Pulp 716 Coffee & Comics
Keith Silva catches up with Pulp 716 about how the pandemic has changed–and in some cases improved–sales at their two locations, how they deal with people new to comics, and how to best make money off your haters.
Article Archive
Quino: 1932 – 2020
Juan Manuel Domínguez looks back at the influential career of Argentinian cartoonist legend Quino, who passed away in September.
Excerpt: Victory Point
Check out an 9 page excerpt from Owen Pomery’s Victory Point, a new graphic novel from Avery Hill Publishing.
Well, We’re Back In The Car Again – This Week’s Links
While the world continues its inexorable slide, comics keeps doing its version of violins on the Titanic. No, no one is interested in the “real story” of what happened back then: we’re here for Clark to tell us about all the reviews, news and interviews from the past week, pal!
True Belief in Stan Lee
The latest Stan Lee book is bad, that’s no surprise. But how bad is it? Helen Chazan is here to make the case that it might be the worst one yet.
Perspective and Time in Meredith Gran’s Octopus Pie
Justin Harrison takes a look at how Meredith Gran’s webcomic Octopus Pie used space and panel layout in a way unique to the scroll to deliver narrative and thematic impact.
The Many Worlds of Kevin Mutch
Jeffery catches up with Kevin Mutch’s, whose recent graphic novel Rough Pearl is currently preparing longtime Mutch readers for even more, via his 400-odd page webcomic Moon Prince.
Better Than A Kick In The Shins – This Week’s Links
As we roll into another weekend, Clark’s here with all the links to the world of comics: their reviews, their interviews, their announcements of transmedia intellectual property development and how this benefits people financially and is therefore a moral good that you cannot rankle at, no matter how distasteful you find its participants. Also: super-heroes!
Malleable Madness: Plastic Man from Jack Cole to Kyle Baker
Tom Shapira takes a fond look at the only non-Jack Cole Plastic Man comics anybody ever mentions: the Kyle Baker run from 2004.
Alterations & Alloys: CF at Anthology
Matt’s here to report back on the welcome return of the massively influential (but still under-discussed) CF, whose latest work from Anthology shows an artist still operating at full power.
“Providence Was Really Exhausting. Finishing It Felt Like Finishing College”: An Interview With Jacen Burrows
The artist behind Crossed, Punisher: Soviet and Providence speaks with Alex about how he ended up responsible for some of the most diabolically unsettling images of the last decade, and what it’s like to go from Alan Moore to Garth Ennis.
Before They Were Funnies: Pictures and Stories in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times
The history of comics has to have a starting line, assuming you’re not one of those people who brings “cave drawing” to the party. Dirk Vanderbeke is here to make the case for going medieval.
In The House Of Flies – This Week’s Links
Will there ever be news again? Oh buster: of course there will be! Why, here’s a whole week’s worth of it to sink your teeth into, and it’s all about comics, comic books, and things that are comics but other people call “properties” or “content”, while blood pours out of their eyes! Click away!
Comics Against Confederates: Black Lives Matter and the Battle for Graham, North Carolina
Ryan Holmberg’s pursuit of comics and imagery related to contemporary protests resulted in multiple trips to Graham, North Carolina, where racist monument lovers are being met with nonviolent protest, legal and political confrontations…and comics, zines, & art.
Water For Polyhedrons: The Mechanomorphic Art Of Giorgio Carpinteri.
With new comics work from a comics legend making its way to English, Simone Castaldi is here to catch you up on what the monolingual have been missing out on.
Ron Cobb: 1937 – 2020
The influential illustrator, cartoonist, designer and all around imagination machine has passed away. Steve Ringgenberg looks back at a life well drawn.
When He Speaks He Never Says It Twice – This Week’s Links
This week, Clark links to it all–the good writing and the other writing, the creative thoughts and the rote enthusiasm: your comics house has many rooms, and some of them feature food served via trough. Excelsior!
Morrill Goddard: Godfather Of The “Comics”
Morrill Goddard is nearly unknown because the man had a passion for anonymity. All that we know about him is divulged herewith—in connection with what we have been calling “comics” for generations.
“My Reservation About This Project Was That I Don’t Love Everybody’s Work”: An Interview with Drew Friedman
Coming off the heels of his collection of American President portraits, Drew Friedman has begun his next collection of historical obsession: underground cartoonists, from Z to A. (That would be from Zap to Arcade.)
A Picture Isn’t Always Worth A Thousand Words
Eisner and Harvey award winner Juanjo Guardino’s latest ouvrage may never cross the Atlantic. Bart’s here to make a case for why, as well as why it probably should.
“I Liked Superheroes The Best”: An Interview With Steve Englehart
A dependable, influential writer for both Marvel & DC Comics sits down with one of his biggest fans for a rapid fire journey through the hits, the misses, and the super-heroes that filled the pages: ladies and gentlemen, it’s Steve Englehart.
Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction) – This Week’s Links
It’s time to check in for your weekly dose of comics news and links: there’s a lot of shows to catch up on, new pieces of writing on old pieces of comics, and Clark’s found it all–no stone is unturned. In fact, if you believe you’ve got an unturned stone: you’re a filthy liar!
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.
