Marc Bell: Day Two
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Stan Lee, in Brief
Who —or what— was Stan Lee? Editor, hustler, hatchet man, corporate player, shill, writer, frustrated novelist, success, failure, catalyst, front man, self-parody, hack, exploiter, innovator.
Stan Lee: 1922-2018
There may be no figure in the history of comics simultaneously more revered and more reviled than Lee, the human face of the comics industry for a generation.
Marc Bell: Day One
The Shrimpy and Paul cartoonist documents his ongoing residency at the artist-run Struts gallery in New Brunswick.
From Pulps to Panels: A Conversation with Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson
Talking to the granddaughter of comics pioneer Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, whose company evolved into the DC Comics we know today.
“I Was This Era’s Cassandra All Along”: A Q&A with Warren Ellis
Warren Ellis has been one of the most prolific comics writers of the last twenty years, and he’s spent the last few years working on any manner of different books. John Maher caught up with him about the books that most recently escaped his pen.
French Abstract Formalist Comics (French Structural Comics): An Artistic Movement
In the mid-2010s, a group of young French artists began creating wordless comics with geometric and minimalist style and little or no narrative. What they show instead is more of a “process.”
Escape Pod Comics
Escape Pod Comics has only been open for six years, but they’ve already made their presence known. We spoke with Menachem Luchins to find out what’s going on in Huntington, New York.
Episode 33: Hannah Blumenreich
The The Immortal Bro and Spidey-Zine creator talks Mildred Louis, Stuart Immonen, Go For It, Nakamura!, and more.
“Your Own Terms At Your Own Pace”: An Interview with David Nuss
Dave Nuss spoke with Alex Dueben about the ups, downs, lefts and rights of Revival House Press, and what the future looks like for the respected micro-publisher.
Summer Pierre: Day Five
Although it is a philosophy much derided by those incapable of experiencing sincerity, if you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it. (Life, that is).
An Interview with Gary Thompson
Dead Reckoning’s Gary Thompson speaks about the war comics they just published, the war comics they’ve got coming, and what they like about war comics in general.
Comic Horror: The Work of Junji Ito
Junji Ito’s horror comics amass readers, acclaim, and fascination. Austin Price takes a look at his influences to answer the question of why.
Summer Pierre: Day Four
The only thing worse than the way the government handles a line is the way they handle it when their fancy computers don’t work: Summer’s on the front lines, y’all!
“I Spent Seven Years in the Belly of the Beast”: An Interview with Jamal Igle
We talk to the Molly Danger and Dragonflyman artist about rethinking his career, getting older, why historical sales numbers may be misleading, and getting into arguments on Twitter.
