Article Archive
2014: Comics, New and Old (Part I)
Reflections on the “state of the art.” Along the way there’s talk of editorial malfeasance, lyrical ambiguity, feminism, fannish-ness, Kirby, Byron, motorcycle comics, etc. . . .
The Tears of the Prophet
A critical look at the heavily anticipated, seven-million-print-run issue of Charlie Hebdo published in the wake of the Paris attacks
“How Can the Spaces Between the Pages Be as Meaningful as the Pages?”: A Dash Shaw Interview
Process talk with the creator of Cosplayers and Doctors.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (1/21/15 – Unearthed, Overseas)
Mostly stuff you were waiting for this week… unless you weren’t!
CHARLIE Horses: On Caricature and Outrage
An exploration of the impulse to caricature, a look at incidents of outrage and retaliation against cartoonists, and a personal attempt to come to terms with racist cartoons from America’s past.
What Was So Queer About Comics in 2014?
A look back at the year in LGBTQ comics
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (1/14/15 – Graven Images)
Religion and horror: who’d have thought?
America’s Own Charlie Hebdo
A U.S. legal antecedent to Charlie Hebdo.
Cartoons of Mass Destruction: The Whole Story Behind the Danish 12
In 2006, 12 Danish cartoonists controversially drew pictures of Muhammad at the urging of Flemming Rose, the culture editor of the weekly Jyllands-Posten. This news story from The Comics Journal #275 (April 2006) offers a multitude of perspectives — from cartoonists, Danes, Muslims, Danish Muslims — and is being rerun to help supply context for the Charles Hebdo killings.
PABLO and Charlie
A report from Paris in the aftermath
2014’s Critic of the Year!
The title says it all. Or does it?
On Zap
A few thoughts about Zap and its place in comics and culture.
For Real This Time
Shuddering wheezingly back to life, time waits for no one, and Joe McCulloch is here with his weekly guide to the best-sounding new comics available in stores. Devoted readers of the comics form will know what to do. Meanwhile, elsewhere, an incomplete collection of links from the past two weeks: [UPDATED TO ADD:] —News. This… Read more »
