Sarah Horrocks: Day Three
Finding an emotional echo within the work of action based entertainment, pouring inspiration into creation: Day 3 is here.
Features
“I Just Didn’t Care About Doing Anything Else”: An Interview with Rob Guillory
Coming off the career making success of Chew, artist Rob Guillory returns to his roots, in more ways than pun, with Farmhand. It’s being published by Image and colored by Taylor Wells–but everything else is up to Rob. Alex Dueben has the score!
Sarah Horrocks: Day Two
The best part of drawing comics is the part where you have to…pack a bunch of envelopes? Ya heard, it’s true, Day 2: Sarah tells it like it is, in today’s television criticism heavy installment.
Joe Coleman on Fine Art, Comics, and Charles Manson
In this installment of the Fine Arts and Cartoonists discussion series, Joe Coleman talks about the emotional roots of his work, ranging from Hieronymous Bosch to ’50s schlock cinema.
Sarah Horrocks: Day One
Music criticism, donut questions and the Temple of the Golden Pavilion: it’s a heady stew that goes into Sarah’s melting pot, here at Day One of her Cartoonist’s Diary!
Steve Ditko 1927-2018
A reflection on the life of Steve Ditko, best known for his many contributions at Marvel and across the comics industry.
Mission: Comics & Art
In this installment of Retail Therapy, Leef Smith talks about what it takes to stand out and succeed in comics retail.
The Harlan Ellison Interview
In this interview from 1979 (The Comics Journal #53), Gary Groth and Harlan Ellison talk about plagiarism, the potential of the medium, Hollywood, and more.
Speculative Fiction Author and Provocateur Harlan Ellison Dies
Science fiction’s enfant terrible passed away June 27 at the age of 84. He was born in advance of the boomer tide, but in a sense, Ellison was the voice — or a voice — of that generation.
Marc Bell on Comics, Fine Art, Aztecs and The Simpsons
Bell talks about how the art of today may not be considered the art of tomorrow, art meant for reproduction as an artifact, and more.
“You Liked That? Really?”: A Conversation with Shawn Martinbrough
Shawn Martinbrough’s new show of original art has him looking back on twenty five years of making comics, working with artists, the hunt for the ultimate black ink–and the preparations for working with George Lucas.
Simplify, Stupid
Does Will Eisner really deserve so much more respect than Don Martin and Dave Berg?
Robert Williams on the Seeds of Modern Art, Mona Lisa’s Mustache, the Trouble with Lichtenstein, and How to Succeed in the Business of Fine Art
Michael Dooley interviews artist Robert Williams, and they discuss the history of Dadaism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art and beyond.
“I Want to Make a Haven”: An Interview with Niki Smith
Niki Smith discusses the genesis of her erotic graphic novel set in the world of cosplay conventions, why pink makes for better sex scenes then the color blue, and what comics she has planned next.
Episode 30: Laura Lannes
The cartoonist behind By Monday I’ll Be Floating in the Hudson with the Other Garbage and the upcoming John, Dear discusses Laerte, Puiupo, and Sarah Manguso, as well as the uses–and perils–of humor in art.
Fantom Comics
In our latest installment of Retail Therapy, we spoke with Jake Shapiro, of Washington DC’s Fantom Comics!
Esther Pearl Watson on Comics, Fine Arts, Theory, and Pink Flying Saucers
In this follow-up, Watson talks about the comics grid, Duchamp, Lynda Barry, and more.
Nick Meglin: 1935-2018
Writer, artist, editor, and lyricist Nick Meglin (born Nick Megliola) was perhaps best known for the 48 years he spent on the staff of Mad magazine, the last twenty of which were as co-editor of the magazine (with colleague John Ficarra), surviving Mad’s original creator Harvey Kurtzman, publisher William Gaines, and most of the original… Read more »
We Need to Talk about Thanos
Tegan and Thanos go back a long way, but have both of them outgrown the comics where they met? It’s time to find out.
Alison McCreesh
Alison McCreesh and Alex Dueben discuss the nature of her most recent work of illustration and ambition: Norths: Two Suitcases and a Stroller Around the Circumpolar World!
Fine Art and Cartoonists Roundtable
In this unpublished conversation from 2012, Michael Dooley sits down with artists Marc Bell, Joe Coleman, Esther Pearl Watson, and Robert Williams to discuss the place and value of comics in the realm of fine arts.
Forsman X Fiffe
This week sees the release of Michel Fiffe’s official continuation of Rob Liefeld’s Bloodstrike series, legally (and affectionately) known as Bloodstrike: Brutalists. Meanwhile, Chuck Forsman has set up shop at Patreon, where he’s currently serializing Automa. While the majority of their conversations take place at the conventions they often share a table at, some of them make their way into print: like this one you’re about to read.
The Plight of the Superhero Comic Book
Working his way through a stack of recent mainstream and alternative superhero comics, Ken Parille finds many drowning in clichés and a few that get it right.
Excerpt: Left in the Canefields
Thanks to Brady Evans and Sloane Leong, we’re pleased to share this excerpt from Brady’s Left in the Canefields, one of the comics to appear in Cautionary Fables and Fairy Tales: Oceania Edition.
