Karl Stevens: Day Five
Sometimes you have to get a little aggressive with the natural world when you’re looking to have a private moment with those you love.
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Karl Stevens: Day Four
It’s still summer for some in today’s installment of A Cartoonist’s Diary–which means it’s beach day!
“These Are the Memories We Cherish”: Marriage Wed to Adventure in Buz Sawyer
Though full of stark violence, the triumph of Roy Crane’s Buz Sawyer is a character study that shows the impact of an adventurous life on a down-to-earth marriage.
Marie Severin: 1929-2018
Marie Severin, famous EC and Marvel colorist, made often overlooked yet highly influential contributions to the comics field.
Karl Stevens: Day Three
Ah, the game of baseball, viewed through the lens of a cartoonist: which means no baseball for you!
Behind the Blue: The Story of Peyo
It took a village to raise the Smurfs.
Karl Stevens: Day Two
In today’s installment of A Cartoonist’s Diary, a cornball gets cut down to size.
Karl Stevens: Day One
A week of Karl Stevens diaries begins, and it begins with a conversation with a friend about the difficulties of work. And knives! What about the knives???
An Unpublished Conversation with Russ Heath
A never-before-published 2008 interview with the legendary late artist.
Russ Heath: 1926-2018
Heath, best known for the realistic clarity and human drama he brought to the war comics he drew for DC, Marvel, Warren, and EC during a 70-year career, died Thursday night at the age of 91.
“Change Is the Only Thing I Do Like”: An Interview with L. Nichols
Nichols says he’s always drawn – horses and maps were his favorites – but he was introduced to comics while studying mechanical engineering at MIT. Flocks is his autobiographical book about growing up in the South, keeping secrets from his family and church, and coming to terms with his identity first as queer and then… Read more »
Born Inside This Thing
Today is Tuesday, and if you’re here, then the world is yours. Comics await!
Sense of Humor at the National Gallery: An Interview with Judith Brodie
George Herriman, Winsor McCay, Saul Steinberg, Francisco de Goya, Leonardo da Vinci and William Hogarth walked into the National Gallery all at once, and it turns out there might be room enough for everyone: Austin English has the scoop.
Rape, Sexual Harassment Allegations Prompt Defamation Suit from Small-Press Comics Publisher Cody Pickrodt
After facing accusations of rape and sexual harassment, Cody Pickrodt of Ray Ray Books has filed suit against comics community figures including Whit Taylor, Laura Knetzger, Tom Kaczynski, and Ben Passmore.
