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.
