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Fighting the “Masters of White Poop”: Charles Glaubitz On the Kirbyesque Power of StarseedsStarseeds is a mix of quantum physics, cosmic mythology, Joseph Campbell heroics, biblical fight comics, metaphorical political commentary,...
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How To Steal The World – This Week’s LinksThe summer doldrums are in full effect at the moment, not helped by the finishing up of most of the major international sporting tournaments...
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Cindy and Biscuit Vol. 1: We Love TroubleSpeaking of the halcyon days of the antediluvian internet, the Mindless Ones blog began in 2008. If you’d asked me, I would have bet the site...
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The Conclusion of Happy Mania“Happī mania kanketsu ” From Manga no ibasho ( Where Manga Belongs ; NTT Shuppan, 2003), pp. 216-217. Translators' Introduction...
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The Ribbon Queen #1 (of 8)A new project by Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows 1 brings with it a certain set of expectations. This is the team that brought us Crossed ,...
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River’s EdgeIn case you were thinking that maybe the edge of a river is just the number one place where teenagers, across all cultures, find dead bodies,...
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The Lonesome ShepherdI don’t know who James Collier is apart from being the creative mind behind The Lonesome Shepherd , but he seems to have learned from the best....
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On Hybrid Books and Hungry Ghosts: An Interview with Middle Grade Cartoonist Remy LaiAustralia-based Remy Lai has written and drawn seven graphic novels and 'hybrid' comics/prose books for children. Her 2019 debut, Pie in...
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Betrayal (Sorcerer Theme) – This Week’s LinksI’m not sure who booked in these headline events marking the 50th anniversary of the formation of the direct market, but they sure seem to have...
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The Great British Bump-Off #1-4Ah, me! Remember when the world was young, and suffused with potential? Recall, if you will, the era of the early Internet. Cast your minds back...
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Comic and Film: A Conversation with Adrian Tomine on ShortcomingsBrooklyn-based cartoonist Adrian Tomine arrived on the '90s comics scene as a self-publishing teenage wunderkind and the envy of many in...
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Transmissions from the Void: On Vacuum Decay and Harry Nordlinger’s Evolving Nihilistic VisionAll images in this article from Vacuum Decay , Issue #5 cover art by Michael Falotico. Many an observer has stated that we are...
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Wasp Video RoadhouseIn Carlos Gonzalez's "Star Power" (2014), included in Floating World Comics' recent collection of Gonzalez's shorter works, Wasp Video Roadhouse...
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“I Just Wanna Keep Doing This”: Jay Hosler on 20 Years of YA ComicsI first interviewed Jay Hosler roughly 20 years ago - the first interview I ever did for The Comics Journal (issue #261 to be...
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I Know You Are, But What Am I – This Week’s LinksJust over a month until the new NFL season begins, but we all know, in our heart of hearts, we’ve always known, there could never have been any...
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Local Heroes: The Uncanny CounterAll images from the (uncredited) English translation of The Uncanny Counter on Tapas. Story and art by Jang E. In an era where superhero...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen #1-5My first exposure to Usagi Yojimbo was through the medium of television, via the estimable rabbit’s appearances on the third season of the...
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Social Fiction“Science fiction is not 'about the future.' Science fiction is in dialogue with the present ... a significant distortion of the present that sets...
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Seth’s Palookaville 24: “Can a memory die of neglect?”Pulling out the 24th edition of Seth’s Palookaville from its mailing wrapper, it’s hard not to feel like a kid at Christmas. That is to...
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Murky WorldOn the back cover of Murky World —a hardcover collection 1 of a serial that ran first in b&w through several issues of Dark Horse...
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All Very Existential: An Interview with Arthur RansonArthur Ranson , to me, is one of the finest comic artists to come out of the United Kingdom. With a style that appeared almost...
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Let Forever Be – This Week’s LinksIt’s very rainy at the moment, rain across England in general, rain causing cricket matches to be abandoned, rain predominantly featuring in the...
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Heart EyesSo have I ever mentioned my theory of cheesecake? Maybe I’ve mentioned it once or twice. Maybe “theory” is overstating it... let’s say maxim....
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Morgan’s ComicsIt is no great revelation to say that comic book retail is, at least in the popular imagination, a boys’ club. A much-cited ICv2...
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My Life Among HumansEver have trouble relating to others, especially those you desperately want to relate to the most? Then perhaps you can relate to the nameless...
