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“I’ve Fully Embraced Rigidity”: Nick Drnaso on Beverly
Talking to the debut graphic novelist about his evolving style, writing with objectivity, and Midwestern repression.
Puke Force and the Power of Satire
Brian Chippendale, Puke Force, and the power of yes.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (2/17/16 – The Real Date Today)
“Oh thank god I got this done on time, my readers almost missed out on Franken Fran!”
Alvin Buenaventura, 1976-2016
Alvin Mark Buenaventura, the editor, printmaker, and prominent art comics publisher, was found dead in his Oakland, Calif., home on Thursday, February 11. He was 39.
Another Look at the East Village Eye
“There was no money. I think we were actually paid in drugs.” — Mark Michaelson, former art director The East Village Eye Lower New York has been the scene for numerous “art movements,” and the decade between the mid-70s and mid-80s sure was one of them, especially for the convergence of comics, “art,” and punk John Kelly | February 15, 2016
The TCJ 2015 Year-in-Review Spectacufuck: Part IV
Then came the Fall. The startling, not to say stupefying, comics controversies from the final months of 2015. And finally: what have we learned?
The TCJ 2015 Year-in-Review Spectacufuck: Part III
We know what you did last summer. Plus Surprise Bonus Content—Tim O’Neil on the year in superhero comics.
The TCJ 2015 Year-in-Review Spectacufuck: Part II
Looking back at comics news from April through June. Who were we? What did we learn? And what could we forgive? Let’s find out together. For entertainment purposes only.
I Fell Asleep
“I Fell Asleep”, a scrolling, online-only comic from Carta Monir, takes on the perspective of a young woman approaching a potentially life-altering confrontation—or at least potentially approaching it. The character, Erica, is wasting time on the Internet while her boyfriend is out, and contemplating an end to the relationship. The comic documents either Erica’s first… Read more »
The TCJ 2015 Year-in-Review Spectacufuck: Part I
A year in comics now behind us. Who were we? What did we learn? And what could we forgive? Let’s find out together, month by month, day by day. For entertainment purposes only.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (2/10/16 – Fate Laughs At My Efforts to Save Money)
“Ha, they’ll think I’m talking about comics, but I’m actually talking about my car!”
An Interview with Kaz
A 1996 interview with the creator of Underworld.
The Nobel Prize for Cuckoldry
Bill Griffith’s Invisible Ink is a memoir as fascinating in its way as Fun Home. Where Alison Bechdel gave us a look inside of a closeted life when closets were in flower, Griffith takes us across the border into the times before the times changed.
