Excerpt: Meat and Bone
Thanks to our friends at Conundrum Press, the Comics Journal is pleased to share this excerpt from Kat Verhoeven’s Meat and Bone, to be released this May.
Thanks to our friends at Conundrum Press, the Comics Journal is pleased to share this excerpt from Kat Verhoeven’s Meat and Bone, to be released this May.
It’s okay to keep a sock that’s not yours–but first, you’ve got to due some diligence. Let Joe Decie show you the path!
This month Philadelphia-based cartoonist Box Brown returns with a new, timely book of graphic non-fiction, Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America. Over the last few years, readers have followed Brown’s evolution from a self-published creator and the founder of Retrofit Comics to the author of best-selling pop-culture titles about Andre the Giant, Tetris and… Read more »
We all have the chance to be the Pied Piper in our own lives–just don’t miss the opportunity when it appears. Joe is here: let Decie Week begin!
A never-before-published interview with the late Harvey Pekar, which may have been his last. In it, he discusses collaboration, Israel, and the American Splendor movie.
They live thousands of miles away, and until now, had never met: but that didn’t stop Kieron Gillen and Tim Sievert from bonding over a shared love of rolling the dice…of life!
Sara Elfgren may not be the only comics creator to have opera, radio plays and VR games to her credit, but she’s the only one we’ve interviewed this year. So far!
A cartoonist whose career spanned from More Fun in 1936 to Marvel in 2016, perhaps best known for his work on the Dr. Kildare, Dark Shadows, and Judd Saxon newspaper strips.
Michel Fiffe walks us down the garden path, and that garden path leads directly to an unabashed affection for Mike Sekowsky.
In this interview, Guy Colwell talks to Katie Skelly about desire, its inherent violence and the exploration of this within his and other comics.
The longtime Zippy the Pinhead cartoonist talks about his latest book, the transition from strips to longform comics, why he chose to depict the innocent Schlitzie rather than the fraudulent Zip, and the insidious appeal of cuteness.
Floating World’s Jason Levian and Hollow Press’ Michele Nitri talk about their distribution partnership and their shared passion for Mat Brinkman.
After years of difficulty, Mat Brinkman’s influential comics return to the US via a partnership between Italian publisher Hollow Press and US retailer/publisher Floating World Comics. Eric Vilas-Boas has the details
Tumbleweeds Mourns
The comics scholar talks at length about his career and his new book on publisher James Warren.
The GOAT sits down with Skelly, and she easily sidestepst the ten questions people always waste his time with.
Jim Scancarelli walks Alex Dueben through the history of Gasoline Alley, which celebrated its 100th anniversary late last year.
The story of the Event continues with a look at one of the odder Batman stories, a precursor to much in DC’s future.
In this sometimes contentious discussion, the creator of Art Comic talks about the evils of capitalism, his love of Surrealism, why no artist should move to New York, and the to-be-welcomed destruction of official art history.
Noah Berlatsky talks to Marc Singer about putting in the work required if you’re going to be critical of criticism. Is the snake eating its tail? Hey pal–the tail is the best part!
You may think you know what’s wrong with the academic study of comics–but you’re probably just making a lazy assumption. Marc Singer and his new book are here to tell why it’s actually worse than you thought.
Japan sent the work of Naoki Urasawa to Los Angeles for a gallery showing, and Dan Schindel sent himself to check it out for you, the people.
Oliver Ristau reports back from the current exhibition of work from Émilie Plateau & Jul Gordon. Can’t make it to Germany? We’ve got you covered.
Tempeh with green beans and garlic