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“An Incredible Feeling of Purpose”: An Interview with Ellen Forney
Ellen Forney’s Rock Steady is the first of its kind–and that’s partly because there’s never been anything quite like it: a how-to-survive manual in graphic novel form.
“I Don’t Mind Scaring Myself”: An Interview with David Small
Checking in with the Stitches creator about his follow-up book, the appeal of psychopaths, autobiographical fiction, and more.
Watching the Penguins
Nick Thorburn’s Penguins is one of the more unusual comics of the year. Read it quick–according to Thorburn, we might melt into a puddle of goo at any moment.
The Life and Dedication of Art Young: An Impassioned Cartoonist of Uncompromising Principle
A look at one of the early masters of the medium, an artist devoted to principle at a time when cartoonists weren’t yet noted for doing much more than making funny faces.
Fantagraphics Books & Gallery
Our latest installment of Retail Therapy stayed close to home–by speaking with Larry Reid, of the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery!
The Strange Case of Stan Lee
When Lee passed away last week, non-comics world friends reached out to me to express condolences. They knew I loved comics and that I’m interested in the history of the medium… Clearly, this was a loss, right?
Brand Force Trauma
Fiffe’s talking Flash, Stan in ’68, Jake’s going into surgery: Monday, hands down, the best day of the week.
Baron and Messner-Loebs’ Flash
Fiffe had a Flash itch, and like any real comics fan, there’s only one true Flash: Wally West, the fastest IRS employee in the history of American taxation.
A Stan Lee Interview (1968)
In this interview, Ted White captures Lee at the peak of ’60s success. It is a snapshot of the day-to-day of the Marvel offices at that time. Sol Brodsky cameos.
Marc Bell: Day Five
The grand finale.
What He Taught Me
Stan, Jack, and Stan’s kid brother didn’t create Thor, the Norse god of thunder, or Loki, or Odin, or Asgard, or any of all that. Asserting that they did is silly on the face and yet …
Stan Lee & Jenette Kahn at Temple University
Stan Lee and Jenette Kahn discuss Marvel Comics’ expansion into multimedia projects in a 1978 Q&A at Philadelphia’s Temple University.
Marc Bell: Day Four
Trivia night
Marc Bell: Day Three
God bless the landlord.
