Remembering David Kunzle
Comics scholar Charles Hatfield remembers the late David Kunzle, one of the pioneers of the comics studies field.
Comics scholar Charles Hatfield remembers the late David Kunzle, one of the pioneers of the comics studies field.
Jason Bergman sits down with the British comics superstar and co-creator of several very famous genre comics to discuss his recent autobiography.
After the storm a couple of guys from down south came out of the building like “look at all this goddamn snow.” I turned on my car to heat the windshield, and they started taking selfies in the glow of the lheadlights.
Tom Shapira remembers John M. Burns, a massively prolific artist whose work covered virtually every corner of UK comics for over half a century. Burns died on December 29.
Kicking off a new year with one of the icons of European alternative comics, as Robert Aman interviews Jean-Christophe Menu: cartoonist, critic, editor, co-founder of the game-changing L’Association, and founder of his own 21st century endeavor, L’Apocalypse.
A new year… the perfect time to settle old scores! (Unsubscribes from grocery store mailing list.)
Hagai Palevsky recalls last November’s Thought Bubble Comic Convention through reviews of books by four artists: Erika Price, Peony Gent, Tyler Landry and A Liang Chan.
Our print edition will offer a focused “Best of 2023” in the near future. This is… different.
The last links of the year?! Don’t worry, we’ll be back again before you know it…
Author and historian Grant Geissman remembers Roger Hill, a prominent figure in early comic book fandom, known for zines, books and essays from the 1960s through right now. Hill died December 6, 2023, aged 75.
Robert Aman is back with another expedition into the wilds of Swedish alternative comics! This time, he profiles cartoonist Joakim Pirinen, purveyor of ill-tempered brutes, desensitized bourgeoises, and soft bears that bare the artist’s soul.
Remembering Ian Gibson, one the crucial early artists of 2000 AD and co-creator of one of the most beloved UK comics of that era, The Ballad of Halo Jones.
Zach Rabiroff chats with one of the best young cartoonists on the busy Philadelphia scene: Nate Garcia, prolific creator of the surreal cowboy Alanzo Sneak and much, much more.
I would never cancel the noble pig, an intelligent and delicious beast.
They said it couldn’t be done: an entire column reviewing comics about ducks. But thanks to the magic of Christmas and the intervention of Santa, to whom I pray each night, RJ Casey has come through.
The story of what happened when one very prominent Italian cartoonist boycotted the biggest comics show in Europe, and how an entire nation responded.
Of the early examples of Japanese/American comic book cross-pollination, perhaps the most striking is 1970-71’s Supaidāman, Ikegami Ryōichi’s notoriously bleak, violent, political spin on Marvel’s Spider-Man. In this 2002 interview, translated to English for the first time, Ikegami himself discusses the genesis and the legacy of the project.
A few notes on the anime adaptation of a manga adaptation of a manga classic.
Barking Dogs Jingle Bells is the worst holiday classic at the strip club.
Daniel Parker pays homage to not this Comics Journal, but Dan Leno’s Comic Journal: the 1898-99 official comic of the British music hall star, and the first named after a living person.
In which Steven Brower compares comic and science fiction writer Joseph Greene’s original scripts for several Golden Age classics to the final product, credited to the iconic team of Joe Simon & Jack Kirby.
Cut class, tell the boss you’re sick, hand the kids an iPad – we’ve got an old-fashioned career-spanner here, as Jason Bergman sifts through a megatonnage of work with the one and only Donald Simpson.
(Christmastime awe washes over my face) Look at all these links! (A toy train toots thru a gingerbread house)