Sam Alden and Sophia Foster-Dimino on Two Comics by GG
In this episode, the creator of It Never Happened Again and the creator of Sex Fantasy discuss the work of the cartoonist known only as GG.
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Will Eisner’s Star Jaws
1978 was a big year for Will Eisner. He invented… that thing where you take a massive pop culture hit, and lazily sort of mash it up with another massive pop culture hit. (He didn’t really invent that. Or the graphic novel.)
A Vogue for I Don’t Get It: Hayashi Seiichi vs. Sasaki Maki, 1967-69
In the late 1960s “Hayashi and Sasaki” became a set conjunction, and remained so in much retrospective writing. Amongst the standby names used to group their work were “avant-garde manga” (zen’ei manga), “difficult-to-understand manga” (nankai manga), and “anti-manga” (anchi manga).
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (12/16/15 – Reading is my REAL home.)
Very short, like my time in this place.
Test Tube
There is a rich tradition of cartoonists, novelists and filmmakers creating fictional towns that function as microcosms to which we can hold up a magnifying glass and examine ourselves. On these small stages, characters bump up against one-another and act out big human dramas. The towns are isolated but not entirely cut off from the… Read more »
The 6 Voyages of Lone Sloane
Back in 1991 I bought a copy of Philippe Druillet’s Nosferatu, a black-and-white one-shot published by Dark Horse in the days when they were still putting out Cheval Noir. In line with the production values of that Euro anthology, it was a piece of crap; square binding and the premium price tag gave the illusion… Read more »
Episode 6: Dylan Horrocks (HOLIDAY SPECIAL)
In this double-sized holiday edition, Dylan Horrocks discusses the magic of Tove Jansson, the problems of late-period Eisner, and the troubled legacy of Dave Sim. All that, and a special guest drops by!
See You Next Tuesday
Odds and ends-style diary comics from the author of the much darker graphic novella, Sunday in the Park with Boys.
Sky in Stereo
Modern Romance by Mardou
The Life and Death of Shigeru Mizuki, 1922-2015
His English translator remembers the great and influential cartoonist.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (12/9/15 – Educated Guesses)
Believe it or not, you may be hearing more from this week.
“I Used the Concepts in the Book on the Book”: A Jessica Abel Interview
Talking to the La Perdida creator and comics educator about podcasting, storytelling, and her new book.
Qviet
Something as a metaphor for nothing Steal this comic book Sex is a vehicle A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes. -Wittgenstein It’s nice to be able to put yourself in an environment where you can completely accept all the unconscious stuff that comes to you from your inner… Read more »
The Comics Workbook Rowhouse Residency
Lets get ready to rumble !!!
