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The Magical Twins
The Magical Twins (Les Jumeaux Magiques in the original French) was the first collaboration between Alejandro Jodorowsky and Georges Bess. It was originally published in 1987 in the French comics magazine Le Journal de Mickey. Although ostensibly intended for young readers, The Magical Twins contains all the imaginative transformation we expect from a book written… Read more »
An Interview with Noah Van Sciver
The author of Fante Bukowski talks Columbus, writing, and the future.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/24/17 – The Philadelphia JNCOs)
Just trying to be fashionable over here.
Risograph Workbook 6
Panayiotis Terzis on riso printing – the hope of the future? Perhaps.
On the Camino
Before the release of On the Camino, few cartoonists seemed less likely to publish a memoir than Jason. The Norwegian artist has spent decades creating deadpan genre stories defined by slapstick and muted emotions. 2013’s Lost Cat, for instance, approaches noir storytelling as if it were a mindfulness exercise, sticking to a rigid four-panel grid… Read more »
Boundless
It’s said that great works of art are meant to be viewed at a distance from eye-level. Jillian Tamaki’s Boundless, inspires this same viewing condition. Tamaki’s book design means she compels the reader to rotate the text vertically in the opening pages, urging her to engage with Boundless in a novel way. Rotating the text into… Read more »
Comics Vs. Hitler: An Interview with Mark Fertig
Talking to the pop culture scholar and author of Take That, Adolf! about the anti-Hitler comics of the WWII era.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/17/17 – I Feel So Damn Good I’ll Be Glad When I Got the Blues)
I’m back, and I’m dozing.
The 2017 Doug Wright Award Winners
Rebecca Roher, Steve Wolfhard, Henriette Valium make it a year of first-time winners at 2017 Doug Wright Awards.
Yours
Years ago, my primary hobby of choice was looking through old photos. Photos of a group of people mid-laugh at a restaurant’s outdoor patio, clutching Coca Cola branded paper cups that I admired for their antiquated design. Photos of men in a makeshift home–were they soldiers? Miners? I wasn’t quite sure. Women dressed in outdated… Read more »
Talking TCAF with Christopher Butcher
Talking to the festival’s founder about its origins, its future, and the ins and outs of running a comics show.
Crawl Space
Crawl Space’s cover is a rainbow-color explosion—a geometric face on the cover with a screaming mouth and an eye in its forehead. Filled with colorful detail, it looks like the cover of some forgotten psychedelic record album. It doesn’t let up inside. The inside cover pages feature grids of 71 grinning, wide-eyed faces, all drawing… Read more »
Episode 19: Ben Sears
Ben Sears (Night Air, Volcano Trash) talks John Romita Jr. and Jacques Tati. Plus, the ultimate gag-strip faux pas!
