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Just Tell Me Who Won – This Week’s LinksThankfully, as the links, below, are collated for another week, we are heading into a faintly ridiculous run of international sporting events,...
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My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book TwoThe arrival in 2017 of Emil Ferris’ My Favorite Thing is Monsters caused a tidal wave of praise in the comics world that was as unlikely as...
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‘What always struck me was that there was no justice’: An Interview with Derf Backderf on the state of campus policingDerf Backderf, photo by Alain Seux On May 4, 1970, the National Guard opened fire on protesters at Kent State University, killing four and...
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Miriam Libicki on VanCAF, bannings, and political protestsMiriam Libicki. Photo by Jeff Vinick, courtesy of Vancouver Public Library. The saga of Miriam Libicki and the Vancouver Comic Art...
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The War on Gaza – 6.11.24This is the eleventh installment of Joe Sacco’s column, “The War on Gaza.” The post The War on Gaza – 6.11.24 appeared first on The Comics...
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The Question Omnibus Volume 2I would like to begin with an ending. Specifically, I would like to begin with an ending for an entirely different series: The final issue of the...
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In This Way I Made My Debut: Yamagami Tatsuhiko’s Compendium of New Philosophy: A Comedy“Karōjite debyū: Yamagami Tatsuhiko Kigeki shin shisō taikei, hoka” As published in Seishun manga retsuden ( Legend of Manga’s Youth ;...
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Give Or Take A Million – This Week’s LinksIt’s another one of those weeks where, after writing the words billion and million more times than you would usually care to, courtesy of this...
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Tender"Some days I think I'd feel better if I tried harder," the Mountain Goats sing, the first half of a sentiment that seems largely to anchor...
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Recordando Latino Comics Expo cofundador Ricardo Padilla, 1966-2024Nota: Traducción cortesía de Javier Hernandez. Para leer la versión en inglés de esta publicación, haga clic aquí. “Siempre fue un...
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Remembering Latino Comix Expo co-founder Ricardo Padilla, 1966-2024Note: To read the Spanish language version of this post, click here. “It was always a pleasure to do the Latino Comics Expo because...
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The Bogie Man: The Incomplete Case FilesThe Bogie Man only has one joke. Granted, it is a pretty funny joke; maybe even enough to pull over and over again across several...
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Remembering John Ronan, 1962-2024John Ronan at his graduation day at UCI in 1993. Photo by Eric Reynolds. Teacher, comics scholar and former Comics Journal News Editor John...
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Pure Folly BooksSome shops do everything right. When Edward Uvanni opened Pure Folly Books in 2021, it was a propitious time for the comic book business....
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Serenade of Water – This Week’s LinksIt’s a travelling week for your mild-mannered linkblogger, and so this week’s links, below, are being written, as it tradition during these...
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PeepPeep is a new anthology, edited by Sammy Harkham and Steve Weissman , printed at the same dimensions as Kramers Ergot 10 was, but at...
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‘I don’t know if many people do a graphic novel the way I did this one’: Talking with Rick Altergott about Blessed BeThere has been a lot of anticipation for Blessed Be , Rick Altergott's first graphic novel, which, of course, stars his comical goofballs...
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Blessed BeHow wonderful – how delightful! – to run into an old friend after an extended absence. O fortuna spins over onward, and we are but fools to...
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The War on Gaza – 5.28.24This is the tenth installment of Joe Sacco’s column, “The War on Gaza.” The post The War on Gaza – 5.28.24 appeared first on The Comics...
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3rd Eye Landslide – This Week’s LinksWe find ourselves, inexorably, moving out of peak Canadian comics events season and into peak US comics events season, with all the attendant...
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Don Perlin, 1929-2024Don Perlin in his home studio shortly after moving to Florida (note the old-style Mac in the background). All photos of Perlin are courtesy of...
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Washington’s Gay General: The Legends and Loves of Baron von SteubenThink back to your history classes (for some of you this might be further back in time than others). When your class discussed the American...
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Arrivals and Departures- May 2024When’s the last time you looked at some clouds? Or gave your old friend a call? Underrated springtime activities, for sure. Maybe you can do...
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Champion of Mini Comics Michael Dowers Dies at the age of 73From Newave: the Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s , edited by Dowers, 2010 A legion of comics creators whose work has rarely entered the...
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Michael Dowers TributesSeattle Star #1, Peter Bagge cover art When news of Starhead Comix-Brownfield Press publisher/Eros editor/musician/Tarot advocate Michael...
