based artist behind the webcomicRoyal Existentials, as well as a filmmaker,and writer.
The Astonishing Visual Narration of The Cisco Kid – Beyond the Boundaries of Story
Zoran Djukanovic’s extensive look at The Cisco Kid, the defining work of José Luis Salinas career, and considers the question of why Salinas work is discussed so infrequently today.
“We Need to Talk about Illness in a Way That’s Not Paternalistic”: Sloane Leong Talks to Josune Urrutia
Sloane Leong has been speaking with the her fellow artists-in-residence at the Maison des Auteurs in Angouleme, France. This week, she spoke with Josune Arrutia about cancer, Susan Sontag, and the growing interest in what’s being called “graphic medicine.”
AJ Dungo: Day Five
Closing out the week the way it began–by getting out the door and taking a chance. Today, AJ paints.
“Once the Ink Was Done, That Was It, Tough Luck”: An Interview with Kat Verhoeven
Begun in 2012, Kat Verhoeven’s Meat and Bone has found its way to print this year. Alex Dueben spoke with Kat about the experience of bringing her webcomic to print, and what’s changed about her work over the last eight years.
AJ Dungo: Day Four
There’s more than one way to grieve, and there’s no way to do it wrong: but there’s definitely poetic methods, and often, that’s the way you should go.
A Clyde Fans Roundtable
Seven comics scholars and Seth experts discuss the long-awaited, twenty-years-in-the-making complete collection of Seth’s Clyde Fans.
AJ Dungo: Day Three
We had to cut the panel where AJ said “easier said than done, pal”–it just seemed to on the nose.
Excerpt: In Waves
Check out a 26 page excerpt from AJ Dungo’s In Waves, released this week from Nobrow!
Eric Stanton: Master Fetish Artist
The story of the bondage artist who shared a studio with Steve Ditko and possibly helped create Spider-Man
