Simon Hanselmann
Reviews
You Will Own Nothing and Be Happy #1-4/Boys In Prison
Self-published
Distant Ruptures
New York Review Comics
Below Ambition
Fantagraphics
Crisis Zone
Fantagraphics
Bad Gateway
Fantagraphics
Articles
Looking for comics at The Whitney Biennial: Are they still in the gutters?
Searching for the face of comic art in the AI crowd at The Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing.
Arrivals and Departures – February 2024
The classic burden: too many comics. Yes, RJ Casey bought too many comics at November’s Short Run Comix & Arts Festival – too many for last month, so here’s an extra-long column reviewing the rest of ’em.
Flashback: Photos from SDCC 2023
Re-live the memories of summer with dozens of photos from San Diego Comic-Con International 2023, courtesy of Chris Anthony Diaz!
Remembering Joe Matt
A collection of tributes to the cartoonist Joe Matt, who died earlier this month at the age of 60. Longtime friends mingle with young artists Matt befriended, affording us a variety of new perspectives on one of the standout memoirists of his generation.
Let’s Get Physical
A brief examination of how comics (and their reception) can change in the transition from digital serialization to print permanence.
December 2022: Los Angeles Bound
Last month, Los Angeles played host to the Hernandez Brothers, the 4th Permanent Damage show and Bill Sienkiewicz – and Chris Anthony Diaz was there to document it all!
The Comics Journal #304: Excerpt from The Simon Hanselmann Interview
In this excerpt from TCJ #304, Hanselmann talks about Gretzkys, the relationship between autobiography and fiction, and selling stuffed animals.
A Conversation with Simon Hanselmann
Art, craft, commerce and the grind with the author of One More Year.
Simon Hanselmann: Day 5
Black Friday.
Simon Hanselmann: Day 4
Turkey time.
Simon Hanselmann: Day 3
Routines and beverages.
Simon Hanselmann: Day 2
Process and assignments.
Simon Hanselmann: Day 1
Life changes.
A Conversation with Simon Hanselmann
Catching up with Simon Hanselmann on the eve of his US book tour for his new book, Megahex.
“Disgusting Creatures”: The Simon Hanselmann Interview
Hanselmann is hugely prolific, and is almost unendurably active in the alternative comics scene in Melbourne. Talking to him has a similar stand-in-front-of-the-firehose feel.
