Gary Gerani

Seeking Salivation! Food in Early Comics

University of Washington professor José Alaniz invited me to prepare and deliver a guest lecture on early comics for his class on food-themed comics. You could say I hoped the project would turn out to be something I could sink my teeth into. I was not disappointed.

| February 9, 2017

The Jack Davis Interview

In this 1992 interview conducted by Lee Wochner, Jack Davis discusses his early days in New York and his work for MAD and TIME Magazine.

| October 24, 2016

A Conversation with Jack Davis

In this 2000 interview from The Comics Journal #225, Jim Woodring talks to Jack Davis about his college life, moving to New York, MAD and EC’s influence, and the famed editors and publishers he worked with.

| August 1, 2016

Tributes to Jack Davis

The great Jack Davis in words and images by Drew Friedman, Gary Panter, Peter Bagge, Joe Kubert, Ruben Bolling, Michael Bartalos, and Jim Woodring.

| July 28, 2016

The Woes of Working for Hef

Cartooning legends from Jack Cole to Harvey Kurtzman drew for the deep-pocketed, wannabe cartoonist Hugh Hefner, but there were some significant downsides.

| November 5, 2015