The Comics Code Revisited, Part 1
A look at the legalities surrounding the end of the Comics Magazine Association of America.
Article Archive
Center for Cartoon Studies Graduates
A Center for Cartoon Studies special, featuring school graduates Lucy Knisley, Melissa Mendes, Joe Lambert, and Steve Seck.
TCJ #301: Excerpt from “Irredeemable: Dave Sim’s Cerebus”
Tim Kreider tries to separate Dave Sim from his notoriety long enough to figure out if Cerebus is a masterpiece or not.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (6/22/11 – Studies in Delayed Thrill-Power)
“Night of the Jackass”? Like, every Monday before this column goes up?
Lew Sayre Schwartz, 1926-2011
A remembrance of the late Lew Sayre Schwartz.
The Greatest Baseball Game Ever Played
It seems like a dream, but one cold day in 1917 some of the world’s greatest cartoonists squared off on a baseball field.
Color Workbook 3
This week we are going to look at “second color” application.
The Jim Woodring Interview
Jim Woodring talks about his career in animation, shares anecdotes about Jack Kirby and Gil Kane, his move to Seattle, his transition from autobio to Frank, collaborating with Harvey Pekar and more.
Hauntology and the Invisibles 3: The Mirror We Made to See Ourselves In
Amy Poodle concludes this three-part meditation.
Part 1: The Dorseys and Beyond
A Kim Deitch memoir… through records.
Roz Chast
An interview with one of the most versatile contributors to The New Yorker.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS (6/15/11 – Voyage en Amérique)
Burning across borders with big business, carrying mail for today!
TCJ #301: Excerpt from Al Jaffee & Michael Kupperman in Conversation
Being a “working artist”; the economics of digital content; the origins of the Mad fold-in.
Storytime
Life gets in the way sometimes, so it’s story time.
Michael DeForge: Day Five
The fifth day in a week of the life of Michael DeForge.
Drawing Sex and Paying for It.
K asks, “Is there a right way to draw IT?” X, Y and Z answer, arguing about “The Libertarian Aesthetic.”
