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“I Thought It Was Worth Doing, and That Was Enough”: The Walter Simonson Interview
The Thor and Manhunter artist talks about his new Artist’s Editions, Jack Kirby, Mike Mignola, Stephen King, and trying not to draw Peter Weller.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (7/20/11 – Blank Room Dispatch)
A summer travel edition, postcards included.
The Joe Simon Interview
In this brief interview, Joe Simon talks to Gary Groth about co-creating Captain America with Jack Kirby, as well as many other titles they worked on together.
The Slow Build
So, what does this have to do with comics?
The History of Webcomics
The earliest webcomics predate the World Wide Web and are almost as old as public online file transfer.
Downhill Racer
A dereliction of duty! Japanese pulp fiction! Dry British commentary! The Red Scare!
Tatsumi Yoshihiro’s “Black Rainbow”
The true roots of Tatsumi’s Black Blizzard.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (7/13/11 – Future Elephant War)
Dapper Dan may be extraterritorial for now, but we’ve still got all the seasonal metal-crushing fury you can stomach.
Carroll, Cross-Contour, and the Demi-Fecund Ram: An Interview with Mahendra Singh
Singh’s work stands in proud defiance of the time, embracing surrealism, Renaissance composition, nonsense poetry, Victorian illustration, and the work of Lewis Carroll.
Layout Workbook 11
Just some diagramming this week.
Emily Carroll!
Carroll’s sequential art is as ambitious in form and uncompromising in tone as her standalone pieces are lovely to look at.
Part 4: Rock ‘n Roll
It’s time to rock.
Art Comics and No Fooling
They send ’em, I review ’em. Eventually.
Bob Fingerman
In this episode, Mike speaks to the creator of Minimum Wage.
