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Interview

From WildStorm to Act 4: An interview with ‘Artist Edition’ mastermind Scott Dunbier

Zach Rabiroff | March 2, 2026

Darwyn Cooke

‘You either take my word for it or you don’t’: Revisiting Darwyn Cooke’s Parker

Tom Shapira | July 24, 2024

Reviews

Corto Maltese: Fable of Venice and Other Stories

Hugo Pratt, translated by Dean Mullaney and Simone Castaldi

Fantagraphics Books

Tom Shapira | April 7, 2026

Godzilla: War for Humanity

Andrew MacLean and Jake Smith

IDW Publishing

Tegan O'Neil | September 12, 2024

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen #1-5

Stan Sakai, with Hi-Fi Design

IDW, in partnership with Dogū Publishing and Paramount Consumer Products

Tegan O'Neil | August 3, 2023

Screwball! The Cartoonists Who Made the Funnies Funny

Paul Tumey

SCREWBALL! The Cartoonists Who Made the Funnies Funny

Eddie Campbell | November 7, 2019

Diabolical Summer

Oliver Ristau | July 12, 2019

Clue: Candlestick #2

Tegan O'Neil | June 21, 2019

GI Joe: Sierra Muerte #1

Helen Chazan | March 11, 2019

A Strange and Beautiful Sound

Helen Chazan | September 21, 2018

Articles

Bruce Canwell: A Conversation With a Comics Historian

Catching up with one of the prime movers behind the Library of American Comics, compilers of over 200 books of classic American comic strips – with more to come.

Michael O’Connell | July 6, 2021

Hare Tonic

Bob Montana’s Archie Newspaper Comic Strip…And Who, Actually, Invented Archie

Is there a secret history to the beginnings of Archie and his fellow Riverdalians? Bob’s been doing some reading and researching, and is ready to deliver his hot take, that take being: “Maybe!”

R.C. Harvey | May 12, 2021

Let’s Get Physical: An Interview With Elsa Charretier

Elsa Charretier sits down with Aug Stone to catch us up on her successful Kickstarter, how to record a commentary for an Image Comic, and the merits of getting out there and taking chances.

Aug Stone | January 6, 2020

“The Sanest Guys In The Ball Park”: An Interview With Paul Tumey

Paul Tumey reflects back on the conclusion of a seven year project: Screwball! The Cartoonists Who Made the Funnies Funny. In this conversation with Michael Tisserand, Tumey walks us through the history of American newspaper comics comedy..and to define the word “screwballist”!

Michael Tisserand | October 8, 2019

Usagi Yojimbo’s Neverending Story

Tom Shapira takes a fond look back at the last few decades of Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo, and makes some predictions for the future of the series.

Tom Shapira | August 20, 2019

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