Another side of Luke Pearson: How Long Have I Been Lying Here?
Luke Pearson’s collection of early shorties, examined lovingly by Hagai Palevsky.
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Mind Body Split: Leo Fox’s Lucille stories
Leo Fox’s two Lucille stories, Boy Island and My Body Unspooling, analyzed by Helen Chazan.
Knowledge, intuition, chance: A Blurry view of Dash Shaw’s changing comics
In Dash Shaw’s new book Blurry, the artist shortens the question he’s been asking his whole career. “How do we live with each other?” becomes “How do we live?”, and the scope of Shaw’s work broadens with the cut.
André Juillard, 1948-2024
The renowned French illustrator, known for such works as Les 7 Vies de L’Épervier and The Blue Notebook, died July 31 at the age of 76.
Like A Friend – This Week’s Links
I could have sworn it was the last week of August, but apparently that’s next week, so this week’s links are being curated alongside a frantic attempt to cram in all the things I forgot to do this summer.
‘I love the idea about this naturalization of magic around us’: An interview with Sole Otero
Conrad Groth talks to cartoonist Sole Otero about her new book, Mothballs.
Gerald Scarfe: ‘If we falsify the world around us, we are dishonest to ourselves and to posterity.’ — The Comics Journal #310 Preview
An excerpt from the feature interview with English satirist, caricaturist and multimedia artist. In the full interview, Scarfe talks about working on Disney’s Hercules and with Pink Floyd, his television, film and theatrical work, training via and rejecting the lie of commercial art and much more.
Joyce Brabner, 1952-2024
Activist, author, and advocate Joyce Brabner passed away after a long battle with cancer on Aug. 2.
Faster Than Cooking Asparagus – This Week’s Links
As seems to be something of a mini-theme for TCJ this week, the links are temporarily mobile.
Arrivals and Departures- August 2024
RJ Casey frantically rolls up the window of the moving van so the zines don’t fly out: Harrison Wyrick’s ORB, Ashton Carless The Sammy Hernandez Saga part 1, Kamila Krol’s Rusalka: Whispers of The Forest.
The Rashōmon of Bill Jemas: Four Portraits of a Marvel Age – The Comics Journal #310 Preview
Zach Rabiroff spoke to Bill Jemas, Tom Brevoort, Brian Michael Bendis, Ralph Macchio and others about Jemas’ executive tenures at Marvel. Rabiroff covers “The Brick,” the Ultimates line, Trouble, the tenor of the office politics, licensing deals run amok and much more.
D&Q’s Tom Devlin talks Moomin: ‘A particularly rare thing’
TCJ co-editor Chris Mautner talks with Deviln about his history with the beloved strip and D&Q’s latest republishing efforts.
August and Everything After – This Week’s Links
Clark’s neural cache is currently full but he was still able to collect a week’s worth of links anyway.
‘When it comes to art, I think it’s very special if we can let it be free to exist however it wants’: An interview with Ian Bertram
Ian Bertram speaks with Jean Marc Ah-Sen on shutting the door on pretension in the limitless world of comic-making.
An interview with Jerome Gaynor: ‘Isn’t fun a big deal?’
“Jerome Gaynor is one of the unsung heroes of Generation X underground comics.” So says Mardou, who took the time to interview the cartoonist.
“Ancient satirical DNA”: A conversation about pre-modern comics among Thierry Smolderen, Peter Maresca and David Kunzle – The Comics Journal #310 Preview
Thierry Smolderen, Peter Maresca, and David Kunzle are the three people who have arguably transformed the perception of pre– and early 1900s comics history/scholarship/theory. Here is an excerpt of their wide-ranging conversation that touches on, among other topics, the Popish plots, puzzles, play and découpage film theory as applied to the art form.
‘Doesn’t it always seem like there’s more to most stories?’: Em Frank and Patrick Kyle in conversation about creation
Authors of The Archway, Patrick Kyle and Em Frank, talk the cycles of creation and look at each other’s respective works.
Flying Colors Comics
Shop owner Joe Field talks about his long history in comics retail business, and what his own experience might say about the state of the industry today.
City Too Hot – This Week’s Links
Gosh it’s hot. Maybe reading about all the comics news that happened this week will cool us down.
Legacy Comics: Two New Alternative Funnybooks
It’s funnybook o’ clock and you’re just in time: Helen Chazan discusses Joe Matt’s final installment in Peepshow #15 and what is not even close to the first issue in the series of Caroline Cash’s PeePee PooPoo #1.
Drawn to Strasbourg, France, the World Book Capital for 2024
If you’re planning to vacation in France this year, there is good reason to add Strasbourg to your itinerary – for it is the city that has formed and inspired some of the world’s greatest illustrators and cartoonists.
Lale Westvind and Aidan Koch in Conversation: ‘Creative Energy Is a Holy Thing’ – The Comics Journal #310 Preview
Aidan Koch (Spiral and Other Stories) and Lale Westvind (Grip), moderated by Austin English, have a conversation about self-publishing, inspiration, process, and more.
Michael Zulli, 1952-2024
Zulli, regarded by fans and peers as one of the most talented, detail-oriented comic book illustrators of his generation, passed away on July 8, 2024, following a long illness.
Comix Experience’s 35th Anniversary Party: A photo report
The San Francisco store celebrated its anniversary back in March.
