Tag: Fantagraphics
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Memorabilia
By Sergio Ponchione
Fantagraphics Books
Italian cartoonist Ponchione has concocted a unique hybrid designed to highlight his own creative strengths while honoring those who have influenced...
Interview: Jim Woodring on working with Jack Kirby, having visions and making comics
James Romberger and Jim Woodring in conversation - plus a Comic Arts Brooklyn report.
Charles Forsman’s Netflix lightning strikes twice with ‘I Am Not Okay With This’
One of the biggest surprise Netflix hits of 2018 came from comics but not of the superhero variety. The widely-acclaimed series The End of...
Review: ‘Mort Cinder’ is a pioneer of the macabre
Mort Cinder — the character, not the book — offers more questions than answers, but that’s how it should be. Mort Cinder, the book,...
Review – Julia Gfrörer’s Laid Waste is a Hopefully Pessimistic Read
The moment that affected me the most in Julia Gfrörer's incredibly bleak comic Laid Waste happens after a group of children are seen carrying...
Review: Music as markers in ‘I Am Young’
Through the years, one thing that has consistently figured into the teenage remembrances of people I’ve known is music. We might have had completely...
Interview: Nick Thorburn discovers the missing link between humans and penguins
Nick Thorburn is well-known for his work in music, less so for his comics. The Canadian cartoonist is the long-time vocalist for Islands, as...
REVIEW: ‘Bastard’ features the world’s sweetest crime spree
In Bastard, Belgian cartoonist Max de Radigues presents one of the oddest crime partners you can imagine — mother and son. Well, not just...
Review: Jim Broadbent’s ‘Dull Margaret’ is dark humanity distilled to its essence
Less a linear story than an intense incantation filtered through a fever dream, Dull Margaret is the work of British actor Jim Broadbent, his debut...
Fantagraphics Has a Huge Digital Comics Sale – My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Early...
And Krazy Kat... and Carl Barks... and Bill Mauldin...
SDCC ’18: INTERVIEW – Exploring the Depths of the Human Condition with NOAH VAN...
The most humane creator in cartooning talks about his Comic Con experience, upcoming works, and Limp Bizkit.
