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Recent Articles
D&Q’s Tom Devlin talks Moomin: ‘A particularly rare thing’
TCJ co-editor Chris Mautner talks with Deviln about his history with the beloved strip and D&Q’s latest republishing efforts.
August and Everything After – This Week’s Links
Clark’s neural cache is currently full but he was still able to collect a week’s worth of links anyway.
‘When it comes to art, I think it’s very special if we can let it be free to exist however it wants’: An interview with Ian Bertram
Ian Bertram speaks with Jean Marc Ah-Sen on shutting the door on pretension in the limitless world of comic-making.
An interview with Jerome Gaynor: ‘Isn’t fun a big deal?’
“Jerome Gaynor is one of the unsung heroes of Generation X underground comics.” So says Mardou, who took the time to interview the cartoonist.
“Ancient satirical DNA”: A conversation about pre-modern comics among Thierry Smolderen, Peter Maresca and David Kunzle – The Comics Journal #310 Preview
Thierry Smolderen, Peter Maresca, and David Kunzle are the three people who have arguably transformed the perception of pre– and early 1900s comics history/scholarship/theory. Here is an excerpt of their wide-ranging conversation that touches on, among other topics, the Popish plots, puzzles, play and découpage film theory as applied to the art form.
‘Doesn’t it always seem like there’s more to most stories?’: Em Frank and Patrick Kyle in conversation about creation
Authors of The Archway, Patrick Kyle and Em Frank, talk the cycles of creation and look at each other’s respective works.
Flying Colors Comics
Shop owner Joe Field talks about his long history in comics retail business, and what his own experience might say about the state of the industry today.
City Too Hot – This Week’s Links
Gosh it’s hot. Maybe reading about all the comics news that happened this week will cool us down.
Legacy Comics: Two New Alternative Funnybooks
It’s funnybook o’ clock and you’re just in time: Helen Chazan discusses Joe Matt’s final installment in Peepshow #15 and what is not even close to the first issue in the series of Caroline Cash’s PeePee PooPoo #1.
Drawn to Strasbourg, France, the World Book Capital for 2024
If you’re planning to vacation in France this year, there is good reason to add Strasbourg to your itinerary – for it is the city that has formed and inspired some of the world’s greatest illustrators and cartoonists.
Lale Westvind and Aidan Koch in Conversation: ‘Creative Energy Is a Holy Thing’ – The Comics Journal #310 Preview
Aidan Koch (Spiral and Other Stories) and Lale Westvind (Grip), moderated by Austin English, have a conversation about self-publishing, inspiration, process, and more.
Michael Zulli, 1952-2024
Zulli, regarded by fans and peers as one of the most talented, detail-oriented comic book illustrators of his generation, passed away on July 8, 2024, following a long illness.
Comix Experience’s 35th Anniversary Party: A photo report
The San Francisco store celebrated its anniversary back in March.
Summon the Heroes – This Week’s Links
Is nature healing? No. But do we have links? Yes!
‘You either take my word for it or you don’t’: Revisiting Darwyn Cooke’s Parker
Are Cooke’s Parker adaptations the best Parker adaptations? Tom Shapira investigates.
Bosch, Still and Bushmiller: Hurricane Nancy discusses her influences
Nancy Burton discusses her diverse artistic influences with Alex Dueben.
Five Floors of Comics: The Beaubourg’s BD Blockbuster
Cynthia Rose takes us on a tour through the exhibit Comics on Every Floor at the Centre Georges Pompidou.
Hedgehog’s Dilemma – This Week’s Links
Heatwave season continues, and so once again I thank my lucky little stars that it is only abject laziness and a distinct lack of natural talent that has cruelly kept me from being an Olympic athlete.
Arrivals and Departures- July 2024
RJ Casey read way too many anthologies, so now you have to, too.
Excerpt: Braba: A Brazilian Comics Anthology
Courtesy of Fantagraphics, today we are pleased to share an excerpt from Braba: A Brazilian Comics Anthology.
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.
You Don’t Need a License to Drive a Sandwich – This Week’s Links
I’m here to remind you that making assumptions makes an ass out of ‘u’ and ‘mptions’, and so there are yet more links this week.
Peter B. Gillis, 1952-2024
New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed comic book writer Peter Benno Gillis passed away in the company of friends and family in upstate New York on June 20, 2024, after a series of medical issues that kept him in and out of hospitals over the past several years.
“It was definitely weird knowing that people would read about my darkest secrets”: An interview with Siobhán Gallagher
Siobhán Gallagher talks with Gina Gagliano about healing oneself by drawing the unmentionable, body image, and approaching the hidden culture of disordered eating.
