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Recent Articles
San Diego Serenade — This Week’s Links
It’s that point in the dog days of summer where the vast majority of news outlets have a quick gander over at the winners of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, and this week’s links is no exception
Giant Sized Man-Child Thing: Thinking through Richard Corben’s Den saga
Tom Shapria asks the age-old question: What’s the deal with Richard Corben’s Den anyway?
Remembering artist, teacher, publisher and activist Turtel Onli, 1952-2025
Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. Chicago. The Harold Washington Library Center in Chicago. I stepped out of the elevator to a cacophony of discordant sounds … hip-hop music, the pounding of feet on a dance floor, children running, parents screaming, teenagers arguing about the latest comic. Yes, this was a library. But this library was hosting… Read more »
Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud
‘What do you think would happen if we combined Smile with Understanding Comics?’ Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud have the answer
Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud talk to Gina Gagliano about their collaboration, The Cartoonists Club.
Jim Shooter, Sept. 27, 1951-June 30, 2025
Steven Ringgenberg remembers the man who is arguably Marvel Comics most well-known Editor-in-Chief after Stan Lee.
Arrivals and Departures — July 2025
In this very special episode of Arrivals and Departures, RJ Casey devotes his entire column to Henry McCausland’s River Rangers.
Uncertain Transgressions
Helen Chazan on the transgressions of Nick Bunch’s Desert Rats #1 and Quinn Amacher’s Frolic #1.
Portraiture and the Creative Necessity of Collaboration: a chat with Youssef Daoudi
Youssef Daoudi talks to Alex Dueben about collaboration with author Adrian Matejka, when to take a chance, and his latest, The Giant: Orson Welles, the Artist and the Shadow.
San Diego Comic Con 2024 in pictures
Chris Anthony Diaz attended SDCC and all he got were tons and tons of photos.
We’re Off To Waterloo — This Week’s Links
Awards, death threats, bankruptcies and lawsuits. You know, the usual.
Excerpt: Manga: A New History by Eike Exner
We are very pleased today to bring you an excerpt from Eike Exner’s upcoming book.
‘If you had my wiener, would it save your son?’: The big, hairy questions of Dandadan
Shaenon Garrity takes a deep dive into Yukinobu Tatsu’s smash hit and finds a new subgenre of manga.
‘I became much happier and healthier when I started telling stories’: A talk with Jeff Lemire
Jeff Lemire talks to Jason Bergman about scratching the itch.
The Diamond Bankruptcy: At Last, It All Starts to Make Sense
Diamond’s bankruptcy continues to unfold, with new legal disputes: part 5 from Brigid Aversion.
2024 Hot off the Press Book Fair: photo gallery
With this year’s Hot Off the Press event taking place this weekend, we thought it would be a good opportunity to look back at last year’s show, courtesy of Chris Diaz’s fine photos.
He’s Happy Down there, Leave him be: The Bubbles Con 2025 scene report
A nourishing visit to Bubbles Con 2025 in Richmond, Virginia where all of the buses are free.
Three from Cram: Burlingame, Myers, and Lloyd
Three recent titles from Cram: Leone in “Blood from the Stone” and Other Stories by Max Burlingame, Big Gamble Rainbow Highway by Connie Myers, and The Yard by Jack Lloyd reviewed with loving and loathing by Hagai Palevsky.
‘I had a panic attack because I realized I was making a romance comic’: Stjepan Šejić on Sunstone and beyond
Jason Bergman sits down with the Sunstone creator to talk about how the series came to be, as well as the numerous other projects he’s working on.
Hot Dog and a Shake — This Week’s Links
An earlier than usual linkblog this week, due to the impending federal holiday.
The Complicated Feminist Legacy of Underground Comix
Wimmin’s Comix, Tits & Clits, and the feminist comics born outside the locked door to the little boy’s room.
R.I.P. Jim Shooter
As you probably have already heard former Marvel Editor-in Chief Jim Shooter has died at the age of 73 after a long battle with esophageal cancer. As the head of Marvel Comics during one of its largest and most significant periods of growth, Shooter was a controversial figure to put it mildly, one who was… Read more »
