Kevin Budnik: Day One
Kevin Budnik’s Cartoonist Diary begins–and today sees him asking the question of whether he’s said everything one can with this medium. Let’s answer that for him: not yet, Kevin! Keep them coming.
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Strictly Business (Flanders’ Last Links)
“I thought we’d get to see forever”, I said, “But forever’s gone away,” Ryan responded. “I don’t know where this road is going is going to lead. All I know is where we’ve been. And what we’ve been through!”
“I Would Never Draw Except To Tell A Story.”: An Interview with Nick Maandag
The king of deadpan sat down with his number one fan to talk about his latest collection of comics, The Follies of Richard Wadsworth.
The Copacetic Comics Company
In the first Retail Therapy of 2020, we’re catching up with Bill Boichel, whose Copacetic Comics Company is legitimately one of a kind!
“I Want To See What Else We Can Get Away With”: An Interview with Avi Ehrlich
Avi Ehrlich talks about the history of Bay Area store, record label, art crew and comics publisher Silver Sprocket, and how philosophy can be more than just talk, but an actual practical business model.
A Landscape Study Of Paco Roca’s House
Paul Karasik takes a long(ways) look at Paco Roca’s graphic novel The HouseI, which takes a somewhat traditional story and turns it on its head. Like, it actually turns it. You’ll see!
Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine Thou Short of a Mill (This Week’s Links)
Ryan’s got a contest for you–close readers will not only find themselves champions, but will come away informed….about all the comics news!
COCORICO! Charlie Hebdo’s Coco Tackles Plato
The Charlie Hebdo cartoonist tried her hand at a graphic novel adaptation of Plato, the end result runs at Paris’ Galerie Art-Maniak through 14 March. Cynthia Rose is here to catch up those of us with travel restrictions.
Doomsday Clock: What’s It All Mean?
R.C. Harvey isn’t going to let Geoff Johns get away with spending a huge amount of time messing around with old Watchmen comics and thousands of alternate DC universes without giving the end result the old once over. Can Bob resist the bombast?
Russ Cochran: 1937-2020
The well known publisher and comics collector has passed away. Steve Ringgenberg takes a look at his history making sure the world always had access to some of the most influential American comics.
I Fell Down a Steve Canyon Rabbit Hole
Buying a complete set of Steve Canyon strips by Milton Caniff leads to a seven-year journey of comics obsession. There’s no place better.
Caught You Looking for the Same Thing (This Week’s Links)
The latest updates in comics news, comics blues, and comics moves: need to know what’s going on with Hollywood Chuck? Ryan has you covered!
Nick Cuti 1944-2020
A look back at the life of the prolific comics creator, editor and animator, who passed away last week.
“I Wanted The Opposite Of A Style”: An Interview With Jon J. Muth
Jon J. Muth–the only human artist who can lay claim to both winning a Caldecott and illustrating a memorable comic book featuring Havok–describes what drew him to the work of Stanislaw Lem for his 2019 book, The Seventh Voyage.
Best Of The Fests
Rob Clough takes a look at mini-comics from Kayla E., Sam Sharpe, Hyena Hell, Haleigh Buck and more in a column he’s calling a return “to the roots” of High-Low!
Simple Words Just Don’t Move Me (This Week’s Links)
Ryan went to the mattresses this week…but not to hide from the New York boys! Now, he went to the mattresses, pulled them up, found the comics news, and returned in style. It’s linking time!
Setting An Antitype
An exploration of risograph printing inspired by a visit to Amsterdam’s AGA LAB.
Don’t Just Call Your Parents, Interview them: A Conversation With Joey Perr
Joey Perr wanted to know more about his father, and used the tools of cartooning and interviewing to chase that want down and turn it into a comic. Sam Jaffe Goldstein asked him why!
“I Have To Remember To Burn All This”: A Cartoonist’s Conversation With Mardou
Cartoonist Sarah Glidden speaks with Mardou about the powerful conclusion to Sky In Stereo, published in late 2019, and her Internal Family Systems (I.M.F.) comics, which she’s currently releasing via Instagram.
Claire Brétecher (1940 – 2020)
“Her trajectory was a singular one, unlike that of almost any other artist.” Cynthia Rose, on the life and career of the legendary Claire Brétecher, who has passed away.
“I Am the Love Man”: A Valentine’s Day Interview with David Krueger and Ben Marcus
RJ Casey catches up with the creators of Love Man to find out how the project began, what their collaborative process looks like, and what their plans are for the future.
Michael Comeau: Day Five
In today’s final installment in Michael Comeau’s Diary, we are given a lens into the degradation–moral, physical and environmental–that Coca Cola brings to the world.
There’s Always a Certain Kind of Risk to Take (This Week’s Links)
Opening and closing with posters, this week’s installment of The Ryan Flanders Show sees our trusty explorer linking up a romantic storm. HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!
