Pull quotes: Where the money comes from
"These days, comics need to carry more weight, to make a stronger emotional connection with the reader. You can’t put a fluffy show like...
Dave Stevens book about ready to ship
Arnold Fenner writes to tell us that Spectrum Fantastic Art has posted several audio excerpts from interviews with the late Dave Stevens as well...
Keith Knight in Tucson
Controversial cartoonist Keith Knight visited the University of Arizona and talked about his recent, controversial cartoon which contained "the 'n' word", in a story...
Awesome photos
Google announced that they have made LIFE magazine's photos archives available online. Not only does this mean that regular folks can look at the...
Pull quotes: That farmland spark
"Before the turbines I had a very happy, hardworking life that actually makes me cry when I remember it."
- Lynda Barry talks to Vice...
S. Clay Wilson in intensive care with “severe brain injury”
Steve Duin has sad news:S. Clay Wilson, one of the seminal figures in the underground comix movement, suffered a "severe brain injury" last weekend,...
David Heatley responds
Last week's lively debate at Comics Comics over the merits of David Heatley's MY BRAIN IS HANGING UPSIDE DOWN has drawn a point-by-point...
The day in political cartooning
§ Gawker predicts hard times for political cartoonists if Obama is elected. Part of the problem is that caricaturing the African-American candidate could draw...
Bill Leak on the mend
Great news from down under, as cartoonist Bill Leak, who was in a medically induced coma for three days after experiencing a severe head...
Charles Crumb remembered
This remembrance of outsider artist Charles Crumb, who committed suicide in 1994, and was the brother of the cartoonist, has been linked...
24 Hour Comics Day remembered
Last Saturday saw cartoonists all over the world put pencil and pen to the grindstone for this year's 24 Hour Comics Day. Since the...
People are talking about…
§ Berkeley Breathed talks about the end of Opus:
While fans won’t know the penguin’s fate for two weeks, Breathed did say the character...
