Human Parasytes
Court is in session, and Noah has some theories about Hitoshi Iwaaki’s Parasyte, the popular 90s manga where a guy gets super powers and uses them to slice people open but still can’t seem to crack a smile.
Article Archive
The 2020 Report: Day Six
Today, Abhay is looking at two men with a history of allegations going back multiple years: Charles Brownstein & Scott Allie. What changed in 2020?
“Comics Open Up The Idea Of What A Story Can Be”: A Conversation With Tom Gauld
Irene convinced Tom Gauld to take a break from making books, comics, giant dice, newspaper strips and messing around with math to see what he has to say about…well, all of those things.
The 2020 Report: Day Five
Today, Abhay is looking the stories surrounding Jason Latour, Scott Lobdell and others, as well as the convention bar scene that often surrounds these stories.
It’s Too Bright Here For Trouble – This Week’s Links
It’s time for this week’s bumper crop of comics news, reviews and things that will undoubtedly give you a bit of the blues: hopefully, you’re reading these blurbs out loud for all to hear, as the effort made to write them? Very clear!
Back in USSR – Garth Ennis’ Soviet Tales
Tom Shapira is pitting two recent war comics from Garth Ennis (Punisher: Soviet and Sara) to see which one is the best. So it’s a war between war comics? You got it!
The 2020 Report: Day Four– More Interviews!
Today, Abhay is talking to Laurenn McCubbin & Kim O’Connor, about what was wrong with the Warren Ellis Forum, what is wrong with The Comics Journal, and what steps the rest of us have to take, even after we burn those things down.
“This Amazing Mechanism She Can Control With Her Mind”: An Interview with Lale Westvind
Brian Nicholson catches up with one of our most important (in terms of raw, awesome power) cartoonists, Lale Westvind, on her history, her work, her teaching and whether or not she’s going to keep riding motorcycles cross country.
2020 Report Day: Day Three– Interviews!
Today, Abhay Khosla is speaking with Jhayne Faust Holmes, Janelle Asselin, and an anonymous third party about the So Many Of Us activist and support network, a brief contemporary history of the comic book community’s complete disinterest in dealing with its offenders, and what a future could and should look like.
It’ll Do ‘Til The Mess Gets Here – This Week’s Links
Clark’s here, with all the links you need and some you don’t–but there’s only one way to discern the difference: enter, gentle reader!
Infinite Crisis: Universe as Product
Tom Kaczynski takes a look at how a DC Comics attempt at narrative streamlining (taken on as an attempt to best a competitor) inadvertently succeeded in making “narrative universes” the Platonic product storytelling aims to achieve.
The 2020 Report: Day Two
Today, Abhay is looking at Warren Ellis, the culture born, cultivated and promoted on his (in)famous message board, and the hardwork of enabling performed by his sycophantic, careerist supporters.
“This Was Cultural Genocide”: An Interview With Joe Sacco
In this conversation with Alex Dueben, Joe Sacco explains how what was originally planned as a shorter piece on climate change expanded into the excellent Paying the Land, and how he worked with the Dene of Canada’s Northwest Territory to tell their stories.
The 2020 Report
Abhay Khosla is here to catch you up what’s been happening in comics recently (and for years), what some guy just got exposed for (lots of stuff, for a long time), and how we think you should feel about it (not good!)
Barefoot In The Head – This Week’s Links
Which received more comics linkage this past week: Virtual San Diego Conventions or one Brooklynite’s memoir? The answer may surprise you–and it awaits just beyond the click.
The Dairy Restaurant: A Meatless Chat with Ben Katchor
“In the early 20th century eating out was a political act. You’d choose to patronize the cafe or restaurant whose owner and clientele were in tune with your political beliefs: socialism, anarchism, vegetarianism, etc….Today, someone who thinks about the politics of where they choose to eat out will probably starve.”
A Grand Day Out – This Week’s Links
Clark has all the comics news this week, with one book dominating the discussion, and a link to Bane-related content, because he knows where my bread is buttered.
Nathan Gelgud: Day Five
In Nathan’s final installment of his Cartoonist’s Diary, he’s trying to make his way through his past, ours; the thoughts that haunt him, the stories he remembers. It’s the only option.
The Craziest Damn Superhero Universe: All Time Comics
Paul Tumey goes all in on the work found in All Time Comics, a gonzo series of super-hero comics made by the likes of Trevor Von Eeden, Josh Simmons, Josh Bayer, Julia Gfrörer, Noah Van Sciver and more.
Nathan Gelgud: Day Four
Today, Nathan is grappling with the loss of more freelance work, and his own struggles with the “right” way to feel, the best reaction, the next step to take.
Nathan Gelgud: Day Three
As work begins to dry up, Nathan finds himself with some time for reading: but you’re never going to guess what subject haunts his trip to the history section.
“Tragedy” and Trauma: The Gekiga of Kuniko Tsurita
Kuniko Tsurita’s manga has finally come to English for the first time, making it possible for this chapter of gekiga to be explored more widely. It’s a major event, and Helen’s here to explain why.
