Annie Mok and Kris Mukai on Ant Colony and The Hospital Suite
Annie Mok and Kris Mukai discuss recent books by Michael DeForge and John Porcellino.
Features
“Catharsis” and Charlie
In his new book Catharsis (Futuropolis), longtime Charlie Hebo cartoonist Luz describes the the aftermath of the attack.
An Interview with Anders Nilsen
A career-spanning conversation with the author of Big Questions and Dogs and Water.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/27/15 – Another Holiday Bumper)
New, old, drawn, live – comics has it all, and we have all the comics.
Sam Henderson: Day Five
That’s right, I said it
From Figure Drawing to Storytelling
A quick eccentrically skewed tour of the comic book’s crucial 1970-1990s from corporate creation to individual expression.
Sam Henderson: Day Four
In which the author looks at old cartoons
Sam Henderson: Day Three
In which the author is embarrassed by one of the kids
Sam Henderson: Day Two
In which the author lays down the law
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/20/15 – somebody save us please)
Wow! Another big week of great comics! Let’s dive right in!
Queers & Comics: The LGBTQ Cartoonists and Comics Conference
A comprehensive report of the events at the historic first Queers & Comics conference, where the crowds were sizeable, intergenerational, and international.
Sam Henderson: Day One
In which the author begins a temporary job teaching cartooning for the week
An Illustrated Report from the Queers & Comics Conference
The first conference in history devoted entirely to LGBT cartoonists was a very personal event.
Blood Plants: Mizuki Shigeru, Kitaro, and the Japanese Blood Industry
Blood banks and comics? The topic’s not as arbitrary as you might think. It’s quite a natural pairing, actually, both in Japan and in the United States, though for utterly different reasons.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/13/15 – A Blaze of Retrospect)
THE OLDEST IN AUTHENTIC MANGA, RIGHT HERE, ALL WEEK.
Big “If”
A review, in comics form, of Bill Schelly’s new biography Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created Mad and Revolutionized Humor in America.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/6/15 – Underground Comics)
A subterranean journey through Free Comic Book Day.
Dustin Harbin on Batman Year One
Dustin Harbin joins me for a conversation about Batman Year One, by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli. Full disclosure, I went into this pick totally wanting to hate on it and hate on Frank Miller, but I have to stay honest (that’s the TCJ Talkies Code) and admit this book is still a solidly satisfying… Read more »
Street Talk: The Guy Colwell Interview
Guy Colwell’s Inner City Romance is the most politically cogent of the San Francisco underground comics by leaps and bounds.
Roger Armstrong: Conversing with One of Cartooning’s Better Sprites
Armstrong (1917-2007) was a man-sized pixie with a gray beard and a haystack hair-do and dark Mephistophlean eyebrows, an archetypically elfin presence who saw the humor in humanity’s parade and delighted in it.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (4/29/15 – Break Your Back with Books)
Just a simple, old-fashioned column this week. No fuss.
The Daniel Clowes Interview
In this 1992 interview from The Comics Journal #154, Gary Groth and Peter Bagge talk with Daniel Clowes about art school, Lloyd Llewellyn, and the beginnings of Eightball.
Spring Cleaning
Show and tell.
Katie Skelly on The Book of Human Insects by Osamu Tezuka
The creator of Nurse Nurse talks about a pivotal book in the manga master’s oeuvre.
