The Baking with Kafka cartoonist talks about the challenges and rewards of doing a weekly cartoon strip, why he doesn’t solicit feedback, and the person he’d most like to cast as James Bond.
Three French-language comics demonstrate the challenges raised for creators by the remarkable aesthetic and thematic developments of the last twenty years.
The artist discusses his recent mystical books, What Parsifal Saw and The Cartoon Utopia, as well as his early career and future projects.
The cartoonist behind Eye of the Majestic Creature and Present is interviewed by the woman who raised her.
A Not-So-Secret History of Superman, Wonder Woman, and the American Superhero.
Annie Mok discusses Carta Monir, Emily Carroll, Satyajit Ray, and more.
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women is a captivating film, but also claims to be “the true story of the women behind the man behind the Woman,” and this is where matters get complicated.
The cartoonist, whose latest book is Migrant, talks to Alex Dueben about comics as a vehicle for social consciousness.
Reporting harassment at a comics show.
Thi Bui talks about the political forces and cartooning influences that she tapped into while creating her “touching memoir The Best We Could Do.
What makes Cartoon Crossroads Columbus work.
The Spinning creator talks about memoir, her relationship with figure skating, the importance of representation, and Studio Ghibli.
Talking to Iasmin Omar Ata’s sbout their debut graphic novel Mis(h)adra, adapted from their webcomic of the same name.
Discussing comics and power with the author of Sex Fantasy.
A conversation with the wife-and-husband team behind Poppies in Iraq, a memoir of Findakly’s childhood as an Orthodox Christian in Iraq.
The creator of Someone Please Have Sex with Me talks Phoebe Gloeckner, Truth Zone, Chewing Gum, and more.
The meta-strips within 1950s and ’60s Dick Tracy.
Is Yokoyama plugged into portability as well? Clearly he is into mobile eyes and mobile ears. How about mobile devices and mobile books, and the techniques of miniaturization, content formatting, and sensorial coordination that they require? What follows is a meandering stab at an answer.
In this 1979 interview, Len Wein talks about working for Marvel and DC, what it means for storytelling when fans instead of professional writers take over; balancing commercial considerations with creative ones; the origins of Swamp Thing; the thought process behind superhero team-ups like X-Men and The Defenders’ how he writes Batman, the Hulk, Spider-Man, Superman, and much more.
Researching and compiling one of the very best under-recognized cartoonists.
The life of the prolific and influential comics writer and editor, who co-created Wolverine and Swamp Thing.
Reflections on a comics critic, publisher and retailer, along with an unpublished interview.
Strictly a consumer guide.
