New Developments In Pickrodt Lawsuit May Point to a “Time-Consuming” Future
Recent developments in Cody Pickrodt’s defamation lawsuit, including counterclaims and amended complaints.
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The Inkwell, Continued: “All Ye Who Enter Herein Leave All Dopes Behind”
Back to The Inkwell, a now-forgotten postwar New York establishment that once catered to the cartooning elite, including Caniff, Soglow, Gross, Bushmiller, and many more.
The Inkwell: “Dan O’Connor’s Bar, Grill, and School of Higher Journalism and Car-toonacy”
A look back at The Inkwell, a now-forgotten postwar New York establishment that once catered to the cartooning elite, including Caniff, Soglow, Gross, Bushmiller, and many more.
Scandal Involving CBLDF’s Charles Brownstein Leads to Women’s Empowerment Fund
This 2006 article investigates allegations against CBLDF executive director, and explains how they led to the creation of a women’s empowerment fund.
“How Do We Cope with Something Like That?”: SPX and the CBLDF Confront Defamation Lawsuit Aimed at The 11
The Small Press Expo and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund speak about the $20,000 fund recently set up to assist the 11 defendants facing a $2.5 million dollar defamation lawsuit.
A Plague Comes to SPX
Casey was able to get past previous sponsorships by Amazon-owned comiXology at SPX, but this year is different.
Charles Brownstein’s 2006 Statement
Charles Brownstein’s 2006 statement regarding his actions in Ohio.
Sense of Humor at the National Gallery: An Interview with Judith Brodie
George Herriman, Winsor McCay, Saul Steinberg, Francisco de Goya, Leonardo da Vinci and William Hogarth walked into the National Gallery all at once, and it turns out there might be room enough for everyone: Austin English has the scoop.
Rape, Sexual Harassment Allegations Prompt Defamation Suit from Small-Press Comics Publisher Cody Pickrodt
After facing accusations of rape and sexual harassment, Cody Pickrodt of Ray Ray Books has filed suit against comics community figures including Whit Taylor, Laura Knetzger, Tom Kaczynski, and Ben Passmore.
“Amazon Is the Global Warming of the American Economy”: A Conversation with Eric Reynolds on the ComiXology Originals Announcement
The Fantagraphics associate publisher explains how he thinks comiXology fits into Amazon’s plans to monopolize not just comics publishing, but retail as a whole.
Shine a Light
Reporting harassment at a comics show.
How To Build A Comics Festival: CXC, Year Three
What makes Cartoon Crossroads Columbus work.
The 2017 Doug Wright Award Winners
Rebecca Roher, Steve Wolfhard, Henriette Valium make it a year of first-time winners at 2017 Doug Wright Awards.
Satire, Business, and the AAEC 2016 Convention
A report from the sixtieth annual meeting of The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, held in Durham, North Carolina, during the strangest election year in US history.
The TCJ 2015 Year-in-Review Spectacufuck: Part IV
Then came the Fall. The startling, not to say stupefying, comics controversies from the final months of 2015. And finally: what have we learned?
The TCJ 2015 Year-in-Review Spectacufuck: Part III
We know what you did last summer. Plus Surprise Bonus Content—Tim O’Neil on the year in superhero comics.
The TCJ 2015 Year-in-Review Spectacufuck: Part II
Looking back at comics news from April through June. Who were we? What did we learn? And what could we forgive? Let’s find out together. For entertainment purposes only.
The TCJ 2015 Year-in-Review Spectacufuck: Part I
A year in comics now behind us. Who were we? What did we learn? And what could we forgive? Let’s find out together, month by month, day by day. For entertainment purposes only.
The Belgians Who Changed Comics
“The Golden Age of Belgian Comics” features a rare collection, on show in France for the first time ever. Their pages detail a comics revolution, the era when – led by Tintin – the ninth art forever changed leisure on the continent.
A Season at the Con
From Game of Thrones to Teen Wolf to Ramona Fradon. An artist and his daughter bound together by nerd obsessions explore the new Comic-Con.
Report from Minneapolis: Autoptic
The committee process.
Napoleon vs. Napoleon
Napoleon is one of history’s most satirized figures, the central target in a golden age of caricature. Now, with two shows in London and Paris focused on Napoleonic art, he reminds us that mockery’s price was often high.
Queers & Comics: The LGBTQ Cartoonists and Comics Conference
A comprehensive report of the events at the historic first Queers & Comics conference, where the crowds were sizeable, intergenerational, and international.
An Illustrated Report from the Queers & Comics Conference
The first conference in history devoted entirely to LGBT cartoonists was a very personal event.
