And There Were Valleys – This Week’s Links
News is the only word for what we have here. News, and success. I mean the successful appearance of news, not news of success – that would be unusual.
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Echoes of the Past: The Legacies of 1950s Comics Censorship in the Maus Controversy
The new boss is often the same as the old boss: history likes things that way, repetitive, punishing, obnoxious. Brian Puaca returns to TCJ to tease out the very clear connection to the comics battles of the past and the ones that are currently eating up the airwaves once again, with a look at Maus, Tennessee and…Wertham?
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – This Week’s Links
Lawsuits! Lawsuits! None of you are without sin!!
He Is A Gallant Weaver – This Week’s Links
Little do those fools know that this column of links is on the official curriculum… of everyone’s heart!
Low Winter Sun – This Week’s Links
Those three little words we all long to hear: “It’s not NFTs.” And three more: “Friday link blog!”
Creation Matrix – This Week’s Links
I’ve been keeping a journal of inspiring phrases that pop into my head at night to use in this space. Last night I came up with “Reticence is Nothing to the Flying Man.” Is that any good? The rest were dirty.
“If I Can Inspire Others To Do This Kind Of Thing, That Would Be Amazing”: A Conversation About Koyama Provides
After closing Koyama Press at the beginning of 2021, Annie Koyama turned her energies towards Koyama Provides, an ongoing series of financial grants for cartoonists, comics makers and other artistic ventures. We caught up with her about the project’s first year and the motives behind it.
We’ll Take A Cup O’ Kindness – This Week’s Links
No— no, I’m glad about the first snowfall of the season. More time to read the links, right? Ha ha, no, it’ll melt, I’ll just let it…
Fantastic Ideas For A Fantastic World – This Week’s Links
My god, the madmen did it… they’ve closed TCJ! For this year, that is…
Benefits Of A Classical Education – This Week’s Links
Wow, there really is only one more week ‘till Christmas. I ought to buy edible gifts tomorrow; there’s probably still food left… you know what’s REALLY nourishing, though?
Very Big In Sheboygan – This Week’s Links
Leaving, moving, selling, getting bought – that’s right, another week in comics.
Me I Want A Hula Hoop – This Week’s Links
What a spread of links! I bet you thought the feasting was over; you fool… you fool!
A Wrenched Virile Lore – This Week’s Links
Did you know Clark’s birthday is coming up? Happy birthday! There will be no column next week because the Americans are doing something with food.
Roadside Picnic – This Week’s Links
Your local food court may be abandoned, littered with the debris of a departed era, but we have not abandoned: the links!
November Rain – This Week’s Links
Nobody is ever going to fix my roof; water is just going to keep dripping in until the rainy season passes. Luckily, the supply chain has not disrupted the delivery of these links – digital insulation to warm your soul.
An Intellectual Carrot – This Week’s Links
The wind is threatening to blow the walls off my building right now, but nothing stops the news! Join us in our affront to nature by clicking these links.
Comics and Revolutions: A Report from the Beirut Comic Art Festival
Eszter reports back from Beirut, with a look at the variety of comics, aesthetic concerns, philosophical questions and political grapplings that took place at The Beirut Comic Art Festival, which took place earlier this month.
I Don’t Like The Sound Of Them Apples – This Week’s Links
“I can’t think of a hotter set of links than this.” -Scott Hott, World’s Hottest
From My Laboratory In The Castle East – This Week’s Links
Oh my soul! That is a lot of links!!
Journey Into Marvel/Disney’s Copyright Wars
Michael Dean reports on the recent legal efforts of individuals, heirs and estates to pursue copyright terminations for Marvel superhero characters, and share in the mammoth profits generated by the properties those creators made possible.
Fresh Air: Comics in Dialogue at the Arab Comics Initiative
Comics maker, academic and convention curator Lina Ghaibeh speaks with TCJ about how political upheaval, COVID-19 and the ongoing impact of the devastating Port of Beirut explosion in 2020 has failed to stop the Arab Comics Initiative upcoming festival, which opens in Beirut this week.
Trouble Every Day – This Week’s Links
These robots are sad about the crypto economy. But you will be happy when you see all the news! I mean, it’s not happy news, really… but you’ll be happy it’s there.
More and More Comic Books is the Point: Small-Press Publishers and Lunar Distribution, a Roundtable
RJ Casey sits down with Lunar Distribution co-owner Christina Merkler and the principals of three small-press comic book publishers that have recently inked distribution deals with Lunar, for the purposes of surveying the new retail landscape of 2021.
