You don’t know who Walter Biggins is but he’s fantastic and now it’s too...
Confession: I did not know the name of the editor of the University Press of Mississippi's excellent line of books about comics—spanning scholarly works on Chris Ware, Alan Moore, Osamu Tezuka and everyone in between—but his name is Walter Biggins and now he's leaving. But luckily Jeet Heer, who wrote several books for the line, catches up with him first —hopefully USM's strong comics list will continue:
Persepolis removed from Chicago schools amidst confusion; protest scheduled
Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, a stunning coming of age story considered a classic by many, has been ordered removed from Chicago's Lane Technical High School for reasons that remain unclear.
Manga pioneer Toren Smith as remembered by Lea Hernandez
by Lea Hernandez - My long-time friend Toren Smith has passed away after a protracted bout of ill health, and I'm heartbroken. I worked for him over the course of seventeen years as part of his elite Studio Proteus team; doing retouch on adult comics, and rewriting titles like 3x3 Eyes, What's Michael? And Oh! My Goddess!. If Toren had lived another year, I would've known him for exactly half my life.
Former Marvel head in sexting scandal
Okay he was only the head of Marvel for six months during Ron Perelman's murky march to bankruptcy—in fact he was the guy in charge when Marvel filed—but former Marvel CEO Scott Sassa has been canned from his current gig at Hearst after steamy texts from a Las Vegas stripper showed up somewhere they shouldn't.
Titan Unveil ‘Monster Massacre’ Anthology
The Brit Zone continues, sort of, with a new announcement from Titan Comics. This week Titan unveiled a new co-publishing deal between themselves and...
ON THE SCENE: Was Will Eisner a Novelist?
Towards the end of his life, witnessing the rise of the graphic novel as a format, Will Eisner commented on the fact that his...
Kick-Watcher: The way it should be: Lars Brown’s Penultimate Quest
Kickstarter has been a talking point in the comics industry ever since its conception, most recently and prominently for the fallout between Mark Andrew Smith and...
Review: Relish- food and comics, a happy marriage
Relish by Lucy Knisley
First Second
A few years ago, if you were told about the rise of the Internet and asked to predict one of...
Cartoonists doing things: Nate Powell in Selma
Cartoonist Nate Powell (left) along with Rep. John Lewis and writer Andrew Aydin—all collaborators on the upcoming graphic novel March—walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma AL, March 2013, where in 1965 600 marchers protesting for civil rights, among them Lewis, were tear gassed and beaten with clubs by police.
Cartoonists Doing Things: Shigeru Mizuki eats a hamburger
The 90-year-old creator of NonNonBa, Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths, and such yokai masterpieces as GeGeGe no chows down with relish. As recounted in...
I’m going all Tumblr on ya
This is an announcement of vital import and historic significance!
On the Scene: World War 3 Illustrated, A New York Institution
Feeling adventurous I journeyed out to an unfamiliar part of Bushwick last night for an opening night party for the new issue of World War 3 Illustrated. Founded in 1980, this comics magazine has been charting politics, struggle, and social causes around the world for more than 30 years. The latest issue's theme is "The Other," surely a propitious one. I've yet to read the whole issue but the parts presented last night were quite striking.
