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L. Nichols: Day Five
Is it acceptable to travel to Santa Cruz and not visit T&C Surf Design? One family will take this challenge, in today’s final L. Nichols Family Vacation Saga.
L. Nichols: Day Four
While you gotta know when to hold ’em, you’re not going to make it very far if you don’t, wait for it, know when to fold them. L. Nichols: camping with the right philosophy.
L. Nichols: Day Three
If you have to fly cross country with little kids for a wedding, the least the wedding can do is have the decency to take the place in Monterey, ya feel me?
L. Nichols: Day Two
You may get a plane ride, but that doesn’t mean there is a free pass when puppets enter the picture. L. Nichols: we do what we can.
L Nichols: Day One
There is no more challenging roll of the dice than putting kids on a plane. L Nichols isn’t keeping score, but if he was: get that gold medal ready.
Hey, It’s a Column about Wolverine
At about the fifty percent mark of this review, Tegan mentions that this column is actually about Wolverine comics by the team of Goodwin, Byrne & Janson. Wait for it!
I’ll Assign This Treason Case to You
Tegan turns her eye to Steve Ditko, and his Shade the Changing Man series. Gather round: there’s learning to be had.
Mission: Comics & Art
In this installment of Retail Therapy, Leef Smith talks about what it takes to stand out and succeed in comics retail.
Fantom Comics
In our latest installment of Retail Therapy, we spoke with Jake Shapiro, of Washington DC’s Fantom Comics!
Third Eye Comics
In the latest episode of our retailer interview series, Third Eye Comics makesa couple of simple requests: better cover design, and more books like Chew. Wait, Chew?
The Dragon
Jenn Haines, owner of The Dragon, came all the way from Ontario to explain how she went ahead and created the future of comics retail about two decades ago.
Six Books from One Failed Bookstore
What can you learn from the comics found at a going-out-of-business sale? If you’re Matt Seneca, the answer is a whole hell of a lot.
Big Planet Comics
Jared Smith from Big Planet Comics talks about what its taken to survive and thrive within his ever-expanding empire. But don’t ask him if he reads comics on the clock: it’s a sore subject.
Telling on Your Secrets: Comics from Kevin Budnik, 2014-2017
In Budnik’s comics, he reveals his deepest fears and the ongoing, active experience of living with mental illness.
Floating World Comics
Jason Leivian from Floating World talks about the past, present and future from the vantage point of one of North America’s most beloved comic book stores.
Crisis In Time
If you’re going to write about Crisis On Infinite Earths, it’s best to go deep, and in Tegan’s latest installment of Ice Cream for Bedwetters, that’s exactly what she does.
Ass Kicked
Bolting topicality onto a struggling juvenile concept never elevates the juvenile concepts as well as creators always seem to think.
Tom McHenry: Day Five
Getting it together for the office party, facing the Wallace Shawn challenge: it’s been one hell of a week.
Tom McHenry: Day Four
Taking on the frustration of others, doing the bare minimum when dinner rolls around. What’s that? “The Libyans betrayed our cause!”
Tom McHenry: Day Three
Bikes, giving cats medicine, and drinking in those late night conversations about the functions of emotion: welcome to the TenderDome.
Tom McHenry: Day Two
Reading books, watching movies, wishing things could be just a little bit different.
Tom McHenry: Day One
A morning routine, drawing rituals, and the work day itself. It’s all coming up McHenry.
