Article Archive
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (11/26/14 – Who, above all, is to blame?)
The roar of a lion across the freezing earth; capsules.
Zap: An Unpublished Spain Rodriguez Interview
In celebration of the release of the Comics Journal Library book of Zap interviews, we present this unpublished interview with the late Spain Rodriguez. It does not appear in the Zap Interviews book.
Should the Kirby Family Have Settled?
On Veterans Day Marvel celebrated Jack Kirby’s military service with photos and recollections from Kirby’s son Neal. Does this collaboration prove that the Kirby heirs triumphed in their fight for justice, or did their settlement betray creator’s rights?
It Was Someone Else
Frank Santoro has a new column for us following up on his experience at CAB, but this time he focuses on how the market for the back issues he sells has changed. The most interesting thing to me is how sets of the original issues (of a series) are nearly impossible to sell. For years… Read more »
What Sold at CAB
Trends in My Comic-Book Back-Issue Sales
Zap: An Interview with Robert Crumb
Zap: The Interviews, Volume 9 of The Comics Journal Library, hits stores this month, collecting all the Zap-related Comics Journal interviews, plus several previously unpublished conversations with the Zap cartoonists. In celebration of this release, we’re publishing things that didn’t make the cut, starting first with the great Robert Crumb.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (11/19/14 – A Few Words on the Predilections of Record Collectors)
Jazz! What is it? Can I read it? Can I make love to it?? Blutch will show you the way, signore.
The Art of Divination
In Aidan Koch’s “Configurations” the psychological interval between each panel is central, impossible for the reader to ignore, and in a sense that’s what this comic is actually about.
The Prehistoric Animal in the Room
Jill Lepore on Wonder Woman and the occult, Rob Kirby on Nick Sumida’s Spankies, and more.
Wonder Woman and the Unknown: An Interview with Jill Lepore
The cartoonist Ron Rege, Jr. interviews Lepore on feminism, the occult, and other matters connected to her groundbreaking book, The Secret History of Wonder Woman.
CAB 2014 Notes
A brief con report
“The Sponsor”: A Fourteen-Step Problem Comic
All about interpretation and responses to James Sturm’s comic strip “The Sponsor” . . .
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (11/12/14 – An Experiment in Funnybook Investigation)
It’s so nice not having to cover a comics show. God, I can just show up and be myself.
Zap: Censorship and Suppression
America at mid-twentieth century was chock full of self-appointed, blue-nosed guardians of good taste who tried to control what could be shown in popular media and insisted that everyone follow their rules.
