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Nancy & Sluggo’s Guide to LifeErnie Bushmiller’s work has, in the last three decades, gone from being a risible example of kitsch to a perceived pinnacle of comics in their...
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Abolish Judge DreddFrom “A Better World,” a Judge Dredd storyline serialized in 2000 AD #2364-2372 (10 Jan. 2024 - 6 Mar. 2024); art by Henry Flint, lettered...
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It Conquered The World – This Week’s LinksYou could, if you were so inclined, at this point in the century, initiate a party game, not necessarily a fun one per se, where guests were...
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The U RayIn a later storyline, appearing in the first volume of Frank Johnson: Secret Pioneer of American Comics (ed. Byrne and Keith Mayerson,...
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Evan Salazar throws a Rodeo: ‘If something is well made, people will care’Photo of Evan Salazar by Paul Blair Gordon. Evan Salazar is an unlikely figurehead for a cultural movement in comics, and yet here he is....
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The War on Gaza – 5.14.24This is the ninth installment of Joe Sacco’s column, “The War on Gaza.” The post The War on Gaza – 5.14.24 appeared first on The Comics...
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How War BeginsA short biography of Igort in the back of How War Begins ends by listing a few of his earlier works. Listing the books by the Italian...
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“A lot of my comics are fart jokes”: An interview with Bhanu PratapThere are a few cartoonists working today whose comics immediately redefine our sense of the medium. Bhanu Pratrap is one. When I first...
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Excellent Italian Greyhound – This Week’s LinksWriting this introductory blurb on my phone at the midway break-point of the first sunny bike ride of the year through southeast London, and I’m...
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Self Esteem and the End of the WorldOne must, it is to be supposed, admire a book so dogged in illustrating the adventures of a thoroughly unlikeable human being. It is an especial...
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The Curses of Kevin Huizenga and George Wylesol: Wonder and isolationNever underestimate the power of serendipity, my friends. Case in point: I never would have thought to conceive of Kevin Huizenga and...
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The War on Gaza – 5.7.24This is the eighth installment of Joe Sacco's column, "The War on Gaza." The post The War on Gaza – 5.7.24 appeared first on The Comics...
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‘A perfect situation for making all kinds of mistakes’: A talk with Pierre La PoliceAs you might expect from an artist who uses a pseudonym, Pierre La Police prefers to let his work speak for itself. And he’s got...
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Stormy May Day – This Week’s LinksChanges afoot at TCJ this week, more on which can be read in this week’s links, below, but our collective perception of time remains a...
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Wild’s End: Book OneBefore we begin this review I have a request: go and look at the Dan Abnett bibliography . A bit intimidating, is it? Odds are, between the time...
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Don Wright, 1934-2024A Don Wright cartoon from 1969. Ted Rall never knew Don Wright. But like so many political cartoonists, he was touched by his work....
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A letter from the building’s new superintendentsHello all, welcome and thank you for joining us on this latest junket of the Comics Journal website. As you might already know, we are...
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The High DesertJames Spooner is probably best known for Afropunk (2003), a documentary that explores what it means to be Black and a punk. This graphic...
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My Last SighI can see now why monarchs wait to die; an orderly transfer of power is a lot of damn work. In January of this year, preparations began at my...
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“I Think After All These Years I Finally Accepted That Comics is Actually my Calling”: Talking with Jay StephensJay Stephens, in a graveyard on Manitoulin Island (photo by John Stephens). All artwork throughout this interview by Stephens, unless otherwise...
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Superstition, Fear, and Jealousy – This Week’s LinksWe find ourselves landed firmly in the middle of the uneasy, murky no-man’s land between Record Store Day and Free Comic Book Day, two holidays...
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Meanwhile, 40 Years Later…From Ronin Book II #4 (Aug. 2023); written & drawn by Frank Miller, inked & toned by Daniel Henriques, lettered by John Workman. Please...
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Asterix and the White IrisPlease note that this review is based on the UK release by Sphere. A North American edition is also available from Papercutz. * * * With a...
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A Conversation with Trina Robbins, December 2023Robbins and Mary Fleener (head turned) at the San Diego Comic Fest in March 2019. Photo by Chris Anthony Diaz, used with permission....
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Trina Robbins, 1938-2024Trina Robbins and Steve Leialoha at the San Diego Comic Fest at the Four Points Sheraton in March 2019. Photo by Chris Anthony Diaz. Please...
