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Features
When a Dog Was Art: Clifford McBride and the Immortal Napoleon
Back in those dear, dead days of yesteryear, cartoonists drew comic strips; they didn’t rule them with a straight-edge. And one of the best examples of the truth of this freshly brewed axiom is Clifford McBride’s dog strip, Napoleon.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (12/10/14 – Somebody Had to Say It)
Wow, comics time again. Just a few this week, but good ones! Big ones!
Webcomics Fix Your Life
There is a small but increasing number of webcomics dedicated to self-improvement. Because who knows how to live better than a webcartoonist?
Simon Hanselmann: Day 5
Black Friday.
Genghis Con 2014
Come on down to Cleveland town
Simon Hanselmann: Day 4
Turkey time.
Crafting a Complete Zap
A chat with the editor and publisher of The Complete Zap.
Simon Hanselmann: Day 3
Routines and beverages.
Simon Hanselmann: Day 2
Process and assignments.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (12/3/14 – Raised from the Rhine)
A golden treasure of upcoming comics! I stole them – YOU buy them.
Wonder Woman’s Secrets in Context
Jill Lepore’s The Secret History of Wonder Woman is a major event in comics scholarship. But no scholarly work stands alone; all are always part of a wider conversation.
Simon Hanselmann: Day 1
Life changes.
“But You Bugger One Kaiser . . .”
The latest from Joe Sacco and Ted Rall.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (11/26/14 – Who, above all, is to blame?)
The roar of a lion across the freezing earth; capsules.
Zap: An Unpublished Spain Rodriguez Interview
In celebration of the release of the Comics Journal Library book of Zap interviews, we present this unpublished interview with the late Spain Rodriguez. It does not appear in the Zap Interviews book.
Should the Kirby Family Have Settled?
On Veterans Day Marvel celebrated Jack Kirby’s military service with photos and recollections from Kirby’s son Neal. Does this collaboration prove that the Kirby heirs triumphed in their fight for justice, or did their settlement betray creator’s rights?
What Sold at CAB
Trends in My Comic-Book Back-Issue Sales
Zap: An Interview with Robert Crumb
Zap: The Interviews, Volume 9 of The Comics Journal Library, hits stores this month, collecting all the Zap-related Comics Journal interviews, plus several previously unpublished conversations with the Zap cartoonists. In celebration of this release, we’re publishing things that didn’t make the cut, starting first with the great Robert Crumb.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (11/19/14 – A Few Words on the Predilections of Record Collectors)
Jazz! What is it? Can I read it? Can I make love to it?? Blutch will show you the way, signore.
The Art of Divination
In Aidan Koch’s “Configurations” the psychological interval between each panel is central, impossible for the reader to ignore, and in a sense that’s what this comic is actually about.
Wonder Woman and the Unknown: An Interview with Jill Lepore
The cartoonist Ron Rege, Jr. interviews Lepore on feminism, the occult, and other matters connected to her groundbreaking book, The Secret History of Wonder Woman.
CAB 2014 Notes
A brief con report
“The Sponsor”: A Fourteen-Step Problem Comic
All about interpretation and responses to James Sturm’s comic strip “The Sponsor” . . .
