Krakoa is for all mutants: How the X-Men might have saved my mental health
Jacob Walhout looks at the not-so-long-ago Krakoan X-Men saga and details his own personal connection to it. Also: A TCJ editor learns the word “requel.”
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Exclusive: Hiveworks Comics announces it will end print, publishing division
Hiveworks Comics press release regarding the future of the webcomics site.
Shady Schemes and Superhero Scams: Victor Fox’s Cunning Comic Empire
Historian Christopher Irving explains the crooked history of Victor Fox Syndicate to Roger Skalbeck, professor of law.
‘Right now I’m just trying to get the stories done’: Catching up with Kyle Baker
Even among multi-hyphenates, Kyle Baker stands apart. After earning his stripes at Marvel Comics in the early ‘80s, he moved on to writing and drawing graphic novels, earning acclaim for his early works The Cowboy Wally Show (Doubleday, 1988) and Why I Hate Saturn (Piranha Press, 1990). But that was just the start of an… Read more »
Sol Brager ferments inter-generational anxiety with their memoir, Heavyweight
Sol Brager, author of Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory spoke with author and educatrix Tina Horn in late 2024 about the creation of their ink-washed paperback and the curiosity and queerness it took to make it.
April Fools!
Happy April Fool’s to those who celebrate. Enjoy this cartoonist’s diary (of sorts).
An interview with Paul Pope: ‘You can be your own audience’
Jean Marc Ah-Sen talks to Pope about his new PulpHope2 collection, as well as what’s coming up for THB and Battling Boy.
Do Not Collect $200 – This Week’s Links
Is there more Diamond news? Of course there’s more Diamond news.
Thrice upon a time in Tintin’s America
Tom Shapira examines the various competing editions of Tintin in America and muses on which one is the “true” version of Herge’s vision.
Legendary Spanish cartoonist Nazario on his life and legacy: ‘We must always be vigilant’
Nicholas Burman sits down with the famed Anarcoma creator to talk about censorship, gay rights, and breaking taboos.
Murderers’ Row – Dwayne Turner
The Ballad of Dwayne Turner, researched, written and performed by Tegan O’Neil.
Spider-Woman In The Front Seat – This Week’s Links
The sun is out, but here you are reading about the latest comics news instead. For shame.
Game of Death: A Communist rendition of Seduction of the Innocent
Hank Kennedy looks at another comic book-hating tome of the 1950s, one that came from the far-left side of the aisle.
The Way I See It: Selections from the KAWS Collection
Sean McCarthy has had it up to here with your mindless disregard for comics as a legitimate 20th century American art form, let’s walk through The Drawing Center’s KAWS collection exhibit and grow a little, for once!
Arrivals and Departures — March 2025
RJ Casey climbs back into the crevasse with newsprint-stained fingertips in this month’s Arrival’s and Departures.
‘You can’t just let them fucking take over’: The Mat Wakeham interview
Jake Zawlacki talks about the mastermind behind the Phoo Action Silver Jubilee book about that, Gorillaz, meditation, celebrity culture and a host of other subjects in this lengthy interview.
‘Almost everything I’ve done to this point has led me into this project’: An interview with Anders Nilsen
In his 2015 Comics Journal interview with Marc Sobel, Anders Nilsen said, “I am just embarking on a new graphic novel which I expect to be a long-term project. … I don’t really know where it’s going yet, but I expect it’s going to be a pretty long process, though hopefully not fifteen years again… Read more »
Angela Fanche Goes To Angoulême: Day Five- Epilogue
Cartoonist and Bernadette editor Angela Fanche, went to Angoulême- you can wave from the train platform, but she won’t see you.
‘Why I don’t believe in glory’: An interview with Charlton Comics alum, Will Franz
Will Franz on war and Willy Schultz with Alex Dueben.
Angela Fanche Goes To Angoulême: Day Four-THE FINAL DAY
Cartoonist and Bernadette editor Angela Fanche, went to Angoulême- if you’re not going to finish that Spiced Apple Waterloo, can I have it?
Angela Fanche Goes To Angoulême: Day Three
Cartoonist and Bernadette editor Angela Fanche, went to Angoulême, now finish your breakfast, you’re going to be late for school.
