In Praise Of Popnut Skrummies: An Elmo Conversation With Frank M. Young
Mark Newgarden and Frank M. Young discuss their love for Cecil Jensen’s Elmo, and the reason Young decided to make this unheralded classic available again via print on demand.
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Dogface Has Its Day: The Success Of Brian Blomerth
Brian Blomerth’s Bicycle Day has quietly become one of the most beloved comics of the year, which is only the latest chapter in the cartoonist’s weird and delightful career. Brian Nicholson makes his way through all the purposeful deceit surrounding the cartoonist in our new profile.
“It Became An Obsession”: An Interview With Jonathan Fetter-Vorm
Jonathan Fetter-Vorm speaks with Alex Dueben about the difficulty of making graphic novel out of a conflict-free story where every reader knows the ending: Moonbound, the story of Apollo 11.
Without Even a Single Slice of Pizza to My Name (This Week’s Links)
The last time a Russian Minister tried to mess around with America’s favorite fictional characters, Jack Bauer got super frustrated. I’m just saying! Ryan Flanders has all the details, and many more, in his weekly news round-up!
Donald Rooum: April 20, 1928-August 31, 2019
In this obituary, Kent Worcester discusses Donald Rooum, who is best known for his comic strip “Wildcat,” as well as his numerous contributions to anarchist comics anthologies and publications.
LGBTQ Speculative Fiction: A Creative Roundtable
Blue Delliquanti and Dylan Edwards are both cartoonists working in the field of queer and trans spec fic for kids and teens. In this interview, they talk with Melanie Gillman about the power of LGBTQ spec fic as a genre to challenge existing infrastructures, provide escapes, and create allegorical mirrors for young queer and trans readers.
An Interview With Donald Rooum
In this interview from TCJ #247, political cartoonist Donal Rooum talks to Ken Worcester about anarchy, gag cartooning, and typography.
The Return Of The IPC Youth Group
Tim Hayes takes a measured look at the British comics published under the IPC Youth Group umbrella, now available again thanks to Rebellion and their deep, Dredd-full pockets.
By Jove! What Did Edgar P. Jacobs Do To Comics?
Cynthia Rose takes a long look at Blake & Mortimer, the wildly successful series of comics by Edgar P. Jacobs, its creator’s personal history…and his somewhat tortured relationship with Hergé.
Pink Rabbits and Chainsaws: The Crazy Worlds of Massimo Mattioli
Simone Castaldi takes an extensive look back at the career of artist Massimo Mattioli, who spent much of his life innovating Italian comics.
Scott Rosenberg’s Platinum Pipeline to Hollywood
Scott Mitchell Rosenberg is recently back in industry news, regarding his partial ownership of the rights to Rob Liefeld’s Youngblood. In this article from TCJ #265 (January-February 2005), Michael Dean traces Rosenberg’s trajectory through comics industry and Hollywood up to that point.
Let’s Play Freeze Tag with Ice Picks (This Week’s Links)
This week, Ryan finally acknowledges Newsarama and Spawn, thus completing what is known as Satan’s “Final Phase”. Kevin Sorbo, save us all!
Kurt Ankeny: Day Five
Sometimes you just gotta ignore the rules, or else you won’t be able to put your hands on a classic. Kurt Ankeny explains, in today’s Diary!
A Visit Down South
Marc Sobel’s travels took him down South, to the legendary Book Nook, where TCJ’s editor once bought a bootleg version of “Cop Killer”, as sung by Soundgarden. Today, Marc is just talking comics.
Kurt Ankeny: Day Four
Today, Kurt Ankeny’s Diary turns the volume way down so that color and patience can tell the story pretty much on their own.
Kurt Ankeny: Day Three
Kurt Ankeny may think he’s got all the answers, but when it comes to swimming, “No” is a complete sentence. Diary: on the scene!
The 19th Century Route 66
Cynthia Rose won’t loan you the plane fare for a French trip, but she will guide you through On the Road to Tōkaidō (Sur la route du Tōkaidō), currently running at the Musée des arts asiatiques Guimet in Paris!
Kurt Ankeny: Day Two
Into every life, a little rain must fall. And sometimes the rain comes with lightning, and lightning doesn’t mess around or care at all about history. Kurt Ankeny has the receipts!
Kurt Ankeny: Day One
Kurt Ankeny is here, and his Cartoonist Diary came with him. In today’s colorful installment, he maintains good fatherly tradition: disappointing the youth of today.
Keren Katz & Rotem of Qiryat Gat In Germany
Oliver Ristau visits Raum 404 one more time to check out some boundary pushing comics work by Keren Katz & Rotem of Qiryat Gat.
Deeper Than the Seafloor Traveled by the Mantis (This Week’s Links)
Beep beep! That’s the sound of a truck backing up, as Ryan Flanders does some reorganization to his look at this week’s comics noise and news! Beep beep, I say!
