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An Interview with Sophie Yanow
The memoirist, journalist, and translator talks about politics, journalistic ethics, and how her art has changed.
Jay Lynch: The Final Interview
In this 2017 interview, Gary Groth talks to cartoonist Jay Lynch about his upbringing, the roots of the underground comix movement, and the trajectory of his career in comics.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (3/8/17 – The Patter of Rain on the Roof Brings Me Blessed Sleep)
I won’t monopolize your time, just your LOVE.
The Jay Lynch Interview, 1987
In this 1987 interview, underground cartoonist Jay Lynch talks about his experience growing up with comics and the influence of printed satire. The underground comix scene and the comic industry are discussed in depth as well as the theories behind his work.
Jay Lynch, 1945-2017
The life and legacy of the underground cartoonist.
Turkish Trilogy
Fortunately, laughing out loud – even talking loudly to yourself – is not frowned upon in Berkeley cafes. (Indeed, frowning upon someone, no matter how offensive and high-decibel his ravings, is so eschewed, you would think it would have frowners hauled before some Human Rights commission.) So I was free to snort my way through… Read more »
Risograph Workbook 3
Ryan Cecil Smith on color, line, and Japan.
Episode 17: Eddie Campbell (Part II)
On the seventeenth episode of Comic Book Decalogue, Eddie Campbell talks Jack Kirby’s place in the canon, Mary Perkins On Stage, and the hazards of autobiography.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (3/1/17 – Little Strips of Coast)
One day we’ll make use of all this.
Dick Tracy: Colorful Cases of the 1930s
The stunning new collection from the esteemed Sunday Press, Dick Tracy: Colorful Cases of the 1930s, explores Gould’s first decade of four-color powder burn nightmares.
Dick Tracy: Colorful Cases of the 1930s
Peter Maresca’s books celebrate what I call the art of looking. Their generous page size and crisp full-color presentation invite us to regard comics as more than a diversion—something to vacuum down in between checking Facebook and binge-watching Westworld. Via these lavish books, we get a window into the original impact the newspaper comics had… Read more »
Risograph Workbook 2
Colour Code is one of the most interesting risograph printers in the world. We catch up with the Toronto-based Jesjit Gill and get the inside scoop on the continued “Mickey Z connection”…
“What I Detest Most of All is Boredom in Work”: An Interview with Sandrine Revel
A chat with the French cartoonist and illustrator of Glenn Gould: A Life Off Tempo.
