THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (7/9/14 – Hell Eternal)
Revisiting one of the most striking experimental horror comics of the 1990s, of which little note has been made.
Article Archive
Harold Gray and the Limits of Conservative Anti-Racism
Race, Harold Gray and Little Orphan Annie.
Comics Club
You can do it!
The Kevin Huizenga Interview
Baseball, Buddhism, comics, and philosophy with the author of Ganges.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (7/2/14 – A Beginner’s Guide to Jademan)
300 issues. Alone, unmourned, unloved? Jademan. A brief introduction.
Enka Gekiga: Hayashi Seiichi’s Pop Music Manga
If his autobiographical reminisces are true, then Hayashi Seiichi’s literary life began with falling tears. As he recalled the early 50s in “Azami Light” (“Keikō,” 1972): “‘Look at you sniveling like a little girl,’ said my mother. She turned her back on me and got into bed. The book I was reading was so sad… Read more »
The Lost Comics of Jack Cole – Part 3 (1939-1940, Humor and Crime)
In many ways, 1939 and 1940 were pivotal years in Jack Cole’s life and work. These are the years he stretched from humorous short subjects to longer, more serious crime and superhero stories.
The Ultimate Nullifier?
On Monday the Supreme Court announced that yet another brief has been filed in support of the Kirby family’s attempt to regain the copyright to key Marvel properties. Have these briefs truly made it all but certain that the Court will not just agree to hear the case in the 2014-15 term, but rule that Jack Kirby’s creations were not work for hire?
Down the Rabbit Hole with Brian Chippendale
Checking with the man behind Black Pus.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (6/25/14 – Melted)
Now including more of other people’s words.
Nothing to Say about Kelsey Grammer or Rosario Dawson
A report from ELCAF, Drew Friedman explains himself, and more.
Life at ELCAF 2014
On the floor at the third annual East London Comic and Arts Festival.
Choosing the Heroes of the Comics
How Friedman decided who to draw.
Charles Barsotti 1933-2014
A Barsotti cartoon has the brisk immediacy of a mentholated cough drop.
