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Time Under TensionWhen I think about autobiographical comics, I always go back to the second issue of Joe Matt’s Peepshow . It’s the one where Joe’s girlfriend has...
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“I Was Always On The Weird End Of The Spectrum”: The Donald Simpson InterviewPhoto by Donald Simpson. In his four-decade career, Don Simpson has seen it all. He found early success with his signature superhero...
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Back to December – This Week’s LinksWell, I guess that the spirit who said I’d be visited over the Thanksgiving break by three ghosts of linkblogging’s past, present, and future...
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One Hundred TalesSo... Osamu Tezuka. What’s his deal, anyway? Anyone ever heard of this cat? I think he may have done a couple things. Humbling, as a reader and...
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Eternal Breath – Ron Regé, Jr.’s Spiritual CycleTime has come now to stop being human / time to find a new creature to be , sing Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 on their "Noble Experiment,"...
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Adventures Into ArchivesIt’s a golden age for horror reprints. The age in question may be around 50, which is that of the readers, but it is golden nonetheless. Recent...
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The Atlas Comics Library No. 1: Adventures into Terror Vol. 1The prevailing wisdom, at least when I was coming of age, was that EC was the high-water mark for most genre comics during the early 1950s,...
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Stories From ZooI have heard multiple times that a review in Bubbles does more to raise sales of a comic than coverage at this website, and so it pains me to...
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“Oh, Wow. It’s Giant Monsters”: An Interview with Chris WisniaChris Wisnia reflects on a giant monster sighting at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, via Odilon Redon's "The Cyclops" (1914)....
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Hogarth’s Heiress: Posy at the PompidouPoster for the Pompidou Centre exposition "Posy Simmonds, Drawing Literature." © Pompidou Centre/Bpi, all rights reserved. Britain and...
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Arrivals and Departures – November 2023It’s November and I’m thankful for you, my readers. Only three books this month, to save room for the mashed potatoes. Business Insider...
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Warm TelevisionJosh Pettinger , whose Goiter Comics series has been churning around in the self-publishing underground for a while now, has been catching some...
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Ed Subitzky on Poor Helpless Comics! and Other Funny BusinessEd Subitzky at the book launch for Poor Helpless Comics! The Cartoons (And More) of Ed Subitzky (New York Review Comics, 2023). Photo by John...
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I Went Down to Buy a Turkey Tree – This Week’s LinksThe last links round-up, below, of November arrives, ahead of next week’s Thanksgiving break, and so a period of quiet contemplation starts at...
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Moon Knight vs. Werewolf by Night: Marvel Tales #1To begin, a weird observation about life in the 21st century: suddenly people really like Moon Knight . Now, I like that dude just fine -...
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Seattle’s Short Run Comix & Arts Festival 2023All photos by Kristy Valenti unless otherwise noted. The 11th Short Run Comix & Arts Festival took place on Saturday, November 4,...
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Yoshiharu Tsuge’s Vagabond Rapists, 1968-1972Note: This essay discusses depictions of sexual violence at great length. It will cause some readers distress. Nobody has to read any of this....
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Still Alive: Graphic Reportage from Australia’s Immigration Detention SystemBack in 2015, over a year before the Brexit referendum took place, the right wing UK Independence Party called for “an Australian-style...
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Photos from the Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival: Small + Indie Press 2023The Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival (A2CAF): Small + Indie Press 2023 took place on Saturday, October 7, 2023, at the Ann Arbor District Library...
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“Thank God for Comics”: The Daniel Warren Johnson InterviewPage detail from Murder Falcon ; written & drawn by Daniel Warren Johnson, colored by Mike Spicer, lettered by Johnson & Rus Wooton....
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Golden Lawns, Village Green – This Week’s LinksAs everybody loves a round number, tomorrow marks 50 days until the end of the year, which means there are a mere 5 links round-ups remaining of...
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Excerpt: Innocent Omnibus Vol. 1Courtesy of Dark Horse, we’re pleased to share this excerpt from Innocent , a forthcoming translation of a 2013-15 seinen manga series from...
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2 x Brett Ewins and Peter MilliganWhat’s this - Peter Milligan, you say? Always something new on the grill from Mr. Milligan! Why, just in the last little while I’ve brought home...
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Retail Therapy Pre-Mortem Edition: Geoffrey’s Comics and Hi De Ho ComicsGeoffrey’s Comics. When Geoffrey’s Comics announced on their Facebook page toward the end of October that they would be shuttering...
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A Visit with M.S. Harkness in PittsburghCartoonists M.S. Harkness and CM Campbell. Photo by Matt Petras. M.S. Harkness stopped at The Copacetic Comics Company in Pittsburgh as...
