The Aesthetics of Brutes
The artist Andrew White discusses Le Dernier Sergent 1: Les Guerres immobiles, a major new work from French cartoonist and memoirist Fabrice Neaud.
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Art, Politics and Punk: An Interview with Elizabeth Fiend, aka Luna Ticks
Edward Dorey interviews Elizabeth Fiend, aka Luna Ticks: musician, television host, zine-maker, and contributor to underground comics like Weirdo and Tits & Clits in the heat of the punk era.
Valentine’s Day Is Over – This Week’s Links
THIS IS THE CIA, I COMMAND YOU TO CLICK THE ABOVE LINK, THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS THIS.
Who Built the Mouse in the House the Mouse Built?
Steven Brower details the lineage of famous public domain cartoon character Mickey Mouse, who is not the great man of history, but instead one of several cats, rabbits, foxes, etc., before and after.
Arrivals and Departures – February 2024
The classic burden: too many comics. Yes, RJ Casey bought too many comics at November’s Short Run Comix & Arts Festival – too many for last month, so here’s an extra-long column reviewing the rest of ’em.
The War on Gaza – 2.13.24
This is the fourth installment of Joe Sacco’s column, “The War on Gaza.”
“I Will Always Choose Reality”: Dave McKean, Retrospective
An extensive talk with one of the most instantly recognizable stylists of the past 35 years, on the occasion of a mammoth new retrospective, Thalamus: The Art of Dave McKean.
Friday Night’s A Great Night (For Football) – This Week’s Links
The Super Bowl is this weekend?! Pilot, turn this jet around!
John G. Miller, 1954-2024
Cartoonist and publisher Rob Miller eulogizes the Scottish underground cartoonist John G. Miller, who died this past January, aged 69.
Natsume Sōseki and Manga
We are pleased to present a brief essay by the late manga historian Shimizu Isao, an expert on Meiji period cartooning; here, he elucidates the connections between early 20th century literary titan Natsume Sōseki and the cartoonists of his day.
The War on Gaza – 2.6.24
This is the third installment of Joe Sacco’s column, “The War on Gaza.”
“Girls Like Us”: Karina Shor & Natalie Norris in Conversation about the Perils and Triumphs of Making Graphic Memoirs About Trauma
Natalie Norris and Karina Shor are cartoonists who released debut longform comics in 2023; both were memoirs depicting trauma in their lives. In this conversation, they discuss their intent, their process, and the effect of this work on their daily lives.
Year One
Inspired by DC’s recent “Facsimile Edition” reprinting of Batman: Year One as four comic books, with all the ads and letters from 1986-87, Tegan O’Neil writes about everything surrounding that classic story.
The War on Gaza – 1.31.24
This is the second installment of Joe Sacco’s column, “The War on Gaza.”
Martí, 1955-2024
Remembering a key figure in Spanish alternative comics as the 1970s became the ’80s, best known to English readers for The Cabbie, a grimly funny vision of authoritarian mania in a comic strip vein.
Three Years of Thick Lines: An Interview with Sally Madden and Katie Skelly
RJ Casey interviews Sally Madden & Katie Skelly, cartoonists and hosts of the popular Thick Lines podcast, now celebrating its three-year anniversary.
The War on Gaza – 1.26.24
Joe Sacco has been a writer, an editor, and a cartoonist since the 1980s. He is the author of Palestine and Footnotes in Gaza, among more than one dozen books. “The War on Gaza” is a completely new and recurring feature of this website.
Over The Land Freckled With Snow – This Week’s Links
Call the cops! No, not those cops; the news cops. No, not those news cops; the cops that congratulate you on reading the news. You’ve got a citation coming.
Webcomics Special: Chatting with KC Green
You make a comic, you put it online. It becomes one of the most repeated memes around. Then what do you do? William Schwartz talks with artist KC Green about a variety of webcomic, print comic, and syndicated comics projects that do not always involve a dog in a burning room.
A Walker By Any Other Name: Multiple Ways of Looking at a Cartoonist
Bob Levin examines three wildly different comic memoirs by the artist Jesse Reklaw, illuminating and contradicting one another in productive ways.
“This Is Not Only What I Want To Do, But What I Need To Do To Be Happy”: An Interview with Philadelphia Cartoonist Steven Arnold
Zach is back on the Philadelphia scene for a long talk with Steven “S.R.” Arnold, a collaborator on half a decade’s worth of self-published and anthology comics, recently struck out solo with the bleak and funny slice-of-life specials Perry Midlife and Perry Shitlife.
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out – This Week’s Links
Bought myself some new pants at the Tedrick Street dump.
Arrivals and Departures – January 2024
RJ filled his arms with comics from November’s Short Run Comix & Arts Festival, and now he’s pouring approximately half of them into your lap with the first Arrivals and Departures of 2024!
