Article Archive
Gilbert Shelton in Conversation
A visit with one of the true greats of American underground comics in his Paris studio.
Friendly Ghosts and Comics Form
Greatness and minimalism in a disposable kid’s comic . . .
The Megan Kelso Interview
In this interview from TCJ #216, Megan Kelso and Gary Groth talk about the latter’s artistic development, sex in comics, self-publishing minicomics in the 1990s, and much more: introduction by Jason Lutes (Berlin, CCS).
The Comics Journal #302: Albert and Robert Excerpt
Bob Levin’s story about Robert Crumb’s lawyer, Albert Morse, begins with the Amazon “Keep on Truckin” lawsuit.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (2/13/13 – New Touch City)
Everyone wants to know the future of comics. Here’s one of ’em.
The Comics Journal #302: Maurice Sendak Interview Excerpt #2
In this brief excerpt from the extensive Maurice Sendak interview in The Comics Journal #302, Sendak talks to Groth about 9/11, Outside Over There and how children process memory.
Let Us Now Praise Al Feldstein
The glory of the sex and violence of EC Comics.
The Comics Journal #302: Roy Crane Interview Excerpt
In this excerpt from The Comics Journal #302, comic-book artist Lew Sayre Schwartz asks Roy Crane about the advent of continuity in his adventure newspaper strips.
Warren Bernard’s Citations and Fredric Wertham Documents
Warren Bernard cites his sources for his Comics Journal #302 article, “Bloody Massacre: How Fredric Wertham Public Backlash and the 1954 Senate Delinquency Hearings Threw Comics on the Bonfire” and provides documents from the recently opened Frederic Wertham papers that shed new light on the Senate comic book Hearings of 1954.
The Literaries
Since the Invasion of these literaries, I have been observing a tendency to ask the question: if this weren’t a comic would it stand up? Would the story be any good if it were prose and in competition with the rest of the world’s prose? If we take away all these damn pictures, would the stuff that is left be worth a hoot?
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (2/6/13 – Sensual Planet Asylum)
France! Teach me to kiss, France!
Endnotes: Authors Meet Images: Cartoonists Before Comics by Gavin Callaghan
These notes reference Gavin Callaghan’s “Authors Meet Images: Cartoonists Before Comics” essay published in The Comics Journal #302.