Arrivals and Departures – February 2025
RJ Casey’s spirit leaves both this month’s Arrivals and Departures and his corporeal form at the grocery store: what can one even buy for $10 these days?
Article Archive
Lucca Comics & Games 2024 Scene Report
An indulgent visit to Lucca Comics & Games 2024, with minor absences due to severe back pain.
King Features Comics Editorial Director Tea Fougner’s exit interview: How the industry and comic strips have changed
Tea Fougner explains what a syndicate is, and how newspaper comic strips have evolved over over nearly a century.
Remembering comics scholar Martin Barker 1946-2022
Hank Kennedy pays homage to the late author of A Haunt of Fears.
Two for Tango: Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows in love and war
Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows recently published two comics series. One is very serious. The other … is not. Tom Shapira takes a look at both and shares his thoughts.
Seth’s Dominion and the Realm of an Artist’s Interest
Seth’s little tiny perfect cardboard buildings in Centre Pompidou.
Boredom, blacklisting or new beginnings? Why Crockett Johnson ended Barnaby
Philip Nel notes that Johnson might have realized that if he did not end the strip soon, then he might not be able to do so on his own terms.
‘I would potentially sacrifice my life to strangle you’: A Sentiment Against AI Art
Ben Passmore with the case against AI art.
You’ve Got Just Enough For Gas – This Week’s Links
Are this week’s links here? Signs point to… yes.
A New Chapter (11) for Diamond
A follow up to Diamond’s January 14, 2025 chapter 11 filing.
You’re My Obsession: A Conversation with Jon Macy
Robert Kirby talks to the author of Djuna Barnes: An Extraordinary Life about his career and interest in this early 20th-century author and LGBTQ icon.
500 dogs barking: Autofiction in and out of Keum Suk Gendry-Kim’s Dog Days
Dog farming in Korea and autofiction in Keum Suk Gendry-Kim’s Dog Days (Drawn and Quarterly, 2024).
Remembering Jules Feiffer
In celebration of Feiffer’s life and legacy, Andrew Farago reached out to some of Feiffer’s friends, colleagues and admirers and asked them to share appreciations and anecdotes from those who knew and loved him.
Bustin’ Out Dead or Alive – This Week’s Links
There’s a lot to be said for putting your phone down, but not when Clark Burscough is here with a fistful of links
Jules Feiffer and Autistic America
In this 1996 archival piece, R.C. Harvey, who was close in age to Jules Feiffer, walks the reader through the cartoonist’s oeuvre and impact.
Sook-Yin Lee with Chester Brown on the story behind the film version of Paying For It
“…he maintained that he had no flaws, to which I countered, ‘That’s a flaw!'” Sook-Yin Lee with Chester Brown on making the film adaptation of Brown’s Paying For it.
“It’s our responsibility to rise to these challenges”: Talking independent comics with Silver Sprocket’s Avi Ehrlich
Avi Ehrlich talks to Jason Bergman about running Silver Sprocket: will America finally take home the gold in a pink boiler suit? We’re all waiting for next summer’s olympics to fine out!
Matt Bors on leaving political cartooning for Justice Warriors and Toxic Avenger
Matt Petras talks to cartoonist Matt Bors and his collaborators, Fred Harper and Ben Clarkson. about his new projects.
‘Humans are designed to search for logic in chaos’: Ari Richter on his graphic memoir, Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz
On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Ari Richter talks to Gary Groth about his graphic memoir, Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz.
Feiffer remembered: Interviews and other items from the TCJ archives
As part of our homage to the mighty Jules Feiffer, who died of congestive heart failure on Jan. 17, 2025 at the age of 95, we thought we’d highlight a few articles and interview from our back pages.
Give Yourself A Present – This Week’s Links
Visualise this week’s links being hurriedly spoken in a dream to you in reverse, while you are seated in a big armchair surrounded by blood red curtains.
Writer, cartoonist Jules Feiffer dies at 95
After drawing and writing everything there was to draw and write, Jules Feiffer passed away at the age of 95.
