Article Archive
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (11/4/15 – It’s Light Again as I Finish)
Movies? Cartoons? Comics!
Art, No Art, Art
Reading Pop Wasteland…
Isaac Cates on Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli
The Cartozia Tales editor talks about Mazzucchelli’s ambitious graphic novel.
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2015 and Schlitzie
Kendal UK tour diary — and John Kelly checks in on Schlitzie developments
Love and Mercy: Comics at New York Review Books
A couple weeks back New York Review Books announced a comics line stretching debuting in 2016 and edited by NYRB editor and critic Gabriel Winslow-Yost and artist Lucas Adams.
Murphy Anderson, 1926 – 2015
Murphy Anderson, whose artwork spanned the Golden, Silver and Bronze ages of comics, has passed away. He was 89.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (10/28/15 – From the Germ of the Womb to the Worm of the Tomb)
Hope you get all the candy you can stomach on this diabolical day.
“As Radical as I Might Ever Have Hoped”: Jonathan Lethem on The Best American Comics 2015
The novelist discusses issues involved in editing the new Best American Comics anthology, a book full of varied, provocative feats of cartooning, and the most delightfully strange comics collection pitched at the casual comics audience in recent memory.
Bezango, WA: An Interview with Filmmakers Louise Amandes and Ron Austin
Back in 2011, two documentarians set out to make a movie about artists in the Pacific Northwest who make comics. They thought they were making a simple film about a beloved subject and then discovered they were in the middle of a cultural surge.
The Origins of RAW and a Lost Lynch is Discovered
At CXC, Spiegelman and Mouly discuss their early projects. And Jay Lynch talks about a painting of his recently rediscovered on Roadside Antiques.
An Interview with Tom Palmer
A veteran inker looks back.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (10/21/15 – 7,000 Words About the New Star Wars Trailer)
All of this week’s comics are either from Europe or people who’ve heard of Europe. Take it to the bank, Hank.
Gottfredson’s Illegitimate Heirs: Tezuka Osamu and the Great Wall of 1945
Debating Tezuka’s American influences.