Tribute: Al Jaffee is 95
Yesterday the great Al Jaffee turned 95. He's been contributing to Mad Magazine for a mere 61 years as the master of the "Fold-In," a few of which are presented below. Still active and charming as ever, Mr. Jaffee is one of the few people who can genuinely be said to speak with a "stentorian" presence, and I would just sit and listen to him read the phone book.
To do this weekend, NYC: Guido Crepax at the Scott Eder Gallery
Italian comics maestro Guide Crepax is getting what I'm willing to bet is his first ever US art exhibit this weekend at the Scott Eder Gallery in Dumbo.
It’s a Jungle Out There: New York City gets enmeshed in the VINES Kickstarter
VINES by Mike Geszel, Ben McCool*** and Inaki Miranda in a project thaht's been in the works for a while, and though Miranda remains as concept...
Mitch O’Connell’s Donald Trump/They Live t-shirt may be more popular today
Artist Mitch O'Connell originally put the above t-shirt design on sale back in September when it seemed more like a funny, funny joke. But...
Nice Art: Daniel Clowes covers this weeks New Yorker with “Privileged Characters”
It's Oscar week and who better to cover it for the New Yorker than former Oscar nominee Daniel Clowes himself.
Clowes ultra-eagerly awaited graphic...
When will the big players crack down on unlicensed prints?
For years, there have been rumors of Marvel and Dc shutting down the countless unauthorized prints, t-shirts and sketchbooks sold at conventions featuring licensed...
Comix Creatrix: the blockbuster art show is now a free 200 page book about...
The timing was fortuitous with Angoulême-gate, but Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics an art show co-curated by Olivia Ahmad and Paul Gravett ...
Veronica Fish named ongoing artist for new-look Archie series
With the shock of the lipstick incident behind us, it's time for the well-received realistic Archie comic to get a "permanent" ongoing artist, and it's Veronica Fish. Fiona Staples launched the title in high style, Annie Wu drew issue #4 with more style, and Fish has been on starting with last month's issue #5. She joins writer Mark Waid, colorists Andre Szymanowicz and Jen Vaughn, and letterer Jack Morelli. Issue #6 goes on sale next week, 2/17 and the cover is shown above.
On The Scene: Our Comics,Ourselves Illuminates The History of Comics Diversity
Interference Archive's Our Comics, Ourselves ongoing art exhibit is a powerful reminder of how comics have always been an expression of personal issues from many viewpoints.
Review: 750 Years In Paris offers details within the broad stroke of history
Given the recent tragic events in Paris, Vincent Mahé’s absolutely stunning 750 Years In Paris is a sprawling reminder that this is not the...
It took Bill Sienkiewicz 45 minutes to make this tribute to Alan Rickman
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MoCCA Arts Festival reveals 2016 key art by Noelle Stevenson
Just in time for her selection as comics industry Person of the Year, Noelle Stevenson has been announced as the creator of the key art for the 2016 MoCCA Arts Festival. MoCCA and Stevenson go back a ways: back in 2013 her student piece "Knight of Swords" was featured in MoCCA's Student Scholarship Competition. Stevenson was just a student at the Maryland Institute College of Art at the time. She's gone on to become a regular exhibitor at MoCCA, and hopefully in 2016 as well.
