Animation Legend Willie Ito on Disney, Hanna-Barbera, and the two-decade journey of Hello Maggie
Willie Ito was ready to retire in 1999 after a 50-year career at the world's biggest animation studios. Instead, he spent the next two decades bringing a deeply personal story of the Japanese American incarceration to the screen.
Black Comics Under Fire: 10 Stories That Sparked Controversy
Ten moments in Black comics that sparked controversy within the community, across the industry, or around the world.
Graphic Novel Review: First Freedom – The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth is...
First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth is a deeply researched, beautifully executed, historical and biographical graphic novel.
Interview: Cartoonist Zander Cannon on the frontlines of the Minnesota resistance
Cartoonist Zander Cannon talks about life on the ground in Minnesota as protests continue against ICE and its violent tactics
Bill Schanes acquires assets of Bud Plant’s Bud’s Art Books
After more than 40 years of acquiring each other's companies, Bill Schanes has acquired the assets of Bud Plant's Art Books, with plans to expand its reach
A year of free comics: Martin Luther King and The Montgomery Story
With a cover price of 10¢ and a 250,000 print run, this comic, first published in 1957, shows the power of the medium to inspire and educate.
Inside the upcoming Heavy Metal Library Kickstarter campaign
Heavy Metal has announced a Kickstarter for four of its best loved properties, but just what is inside them? HM expert RM Rhodes gives some background.
The secret history of the toy/comics connection: Larry Hama and The G.I. Joe Story
The GI Joe comic as written by Larry Hama not only created a universe that has been a multimedia success for decades, it was part of how comics and toys companies collaborated
Heavy Metal and Métal Hurlant: It’s Complicated
As Humanoids goes bankrupt. a look at the complicated history of Métal Hurlant and Heavy Metal magazines
Honey, DC Comics Shrunk the Comics: A brief history of DC’s compact comics
DC's Compact Comics are a huge hit with readers, but there were many attempts in the past at smaller format comics
Mort Walker’s THE LEXICON OF COMICANA getting a new edition
Mart Walker's The Lexicon of Comicana is coming back in a new edition from NY Review Books, edited by Brian Walker
So what will it take to get a street named after Jack Kirby?
Efforts to get a permanent street named for Jack Kirby have been stymied by local politics by years.
