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.
“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.
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.
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.
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!
In today’s Cartoonist’s Diary, Michael Comeau is talking skateboarding, and how it applies to absolutely everything that is or is not skateboarding.
In a fascinating, must read conversation, Edward Gauvin talks with Alex Dueben about his career as a freelancer translator, the noble responsiblity of the job, the difficulties inherent to its economic model, and some of his favorite recent European finds.
In today’s installment of Michael Comeau’s Cartoonist Diary, it’s time to talk relationships. Some might say “TMI”. To those people, we say: GTFO!
In which the artist of Goodnight Punpun proves that comics can’t break your heart if you break it yourself.
Michael discusses drumming, language reclamation, and the familial bonds created within a band. It’s Diary Day Two!
A new diary begins, and in day one we’re introduced to Michael Comeau’s impersonation of Encyclopedia Brown, which goes well with his coworker Julie, who makes a Rowdy Roddy Piper reference.
Famed graphic designer Seymour Chwast sat down with cartoonist Dash Shaw to talk about the graphic novels he’s created, those he wants to create, and whether or not he considers them a “side pursuit”.
France is dolling out the plaudits, Ryan is doling out the links. February’s comics news is in full swing!
In The Comics Journal #350, Rebecca Kirby and HTML Flowers talk about health care, disability, and illness and how they transfer those themes into their comics work.
George Elkind and Connor Willumsen have a sprawling conversation on Bradley of Him, one of 2019’s most fascinating comics.
Tom Shapira runs through some of the many comics adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft’s writing with an aim towards crowning one with the title of Number One.
Brian Nicholson makes his case for the philosophy behind Connor Willumsen’s “bravura” Bradley of Him.
Ryan is so plugged into comics this week that you’ll swear the back of his skull has giant cables hanging out of it, and those cables are hooked up to the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Specifically, the Unknown Soldier as depicted by Garth Ennis and Kilian Plunkett in the 1997 Vertigo mini-series of the same name!
Patrick Dean’s comics work will be showing at the Georgia Museum in Athens throughout the winter. Robert Newsome has the details!
Bob and Adele made their way over to the East Bay’s show of Guy Cowell miniatures, and he’s got a lot to say about some little paintings.
This collection of surreal and savage manga stories drawn in a naïve art style vibrates on my bookshelf and issues forth the sounds of thumping pachinko machines, clattering speedboat motors and roars of rage so intense there is no doubt in my mind they have the power to rip my head off.
