PLEASE NOTE: Battle Action #1 is presently available in digital form, and as a print comic for UK distribution. The print-format series will be available in North American comic book stores beginning in July. * * * The first thing that hits you is Keith Burns’ aerial combat cover—listed as the “Newsstand” variant overleaf—a painted… Read more »
Montreal-based cartoonist, bookseller and video artist Arizona O’Neill wants to know what happiness means to artists. So, she conducted interviews with a dozen of them, and drew them as comics. Jean Marc Ah-Sen talks to her about this project, collected last year in book form.
Josh Bayer, Tom Hart, Hyena Hell & Carol Tyler bring you: The Ink Farm Jam Comic, Day 5, in which we say goodbye to the Ink Farm, save for those who remain.
Josh Bayer, Tom Hart, Hyena Hell & Carol Tyler bring you: The Ink Farm Jam Comic, Day 4, in which we consider the abyss, and we receive the blessing.
When last we checked in, for 2019’s Silver Sprocket release of Lorna, Benji Nate’s work held a pleasant roundness. The word I circled back around at the time was “cute,” perhaps a tendentious adjective but clearly the desired effect. That volume seemed held together by a handcrafted, dashed-off aesthetic, the kind of style that gets… Read more »
In this excerpt from Gary Groth’s interview with Annie Koyama from The Comics Journal #309, the two independent comics publishers talk about taste, editing and aesthetics.
Josh Bayer, Tom Hart, Hyena Hell & Carol Tyler bring you: The Ink Farm Jam Comic, Day 3, in which the tools are laid out, and support is offered.
Zach is on Staten Island today, grilling the owners of a longtime New York retail chain about taking over and staying alive.
And again we return to our old friends, our old enemies, that contentious duo of map and territory; I may not be a big fan of Borges, but he certainly has blessed us with that most convenient crutch of a phrase. Now, Borges is particularly pertinent here, as the territory is his beloved Argentina, and… Read more »
Josh Bayer, Tom Hart, Hyena Hell & Carol Tyler bring you: The Ink Farm Jam Comic, Day 2, in which rules are set, and a mission is stated.
Rust Belt Review is one of the notable indie comics anthologies to emerge in the last few years. As its fifth number rolls out, Matt Petras talks to editor/publisher Sean Knickerbocker and several participating artists about the continuing project.
Two artists in discussion, as MariNaomi chats with Rina Ayuyang on the topic of Ayuyang’s new period mystery comic, The Man in the McIntosh Suit.
Josh Bayer, Tom Hart, Hyena Hell & Carol Tyler bring you: The Ink Farm Jam Comic, Day 1, in which we arrive on the Ink Farm, and consider artistic fascinations.
It’s finally time for funnel cake. Wash your hands before using the mouse!
Al Taliaferro isn’t the first person you think of when it comes to drawing Donald Duck. That’s maybe not fair, considering he devoted well over 30 years of his life to drawing the fellow, but it’s nevertheless true. This is all the more impressive when you understand that Taliaferro drew Donald’s newspaper strip for all… Read more »
Ben Austin-Docampo reports in from one of the most attention-grabbing of west coast indie comic shows.
I run hot and cold on Rich Tommaso. Ever since I first started seeing his stuff pop up during the (let’s call it) Image Comics Awakening of the 2010s, it was clear that there was something different there. In a sea of artists still very much informed by the faux-realism of the superhero school, Tommaso… Read more »
Do you remember the Ignatz line? Do you remember Reflections, lyrical and sinister – the work of Marco Corona? Let Matteo Gaspari take you on a winding tour of this idiosyncratic Italian master’s work.
Ephemera: A Memoir, from artist Briana Loewinsohn, stands out as one of the most assured debut graphic novels of late. Hagai Palevsky chats with the author about childhood, memoir and the joy of drawing plants.
I’m ready for my day off! I’m going to use it to prep for my next day off.
Raeghan Buchanan’s The Secret History of Black Punk: Record Zero is equal parts comic, zine, and liner notes for a killer mix tape. If you love music, you’ll be inspired to keep jumping onto YouTube to see and hear the artists Buchanan writes so passionately about. Her aim is to present the criminally overlooked black… Read more »
Tegan explodes into action with Episode 2 of Murderer’s Row, in which she explores the lithe lines and zero gravity acrobatics of Spider-Man 2099 co-creator Rick Leonardi.
