He Never Understood Why I Was Drawing Fred Mertz
Drew Friedman’s Heroes of the Comics exhibition is opening Thursday, May 4th at 6 pm at the Society of Illustrators.
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THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/3/17 – Gesticulating Toward Authority)
Finally, comics that document my life.
An Interview with David Wiesner
The award-winning children’s book illustrator on publishing his first graphic novel.
The Necrophilic Landscape
Tracy Auch’s necrophilic landscape is a combat zone, the site of a schism between adults and children. The story’s kids, dissidents behind “the blight of child crime,” have started using vessels in the shape of adult bodies to infiltrate the adult world. Lucas Barrette, an ace detective, responds in kind; he opts to be divided… Read more »
Risograph Workbook 5
Continuing my series on the pioneers of risograph printing with a conversation with John Pham.
Krazy: George Herriman, A Life in Black and White
Comics consensus holds that George Herriman’s Krazy Kat is pretty much the acme of the art form. This is hard to argue with. Few comics appear as sui generis or possess the same pedigree of critical reception. Its motifs have a rare clarity about them, its characters are sharply drawn, its line and language unmistakable,… Read more »
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (4/26/17 – Here be lions.)
A most unusual import, among other fresh selections.
Lichtenstein and the Art of Letters
Roy Lichtenstein is one of the twentieth-century’s most important artists. He’s far from one of its best letterers.
Lovers in the Garden
Anya Davidson’s genre entry Lovers in the Garden packs a tight punch with a roster of characters seemingly straight out of the Roger Corman playbook and the wacky animating idea that maybe, just maybe, women can get on top in this kind of tale. Lovers follows a colorful cast with enough backstory to keep them… Read more »
A Talk with Gabrielle Bell
Annie Mok interviews Gabrielle Bell about diaries, metacognition, and more.
The Abominable Mr. Seabrook
Most comic book biographies serve more as an introduction than a definitive edition. Not this book.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (4/19/17 – Glyph Reader International)
Scenes from the apocalypse craze! Ready your soul for deliverance unto the high spire of GLOBAL FUNNIES.
Talking to Pénélope Bagieu
The French cartoonist talks Mama Cass, her new graphic novel, and the Smurfette Syndrome.
