Gary Edson Arlington (1938-2014), Creator of the Comic Book Store
by Bob Calhoun
Gary Arlington's comic book store on 23rd Street in San Francisco's Mission District seemed more like a feat of engineering than the...
Help Batman co-creator Bill FInger get his own Google Doodle
February 8th will mark the 100th birthday of Bill Finger—the unsung writer who actually created most of the Batman mythology that we know and...
Stephen Bissette makes an important point about Miracleman
The long LONG awaited arrival at long last of Marvel's Miracleman reprint series has led to many conversations: on pricing, on censorship, on credits....
It’s Martin Luther King Day
It's a holiday for many of us, and what better way to celebrate the birthday of Martin Luthor King than to suggest that if...
RIP: Mae Young
Wrestling Hall of Famer Mae Young died earlier this week, at age 90. She wrestled in 7 decades, as recently as 2010, a...
Shocking claim: Booth Babes Don’t Work
Does sex really sell? We all know it does, but marketing dude Spencer Chen has a post at Techcrunch that suggests Booth Babes Don’t...
National Cartoonists Society honors Russ Heath with the Milton Caniff Award
The NCS has just announced that Russ Heath will receive The Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award . The Caniff is presented to a cartoonist...
Webcomics alert: Whit Taylor on survival
A lot of people have been linking toWhite Taylor's comic about surviving a sexual assault. It's tough reading and brave but a needed reminder about the real life pain that certain acts people blog and tweet about all day actually have. Taylor writes:
Julia Wertz on alcoholism, cartooning and life
The hysterically funny Julia Wertz hasn't been cartooning as much lately, as she deals with staying sober and improving her life. Over at Narrative, she writes with humor about her ups and downs and shares some her private diary comics.
Must read: Allison Baker on Image Expo and the Public Perception Problem
Alison Baker is co-publisher of Monkeybrain Comics and I think it's no secret that her super-power is bering super smart: when she isn't promoting...
One year sub to The Comics Journal archives now available for $30
That's right for a mere thirty beans, you get access to The Comics Journals digital archives for one year. This was previously available...
