Vassilis Gogtzilas: Day Two
Sometimes you get to be the royal mouse, sometimes you get to be the cool wolf. But then there’s the moments when you get fitted for clown shoes.
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Vince Giarrano
Some people shake off their cocoon slowly, while others incinerate it in glorious, immediate flame. Michel Fiffe returns to make the case that the latter description fits Vince Giarrano.
Vassilis Gogtzilas: Day One
Today, artist, illustrator and painter Vassilis Gogtzilas begins the weeklong process of peeling his own cap back.
Nothing, Butt Trouble
A must read interview, a rock solid review. Take the wins when they come.
“I Didn’t Want to Draw a Psychological Portrait of These Men I Despise”: An Interview with Catherine Meurisse
A frank and searing conversation with Charlie Hebdo cartoonist Catherine Meurisse about her graphic memoir, Lightness, recently translated for English readers.
Desert Island
2018 saw Desert Island into its tenth year, which means we finally pinned Gabe Fowler down for the latest installment in our Retail Therapy column!
Excerpt: House In The Jungle
Thanks to Koyama Press, we’re pleased to share this excerpt of Nathan Gelgud’s latest work, House In The Jungle. In it, a potent pineapple dealing hermit’s transcendental quest is disrupted by the encroaching townspeople he supplies. Then things get weird!
Getting the Goat Getters: A Conversation with Eddie Campbell
The great cartoonist and idiosyncratic historian Eddie Campbell discusses what he considers the misunderstood true origins of the comic strip.
Give Me Liberty
Marc Sobel takes a long look back at Give Me Liberty, Frank Miler and Dave Gibbons exploration of fascism and heroics, to see if the book got anything accurate with its prediction of the future.
“I Thought It Was A Choice”: An Interview with Liana Finck
Liana Finck uncovers the true story behind her acclaimed comics memoir, Passing From Human, what it’s like to be Insta-famous, and her feminist awakening, which came mid-book.
Excerpt: The Silent Invasion
Thanks to NBM, we’re pleased to share a look at the new edition of The Silent Invasion: Red Shadows, by Michael Cherkas & Larry Hancock.
Norm Breyfogle: 1960-2018
A long look at the career of one of the most recognizable and beloved Batman artists of the modern age, Norm Breyfogle, who passed away on Monday, September 24th.
The Inkwell, Continued: “All Ye Who Enter Herein Leave All Dopes Behind”
Back to The Inkwell, a now-forgotten postwar New York establishment that once catered to the cartooning elite, including Caniff, Soglow, Gross, Bushmiller, and many more.
