Bob is calling class to order, and this time, he’s looking back at Vaughn Shoemaker, the question of who invented the “Q” in John Q. Public, how the Gospels made it past the editing stage, and supplying some professional anecdotes of the way things used to be, professionally..
Catching up with one of the prime movers behind the Library of American Comics, compilers of over 200 books of classic American comic strips – with more to come.
Whew, it’s been a hot week here. Almost as hot as these amazing links. God, I could have been a political cartoonist. I mean, a bad one. You just combine one thing with another; that’s what the bad ones do. These links are good, however.
A look into a cartoon controversy in the Netherlands, as a lauded artist of comic albums shifts into political cartooning for a new conspiratorial magazine.
Tegan begins her latest project with a look at the big guy: Batman, and the “Jim Aparo” who drew him best. Knightfall may not have the most beloved conclusion, but you can’t deny the opening act. Or can you?
Cartoonist Beatrix Urkowitz catches up with Sara Lautman about stepping out against the strangles of structure, the beauty and supportive community that she’s found in comics, and the hassles and expectations around “originality”.
Do you want to play skee-ball? No mommy! Do you want to play Fascination? No mommy, no! Do you want to race balloons? Nooooo! Noooo! Do you want to play Click All the Links? Yes mommy! Hooray!
A bird’s-eye view of one of the most intriguing UK comics writers, whose works are now appearing in digital form courtesy of Rebellion.
Juni Ba speaks with Tiffany Babb about discovering comics as a child in Senegal, what makes Sonic The Hedgehog perfect, the usefulness of Marvel Comics for learning a foreign language, and how all of that leads to his new book, Djeliya, from TKO Studios.
A selection of tributes to the late artist Jesse Hamm.
The summer continues, and its got enough comics news, reviews and interviews to come after you wherever you are–at home or abroad. Allow Clark to prepare your agenda, and then go forth: digitally, from wherever your body rests.
Examining the Austrian-born artist’s new-to-English graphic novel, along with some other works related by proximity, nationality, and a concern with sickness.
For the first time ever, we are presenting the unexpurgated version of a rare 1995 interview with Howard Cruse, captured in the glow of his newly-released graphic novel Stuck Rubber Baby. Please enjoy this journey back in time to a comics scene not entirely unlike today’s, in the company of a gay comics pioneer.
They say this world doesn’t make sense until you put your hands on it: but if you’re trying to make sense of the world of comics, you just need to put the part of your hands that are called fingers onto the part of technology that goes click: it’s link time, pal!
The “joke” is the sickly massive scope of human conflict, as Bob reads Tim Fielder’s new graphic novel Infinitum: An Afrofuturist Tale and Elsa Morante’s 1974 bestseller History: A Novel.
Thanks to A Wave Blue World, we’re pleased to share “Voyages” from their upcoming anthology, Embodied.
Chatting with the authors of a new rendition of André Franquin‘s famous critter, now available in English.
Andrew Farago–and a huge number of West Coast friends and peers–looks back at the life and career of cartoonist Jesse Hamm, who passed away suddenly in May.
In today’s conclusion of Max Huffman’s Diary, he turns his pen to the recesses of his memory, delivers a classic “footprints” gag, and touches upon current affairs in a universal fashion. It’s what we in the comics business call a “perfect landing”. Get in here, buddy!
Every week, the world asks so much: how can one keep up with the news, reviews and points-of-view that show up in comics every single week? You can turn to Clark, that’s what you can do. And within the work of his hands and the links of his soul, you might find a bit of peace. Cheer up and click through, friend!
“There’s something in them trees”, Billy once said. Which Billy? And how many trees are there at the beach, anyway? Answers: they await you, here on the precipice of clicking through to Day Four of Max Huffman’s Cartoonist’s Diary!
Mark catches up with Glenn Head, whose recent memoir Chartwell Manor touches upon trauma, Satan, sex and the other horrors of youth–with a healthy dose of the kind of honesty found in the underground comics that lit his creative fire.
Bob looks back at the life and career of M. Thomas Inge, his friend, editor, and collaborator, and reflects on the groundbreaking work that Inge did in the world of comics scholarship.
Max and his crew have made it to the beach–but so has a helicopter. What’s going on? And what’s going on with the supply situation? There’s only one way to find out!
