Excerpt: “Hemingway in Comics”
A series of TCJ articles on Ernest Hemingway’s comic book appearances became a book deal, and that book deal has resulted in a book, which now appears back here, as an excerpt: it’s the circle of (promotional) life.
Article Archive
Bob Fujitani: 1921 – 2020
A look back at the long and prolific career of Bob Bob Fujitani, whose comics work included co-creation of Solar, many years on Flash Gordon, and a relationship with nearly every major Golden Age publisher.
“Am I Paying Attention To Anything Useful At All?”: A Conversation With Keiler Roberts
Keiler Roberts grapples with the place of comics and artistic creation in her life as the school year begins, and shares some coping strategies that have served her over a difficult summer.
Their Other Last Hurrah – Cinema Purgatorio
Tom Shapira takes a look at the recently concluded series of comics by Alan Moore & Kevin O’Neill. No, not those. The other ones. Yeah, the ones from Avatar.
“I Joke That For An Extreme Over-sharer, People Don’t Know Anything About Me Or My Life.”: An Interview with JB Brager
JB Brager’s comics and zine work challenges, educates and inspires, often in equal measure. In this conversation with Ian Thomas, they talk about their earliest inspirations, the responsibilities that come with teaching and what they’ve got planned for the future.
Absolute Terror Field – This Week’s Links
Clark’s collection of comics news & reviews this week inadvertently makes the case that certain people in comics–a large number of them–might benefit from examining the oldest of mysteries: “looking at a calendar”.
Trapped in Hell with the New Mutants
Before they appeared in cinema to the acclaim of none and an audience in love with risk, The New Mutants appeared in a series of relatively well loved Marvel Comics in the 1980s: but you already knew that, didn’t you? Or maybe, you just thought you did…
The Passion of the Christ (Boy): Recent Work By Evan Dahm
Austin Price takes an extensive look into the work of Evan Dahm, whose most recent work The Harrowing of Hell sees the talented cartoonist once again grappling with language, the power of story (and the story of power) in a way that calls back to his ongoing project, Vattu.
An Incoherent Chat with George Horner
George Horner’s comics-adjacent work is aimed at the Louvre, MOMA, and “a spinner rack in some comic book nerd’s basement man cave”, and he provides enough examples in this conversation with Mark Newgarden for any reader to make the call.
Gleaming The Cube – This Week’s Links
All aspects of comics made an appearance this past week: the good, the bad, the craven, the greedy, the Jim Davis. Clark’s got the links, and you’ll make the time–how can you not?
“The Moment You Try To Point To It On The Map, Your Finger Starts To Drift.”: An Interview With Owen Pomery
Owen Pomery’s comics combine a fascination with place, architecture and analysis, but that doesn’t mean they are intended to be sterile exercises in design. In this interview with Nicholas Burman, he explains why, for him to better express a theory of architecture, comics are “the best tool for the job”.
“We Seem To Just Be Steamrolling Toward Tragedy.”: An Interview With Derf Backderf
Initially delayed by COVID-19, Derf Backderf’s work of graphic nonfiction Kent State arrives now, even as the lessons that its subject matter once taught America about the horrific dangers of state power seem to have been horrifically forgotten. He discusses the history behind the book and how he makes comics with Irene Velentzas.
Executioner’s Tax – This Week’s Links
This week, Clark’s able to find some comics news not related to whatever Three Jokers is about, some rock solid interviews, old school blog team-ups with start-up money, and more podcast linkage than ever before.
BD Is My Beat: A Long Hard Squint at Manchette and Tardi
Helen’s gone on holiday in the Frenchest of France: noir, bande dessinée and Tardi, Tardi, Tardi!
“It’s Very Easy To Fail At Adapting A Great Work Of Literature”: An Interview with Rafał Mikołajczyk
In Michal’s latest look at Polish comics, he’s speaking with Rafał Mikołajczyk about his adaptation of Stanislaw Lem and what it’s like to launch a comics career in today’s Poland.
The 2020 Report: Day Seven – Finale
Abhay concludes his series on sexual harassment in comics, examines his personal history writing about these subjects, considers some of the possible ways that things can and are changing for the better, and then walks out of the building, with the microphone left dead on the stage behind him.
It Is A Good Viewpoint To See The World As A Dream – This Week’s Links
The weekly round-up of links has arrived, and Clark’s ready to take you through all the comics news, reviews and interviews that you could want or need. Also some you don’t, but the world isn’t for you, it’s for us.
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.
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.
