Article Archive
Sara Lautman: Day Four — The Hum/Outpost
Talking psychoanalysis
Black Panther #1: 31 Thoughts
Perhaps the critic had unrealistic expectations.
Sara Lautman: Day Three — Swimming Lessons/East Village
Social Time in New York
An Olympic Dream
Biography, memoir, and autobiography are possibly the trendiest genres of book-format comics; one cannot even list the titles that have been published since the recent boom in the early 2000s. Some say that there are too many graphic biographies and memoirs already, and that they repeat the same tropes – but I like them. I… Read more »
Sara Lautman: Day Two — Weekend Material/The Net
Talking to Sarah
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/4/16 — Our Sacrifice!)
He makes it look so easy.
The Old Masters
A report from the “Masters of Webcomics” panel at the Silicon Valley Comic-Con, with Jonathan Lemon, Jason Thompson, Jason Shiga, and myself, as well as Andy Weir, who started his creative career with the webcomic Casey and Andy before writing The Martian.
Sara Lautman: Day One
Getting lost.
Episode 9: Anya Davidson
the creator of School Spirits and Band for Life (as well as a Kramers Ergot 9 contributor)–talks Lauren Weinstein, Slug and Lettuce, The Sculptor, and more.
What Is Obscenity? The Story of a Good for Nothing Artist and Her Pussy
Artist Rokudenashiko, arrested in Japan in 2009 on obscenity charges for her vagina (or Manko)-inspired art, relates the the experience in all its absurdity in this manga memoir.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (4/27/16 – Absentee Voter)
Driving opposite the sirens past the Donald Trump rally; don’t forget me, Hank.
“The Starting Point”: An Interview with Julie Doucet
Cars, collage, and reading loud with the Montreal-based artist.
Wonder Woman: Earth One
DC Comics’ long awaited Wonder Woman: Earth One graphic novel, written by Grant Morrison with art by Yanick Paquette, opens with a triumphant Hercules standing over a kneeling Queen Hippolyta, bound in chains, as he exults, “Queen of the Amazons! To heel, bitch of Hercules!” It’s a beginning that some may find off-putting, and understandably… Read more »
