Tomi Ungerer: 1931-2019
He was an artistic force of nature for more than sixty years — a cartoonist, a children’s book author, a painter, a writer, a sculptor, a sexual provocateur, a political dissident, and more.
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“I Was Terrified – And Therefore, I Accepted”: An Interview with José Hernández
Alex Dueben spoke with award-winning Mexican cartoonist José Hernández about the recent US release of his Che Guevara graphic biography, and why the subject remains such a fertile one for artists and readers around the world.
Hubris and Chutzpah: How Li’l Abner Kayo’d Joe Palooka and Both Their Creators Came to Grief (Part 8)
Previously, the introduction, part two, part three, part four, part five, part six, and part seven of our story. VII. The Sordid End of Al Capp BUT CAPP WAS NOT FINISHED. In the fall of 1956, eight months after Fisher’s suicide, Al Capp took up the question that the Fisher episode had left hanging… Read more »
Fuzz & Pluck creator Ted Stearn Dead at 57
Ted Stearn, one of the funniest cartoonists in alternative comics and alternative animation, died on February 1.
David Mazzucchelli Remembers Ted Stearn
David Mazzucchelli’s appreciation for Ted Stearn’s talents as an artist, animator, and cartoonist.
RIP Alex Barbier, Poète Maudit
On January 29, a storm called Gabriel whipped the whole of France with eighty-mile-an-hour winds. Up on the Swiss border, citizens in snowbound Saint-Claude were hunkered down. But just before 8:30 pm, one group of neighbors caught a whiff of smoke in their building. They ran to check its attic and basement, only to see… Read more »
A Conversation with Andrea Leigh Shockling about Subjective Line Weight
While Andrea Leigh Shockling is preparing to launch her newest comics projects, she took the time to unpack the nature of Subjective Line Weight, her collaborative comics project exploring the things that go unsaid about thoughts and bodies.
Hubris and Chutzpah: How Li’l Abner Kayo’d Joe Palooka and Both Their Creators Came to Grief (Part 7)
The tragic ending of Ham Fisher
Ibrahim Njoya: A Comics Artist in Colonial-Era Cameroon
Dan Mazur takes us through the research and history to ensure that the name Ibrahim Njoya makes its way onto the short list of comics history, as its first African comics creator.
“It’s Not Unique to Make a Plastic Fruit That You Want to Wear”: An Interview with Ginette Lapalme
Even if you do not know Ginette Lapalme, you will recognize and be magically attracted to her marvelously decorated table at any comic show. Many visual artists work in a “cute” style, but few are as magical as Lapalme. There is something distinctive, captivating, and out of this world about her art. Koyama Press published… Read more »
Excerpt: Windowpane
Windowpane is a one-man anthology of narrative and experimental comics by London-based artist Joe Kessler.
Comics Journal #303: The Tomi Ungerer Interview (Excerpt)
The prolific Ungerer has been an artistic force of nature for more than 60 years — a cartoonist of international repute, a best-selling children’s book author, a painter, a prose writer, a sculptor, and a political dissident. In this excerpt, he talks about the relationship between writing and drawing.
“Certain Things Suggest Themselves to Draw”: An Interview with Nicole Hollander
In 2018, the longtime newspaper cartoonist Nicole Hollander behind Sylvia published her first graphic memoir, We Ate Wonder Bread. Alex Dueben got her talking about the inspiration and perspiration behind this new project.
