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An Interview with Maré Odomo
A conversation with Maré Odomo, a young Seattle-based cartoonist who’s just released their largest work to date, Late Bloomer.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (8/10/16 – Maximum Relevance)
Real shit in the real world.
A Conversation with Zack Davisson
On Kitaro and Shigeru Mizuki’s legacy.
Comics Criticism: Seven Hot Takes for Summer 2016
She tweeted that “comics criticism is trash and must be destroyed.” Does “comics” agree? In this episode, Grid veers away from comics boosterism (and moves perilously close to parody) as we search for answers. That, and Frank Cho’s unmentionables.
Richard Thompson, 1957-2016
Thompson, illustrator and creator of the syndicated comic strip Cul de Sac, passed away on July 27, 2016 due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 58 years old.
Dancing on the Manhole Cover: The Genius of Richard Thompson
Mourning the loss of Richard Thompson.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (8/3/16 – Blooming Sun)
Some things are inevitable.
Kramers Ergot 9
It must be stated up front that Kramers Ergot has made life far too easy for critics. Anthologies are often difficult to analyze, because most of them wear the pragmatic limits of their creation like flimsy invisible dust jackets. It is not uncommon, I think, for editors to surrender to chance when putting these things… Read more »
It Is the Bad Time
In the fall of 2015, I curated an art exhibition at Appalachian State University titled “At the Junction of Words and Pictures: The Tenth Anniversary of the Center for Cartoon Studies”. The show was not an unqualified success—as a first-time curator, I made a few shaky decisions and underestimated the time it takes to helm… Read more »
A Conversation with Jack Davis
In this 2000 interview from The Comics Journal #225, Jim Woodring talks to Jack Davis about his college life, moving to New York, MAD and EC’s influence, and the famed editors and publishers he worked with.
Tributes to Richard Thompson
Memories from Warren Bernard, Craig Fischer, Charles Hatfield, and others.
Jack Burton Davis Jr., 1924-2016
“I always wanted to be a cartoonist.”
Tributes to Jack Davis
The great Jack Davis in words and images by Drew Friedman, Gary Panter, Peter Bagge, Joe Kubert, Ruben Bolling, Michael Bartalos, and Jim Woodring.
