Article Archive
A Conversation with Dame Darcy
The Queen of Gothic Lolita speaks to Ron Rege about her childhood, the 90s, and the Meat Cake Bible.
Gathered from Coincidence
Tom Spurgeon on CXC and Fantagraphics, Joe McCulloch on the week’s new comics, more.
“And It Lasted Forever”: An Interview with Tom Spurgeon
The editor of The Comics Reporter and festival director of Cartoon Crossroads Columbus talks about this weekend’s CXC and this fall’s publication of We Told You So, the Fantagraphics oral history he helped to compile.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (10/12/16 – Sun Blind)
A gleaming spread of pretty damn unique picks, seated and waiting.
The Only Sensible Response
On Robusto!!!, a collection of Serbian comics about war, black markets, and debauchery, plus an interview with the man behind it.
Episode 14: Anders Nilsen
Nilsen (the upcoming A Walk in Eden) discusses Chester Brown, Daniel Higgs, and the art of the live comic reading. Poetry may be useless but this podcast is very good!
Here Lies the Heart: In Memorium, Jacques Noël
Cynthia Rose on the man behind the monumental place for books, Un Regard Moderne.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (10/5/16 – October Twitter Handle)
Two past favorites join a rising rank of expense.
He Walked the Line: Thierry “Ted” Benoit (1947-2016)
The passing of a master of ligne claire.
Dash Shaw: Day Five
At the Fantastic Fest.
New and Old: SPX 2016
How the Small Press Expo has changed—and how it’s stayed the same.
Dash Shaw: Day Four
Premiering a movie at Fantastic Fest in Austin.
Someone Please Have Sex With Me
“I am not remotely ashamed of not being a hot sexy number,” writes Virginie Despentes in her 2006 memoir King Kong Theory, “but I am livid that—as a girl who doesn’t attract men—I am constantly made to feel as if I shouldn’t even be around.” That we as a society not only minimize but reject… Read more »
Dash Shaw: Day Three
Learning about scripting and storyboarding.
