Al Columbia.com
Al Columbia is one of the more mysterious figures in comics, although it's more mystique than reality. Part of the mystery stems from his...
Hyeondo Park and FOR MURPHY
Another comics star in the making?
UPDATE: Dean Haspiel reminds us that Park draws COME THE DAWN at Chemistry Set:
Part One
Part Two
BLANKETS and FUN HOME on hot seat in MISSOURI
A Marshall, Missouri woman has requested that FUN HOME by Alison Bechdel and BLANKETS by Craig Thompson be removed from the library shelves, because...
Just one word: infographics
The rise of the graphic novel is greatly tied in with the increased prevalence of "visual literacy." As guru McCloud predicted a while ago,...
Ben Heymann guests with Lauren Weinstein
Lauren Weinstein writes to tell us that the very first guest artist is up at girlstoriescomics.com.
His name is Ben Heymann, a former teenage student...
10/4 Linkie winkins
§ Jim Woodring is selling some new art at his IVORY TOWER ART OUTLET.
§ Very nice Ed Brubaker profile (not INTERVIEW) At the Seattle...
Comics in Virginia Quarterly Review
Now even literary magazines, the last bastion of reading, are being invaded by comics! But the comics are cool and...well, literary. The Virginia...
Halloween looms
How to Build a Better Bat Costume. An innocent umbrella most give its life for this, but it's Halloween and there are no rules....
News from all over
• Love the New York Post's headlines: FINDING HUMOR IN A TUMOR a profile of Marisa Acocella Marchetto and CANCER VIXEN.
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Woman Corner
Over at TIME.com Andrew Arnold reviews five graphic novels that all happen to be written by women.
Meanwhile, over at SF Weekly, Karen...
Japanese make progress on “Power Suit”
Always on the cutting edge, Japanese engineers are perfecting a wearable power suit. The 66-pound suit is driven by portable batteries, micro air...
Those were the days
Kevin Huizenga posts pictures from The Golden Encyclopedia, and we are stupefied with jealousy.











