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Talya Modlin is a Chicago based cartoonist/art type.

I know you are all sick of LaBeouf-gate, but while we in the comics trenches have been laughing at Labeouf's twitter and skywriting antics...

As soon as the above triumphal tableau from Image Expo was posted, just after Princess Leia presented Scott Snyder with his medal, I knew...

Mike Dawson of Troop 142 fame—whose new GN this year, Angie Bongiolatti (Secret Acres) should be much talked about— has a daughter and now...

Well just a few hours ago we were speculating that serial plagiarist Shia LaBeouf wouldn't be speaking out until the round of press for...

This is a thing that actually happened. When I first saw it popping up on my feeds I thought it was some kind of photo shop jobbie, but no. Shia LaBeouf, the embattled plagiarist/actor, hired a plane to skywrite "I am sorry Daniel Clowes" over the pellucid skies of Los Angeles.

Well the minutes are ticking down in this timezone, and as is tradition we see out 2013 with the JC Leyendecker Saturday Evening Post...

I just can’t muster the hubris to do a Top 10 list.  Lists are subject to the tastes of the reviewer(s).  One person’s top...

Ty Templeton's Bun Toons are always a delight. He currently running down the year in cartoons.

Kate Beaton has put all her holiday comics in one massive post. These are finely observed moments of family life, the laughter specific...

Well, another bar is closing in New York: Smithfield on 28th Street. This was mostly a soccer/sports bar, as the above photo of Six Alex Ferguson, legendary manager of Man United, hanging out with the owners shows. But as Ben and I knew these owners and much of the staff, this was also a little bit of a comic book bar.

Usagi Yojimbo creator and legendary nice guy Stan Sakai has had a difficult year as his wife Sharon has been undergoing many medical troubles....