THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (6/14/17 – Wicked Hearts Anon.)
I’m not late; it’s the comics that got small.
Article Archive
Fire!!
Since ending the regular run of his seminal series Hate!, Peter Bagge has been experimenting with all sorts of different genres. He wrote an all-ages series with Yeah! (drawn by Gilbert Hernandez), wrote and drew some of a hilarious comic about a conservative daily strip cartoonist and his “assistants” with Sweatshop, did an amusingly unsettling post-apocalyptic story… Read more »
Pat Palermo’s Galveston Diary
Pat Palermo is a New York-based artist who has been an active participant in the art world while maintaining an identity as a cartoonist. This doesn’t seem like such a strange thing now, as more and more people are getting MFAs in comics. But I come from a generation whose art professors looked down their… Read more »
Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home
This follow up to Nicole J. Georges’ previous graphic memoir, Calling Dr. Laura, continues Georges’ coming-of-age saga, this time centering on her deep, lasting relationship with Beija, a “Bad Dog.”
An Interview with Geoffrey Hayes
A rare conversation with the artist.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (6/7/17 – Exceptional Shine)
Embracing my inner ad man at last.
A Conversation with Jillian Tamaki
Two of our preeminent cartoonists discuss urban life, gender, and art.
Sunburning
Keiler Roberts’ newest volume of loosely assembled memoir strips, Sunburning, is a more assured, confident, and cohesive collection than her prior work. While Roberts displayed a distinct authorial voice, a refreshing lack of fussiness with her blunt and direct pencil drawings, and a powder-dry sense of humor in her past comics, everything comes into tighter… Read more »
Poetic Self-Destruction: An Interview with Eric Haven
Talking to the creator of Tales to Demolish and the new collection, Vague Tales.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/31/17 – Knot Comics)
Steve Ditko, unstuck in time.
Rediscovering Genre: Study Group Comics
A close look at the recent output of Zack Soto’s genre-focused small publishing house, Study Group.
