Article Archive
H.P. Moorecraft: On the Ending of Providence
The climax of the book is Alan Moore’s meta-meditation on the shape and nature of his comics career, written as he prepares to leave the medium.
Savor The Selections
A brand new column, a master at work, the reminder of the minutes as they fall away. Wednesday means you still have time to make it count!
Event Horizon: 1985-’87 in Comics
The roots of this moment stretch back to late 70’s and early 80’s but it seems to reach apotheosis precisely during this short span. Something happened in comics between 1985 and 1987.
Andy Capp is Sixty This Year
On the face of it, the Andy Capp comic strip ought to have failed the moment it arrived on these shores in 1963.
In the Screaming, In the Godhead
Reviews, columns, the dire state of top tier journalism and goodbyes. Monday is the best day of the week.
Ghost World at Twenty: Daniel Clowes’s Dialogue
Innovation in the 1990s: a comic book in which people talk like people.
“It’s Just So BD!”: A Fair to Remember
Reporting from SoBD, the annual comics festival located in the heart of Paris.
Excerpt: Shiver
Thanks to Viz, we’re pleased to present this excerpt from Junji Ito’s upcoming collection, Shiver.
Wet Earth
Lala Albert’s new book from Sonatina, with drawings far more accomplished than anything Albert has done before.
Please Buy A Different Moisturizer
Today at The Journal, we’ve got two buckets of sauce for you. First, dip yourself into a pool an interview with cartoonist Tim Lane, who is out there holding the line for single issue comic books for more than just nostalgic reasons. The second bucket is to come!
America as Haunted House: An Interview with Tim Lane
“I don’t think traditional comics will survive. But I’m trying one last gasp now before they go under completely.”
Excerpt: Happy Hour In America
Thanks to Tim Lane himself, we’re happy to present this excerpt of Happy Hour In America.
Episode 25: Emil Ferris
Ferris (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters) talks superheroes and dada, politics and accessibility, Will Eisner, Ted Leo, and more.
Kylie Minogue Fans Don’t
Sleep well, you sons of New Hampshire, you daughters of Slaughter Beach.
“I Want a Blank Area to Work With”: Connor Willumsen on Anti-Gone
A meeting of the minds between the creator of Anti-Gone, one of the most striking and intriguing books of the year, and the groundbreaking cartoonist and animator Dash Shaw.
