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.
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.
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.
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.
That’s right: there’s news this week about Spawn! There’s also a lot of comics news that isn’t about Spawn, sure. But how could we neglect updating you about Spawn related developments? Come on inside and get you some for yourself!
You walk through the streets, confident–but do they know something you don’t? Their faces seem writ with knowledge, their eyes, round with whimsy. Oh no: you haven’t read your weekly Clark yet! How will you keep up in this Golden Age of Sequential Art, without his trusty hand to guide you towards the last week that comics saw? Never fear, friend. His hand is reaching out. Won’t you take it?
Artist and educator Anya Davidson visits a new exhibition of Chicago cartoonists at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, spanning over half a century of history. Features dozens of pictures, an interview with co-curator Dan Nadel, and a visit to an alternative exhibition at the DIY space Gridsport.
Abhay concludes his series on sexual harassment in comics, examines his personal history writing about these subjects, considers some of the possible ways that things can and are changing for the better, and then walks out of the building, with the microphone left dead on the stage behind him.
Today, Abhay is looking at two men with a history of allegations going back multiple years: Charles Brownstein & Scott Allie. What changed in 2020?
Today, Abhay is looking the stories surrounding Jason Latour, Scott Lobdell and others, as well as the convention bar scene that often surrounds these stories.
Today, Abhay is talking to Laurenn McCubbin & Kim O’Connor, about what was wrong with the Warren Ellis Forum, what is wrong with The Comics Journal, and what steps the rest of us have to take, even after we burn those things down.
Today, Abhay Khosla is speaking with Jhayne Faust Holmes, Janelle Asselin, and an anonymous third party about the So Many Of Us activist and support network, a brief contemporary history of the comic book community’s complete disinterest in dealing with its offenders, and what a future could and should look like.
Today, Abhay is looking at Warren Ellis, the culture born, cultivated and promoted on his (in)famous message board, and the hardwork of enabling performed by his sycophantic, careerist supporters.
Abhay Khosla is here to catch you up what’s been happening in comics recently (and for years), what some guy just got exposed for (lots of stuff, for a long time), and how we think you should feel about it (not good!)
While the impact of COVID-19 on the US comics scene has seen widespread coverage, what about the scene in countries with a financial infrastructure? Thanos Kyratzis takes a look at Greece and Italy.
Twenty-five years ago, DC Comics signed with Diamond Distributors. Eric Reynolds reported on a leaked memo.
How is COVID-19 and attempts to contain it impacting comics makers, publishers and retailers? Our weekly update on that question is here.
Our weekly update on how COVID-19 is impacting the industry surrounding comic books and graphic novels.
An overview of how the global pandemic has begun to impact comics, their creators, and the businesses that surround both.
Read the letter Steve Geppi sent to comics retailers and publishers regarding the impact of COVID-19 on Diamond Comics.
Comics retail speaks out about ways to help out that part of the industry at an uncertain and difficult time.
This past weekend has seen a steady stream of allegations against Canadian graphic novel and horror publisher Chizine, resulting in the publisher and managing editor’s resignation. Alec Berry has the story.
Cartoonist Ben Passmore met up with Dr. Ryan Holmberg and Ron Wimberly to talk about Yoshitoshi, at a recent exhibition of work by the influential Japanese artist.
Scott Mitchell Rosenberg is recently back in industry news, regarding his partial ownership of the rights to Rob Liefeld’s Youngblood. In this article from TCJ #265 (January-February 2005), Michael Dean traces Rosenberg’s trajectory through comics industry and Hollywood up to that point.
