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An Excerpt from The Comics Journal #309: At Last, The Crap We Need: A Pop Culture SagaIn this sample from a feature article in The Comics Journal #309, Helen Chazan reconsiders Kim Thompson’s landmark 1999 essay “ A Modest...
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Chekhov in the Funny PapersThe finest combination of words and pictures I have seen in some time is Ivana Filipovich ’s Where have you been? (Toxic Ink, 2022)....
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PTSD Radio Omnibus Vols. 1-3PTSD Radio , a formerly digital-only manga translation now published as three Omnibus volumes by Kodansha, is less a cohesive story than a...
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Future #1-10Finnish cartoonist Tommi Musturi recently concluded Future , his solo anthology series, with the release of its 10th issue. The series mostly...
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“I Need To Go Down Every Avenue That’s Available”: The Leah Hayes InterviewI’m fascinated by artists who seem restless and impatient, with seemingly endless irons in the fire at any given time. My fascination turns...
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Carryin’ Fire In A Horn – This Week’s LinksA lot of Marvel focus on the comics internet this week, while the rest of the world had its attention fixed squarely on one of the biggest...
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Pink LemonadeThe truth must be told, against all accusations of bias or partiality: I once drove two hours to buy an issue of this comic. True, it wasn’t the...
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An Excerpt from The Comics Journal #309: Fair Warning – Hyena HellHyena Hell’s jocular (and jock-ular) energy, coupled with her fierce inquiry as to how, why and what works, makes her a great instructor, as...
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Joseon Attorney: Webtoons on the ScreenIn terms of general popularity, Joseon Attorney wasn't exactly a major hit. The historical fusion drama ended with television ratings of...
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When Adult Comics Came to SwedenHorst Schröder in his basement storage room in December 2022. Photo by Robert Aman. “Provocateur,” “pervert,” “genius,” “pioneer” - indeed,...
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Stan LeeBlissfully timed for the comics industry's current problems over intractable historic fault lines, here's a new documentary about Stan Lee made by...
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On The Necrophilic Landscape"She wasn't interested in style or gestures of sophistication, but instead on the true implications embedded within peoples art. " -...
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“Even The Inner World Is Unknowable”: An Interview with Lonnie Nadler & Jenna Cha of The SicknessLonnie Nadler & Jenna Cha Lonnie Nadler and Jenna Cha are a creative duo I check in with often. I've been following Nadler with...
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John Romita, 1930-2023Undated Comics Journal file photo. The work of John Romita spanned several eras, and defined one. He was among the first generation of...
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Prohibition Dirge – This Week’s LinksA bad week for losing good people, but, with the speed of the modern news cycle, the experiences being shared under #comicsbrokeme...
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Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons*CONTAINS SPOILERS* Well hoss, since you’ve called my bluff, it behooves me to lay my cards on the table: I’m just not a big Wonder Woman...
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An Excerpt from The Comics Journal #309: Huge Planets Making Their Turns – An Inés Estrada InterviewEstrada in 2022. Cartoonist Inés Estrada was born in Mexico City, in 1990. Over the past 12 years, she’s emerged as one of the most vibrant...
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An Interview with John Romita by Tom SpurgeonThis interview was originally published in The Comics Journal #252 (May 2003). John Romita with his son at a fundraiser for a...
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Comicon Napoli 2023All photos by Valerio Stivé, unless otherwise noted. Comicon Napoli is the second-largest comics event in Italy - so large that this year...
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Dialogue Balloons: AI and SoulJason chats with Tom Kaczynski of Uncivilized Books about the potential impacts of AI and its "slick magic." The post Dialogue Balloons: AI and...
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Can an Artist Be Happy? Arizona O’Neill Poses the QuestionPhoto by Justine Latour. In her debut graphic novel Est-ce qu’un artiste peut être heureux? ("Can an Artist Be Happy?"; Revue Zinc ,...
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On His Shell He Holds The Earth – This Week’s LinksNo smoke here in sunny olde London towne, but we have block-shifted from grey skies/uncomfortably windy right through to blue...
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The Ink Farm Jam Comic: Day 5The Ink Farm is a place in Augusta, Kentucky. It was founded by the artists Carol Tyler and Justin Green (1945-2022), in the hopes of...
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The Ink Farm Jam Comic: Day 4The Ink Farm is a place in Augusta, Kentucky. It was founded by the artists Carol Tyler and Justin Green (1945-2022), in the hopes of...
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Girl JuiceWhen last we checked in , for 2019’s Silver Sprocket release of Lorna , Benji Nate’s work held a pleasant roundness. The word I circled back...
