Episode 17: Eddie Campbell (Part II)
On the seventeenth episode of Comic Book Decalogue, Eddie Campbell talks Jack Kirby’s place in the canon, Mary Perkins On Stage, and the hazards of autobiography.
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THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (3/1/17 – Little Strips of Coast)
One day we’ll make use of all this.
Risograph Workbook 2
Colour Code is one of the most interesting risograph printers in the world. We catch up with the Toronto-based Jesjit Gill and get the inside scoop on the continued “Mickey Z connection”…
“What I Detest Most of All is Boredom in Work”: An Interview with Sandrine Revel
A chat with the French cartoonist and illustrator of Glenn Gould: A Life Off Tempo.
The Emil Ferris Interview: Monsters, Art and Stories (Part 2)
“She uses the sketchbook idea as a way to change the grammar and syntax of the comics page …” – Art Spiegelman in The New York Times, February 17, 2017 (“First, Emil Ferris Was Paralyzed. Then Her Book Got Lost at Sea.” by Dana Hennings) This interview with Emil Ferris (see Part One here) was… Read more »
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (2/22/17 – World of Thanks)
Burdened beasts suffer your sight: TODAY.
André Franquin: Great or…The Greatest?
Andre Franquin, then and now.
The Emil Ferris Interview: Monsters, Art and Stories (Part 1)
My Favorite Thing is Monsters author Emil Ferris on her life as an artist and her love of monsters.
Jiro Taniguchi 1947 – 2017
Goodnight Chevalier Jiro Taniguchi, de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Maestro del Fumetto, Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters and Master of Comics.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (2/15/17 – Quartier voisin)
A few words on Jirō Taniguchi and where we sit.
Risograph Workbook 1
Legend has it Mickey Z began the risograph revolution. We go to the source. How did it all happen?
Sarah Glidden in Conversation with Julia Wertz
The two friends and artists talk about Sarah Glidden’s Rolling Blackouts, and comics journalism process in general.
Seeking Salivation! Food in Early Comics
University of Washington professor José Alaniz invited me to prepare and deliver a guest lecture on early comics for his class on food-themed comics. You could say I hoped the project would turn out to be something I could sink my teeth into. I was not disappointed.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (2/8/17 – Astonished At My Doctrine)
Just an unusual and varied lineup this week; please accept it into your heart.
Turn on this Screen
Mike Diana and more.
Something of Value
Mike Diana, obscenity then and now.
Webcomics Binge Read: Homestuck Part 2
It’s been too long since Part 1 of my binge-read through Andrew Hussie’s juggernaut webcomic-cum-multimedia-phenomenon Homestuck.
Preview: Pretending Is Lying
An excerpt from the new US edition of Dominique Goblet’s Pretending Is Lying, along with a short afterword by its original editor, Jean-Christophe Menu.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (2/1/17 – A Comedy for the People of the World)
Don’t be scared off by the title. It’s not as bad as you might expect. Don’t give up on it yet. Give it a shot. You could do worse. No one loves a quitter.
The Best Short-Form Comics of 2016
Our minicomics columnist chooses his thirty favorite shortform comics published last year.
Jack Mendelsohn, 1926-2017
The Jacky’s Diary cartoonist has passed away at 90 years old.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (1/25/17 – Chin-Stroking Consortium)
Mmm, a sleepy drink for a sleepy week…
