Brian Nicholson talks to the author of Shriekers and Pebbles about those comics, her career, and a whole lot more. The post You become a better writer by embodying characters: A chat with Molly Colleen O’Connell appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Shriekers 1&2 by Molly Colleen O'Connell, reviewed by Gina Dawson. The post Shriekers 1&2 appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Laser Eye Surgery by Walker Tate (Fantagraphics, 2025), reviewed by Hagai Palevsky. The post Laser Eye Surgery appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Zack Davisson pays homage to the late Haasch, who died of cancer on Sept. 6. The post Remembering Star Fruit Books publisher Matt Haasch, 1990-2025 appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Frazetta v. Spurlock is over. The lawsuit, which started with the heirs of Frank Frazetta suing writer and publisher J. David Spurlock over his use of two copyrighted images — and took a startling turn when the court stated that Spurlock had forged a document (an assertion he denies) — ended with a judgment in... Read more » The post Death Dealers in court: The Frazetta lawsuit against Vanguard and how an email led to forgery accusations appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
PCX 2024, Go Eagles! The post PCX 2024 photo gallery appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Let’s bask in the pumpkin spice ignorance of what the future holds, solemnly observe another national comic book day (???), and enjoy some more of this week’s links. The post Autumn Equinox — This Week’s Links appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
I love my toys. Feng shui be damned, I turned some of my kitchen shelves into an action figure display case, with themes. One shelf is various Batmen, from Dark Knight Frank Miller Batman to the Batman of Zur-En-Arhh to Mr. Potato Head Batman. Another shelf is for Jack Kirby characters, where for once Darkseid... Read more » The post Space Opera Xanadax appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Austin English collects remembrances from the friends and colleagues of the Reich and Story of Jezebel author, who died on Aug. 28 at the age of 50. The post Elijah Brubaker, 1975-2025 appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Not gay as in happy, but queer as in fuck you. - Ancient proverb There are many kinds of power, used and unused, acknowledged or otherwise. The erotic is a resource within each of us that lies in a deeply female and spiritual plane, firmly rooted in the power of our unexpressed or unrecognized... Read more » The post Spent: A Comic Novel appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Bud Pant's Incredible Exit Interview by Zach Rabiroff. The post Bud Plant is calling it a day: A conversation with the comics retail pioneer appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Chris Anthony Diaz saw more people than you could ever dare dream of at SDCC '25- and out of the goodness of his heart, will share his sightings with you all. The post San Diego Comic Con 2025 in pictures appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Wishing a fond fare-thee-well to short-sleeved flannel shirt weather, and warmly opening the door to long-sleeved flannel shirt weather, as the cosmic ballet goes on and on and on, here at this week’s links. The post Where Light Barely Reaches — This Week’s Links appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Once there was a publisher by the name of Slave Labor Graphics. That name wouldn’t fly these days, but for 25 years, cartoonists accepted it on the basis of it being unrepresentative of their payment practices. At least by Evan Dorkin’s account, they paid a greater royalty on reprints (60%) than anyone does now. Dorkin... Read more » The post Demon Summoner Gash Gash appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Peter David, the writer known for a long and inventive run on The Incredible Hulk, his copious work on Star Trek comics and licensed novels, and a bewildering number of comics, prose stories, editorial columns, animation scripts, film and television treatments, news stories, and blog entries died in a hospital bed on May 24, 2025,... Read more » The post The Professional: Peter David, 1956-2025 appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Month after month I have put out reviews of the latest self-published and micropress offerings and do you know what I’ve gotten in return? A lot of DMs, that’s what. The post Arrivals and Departures — September 2025 appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Kafka’ s Manuscript by Jason Novak reviewed by Tate McFadden.| The Comics Journal
Richard Pound talks to the Tedward and Pleasure Beach author about his life and work. The post An interview with Josh Pettinger: ‘I don’t have control of what comes out’ appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
As if you've never gotten in trouble at work? Gretchen Felker-Martin dishes on the abrupt cancellation of her new DC series, Red Hood. The post Horror ‘It Girl’ Gretchen Felker-Martin on DC pulling Red Hood after Charlie Kirk comments: ‘I had no regrets’ appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Run, don’t walk, to your nearest internet cafe, in order to get the latest edition of this week’s links. The post And The Sky Is Gray — This Week’s Links appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Harold Schechter and Eric Powell’s graphic biography of Dr. Fredric Wertham — the great bogeyman of comic book history — is sympathetically (and beautifully) illustrated and includes sincere attempts to highlight some positive aspects of his life. Because of this, readers may not realize how far Dr. Werthless falls short in doing justice to his... Read more » The post Dr. Werthless appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Sean McCarthy looks at the all-Gary Panter issue of the Desert Island-produced anthology. The post Smoke Signal #44 appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Kaoru Kumi examines the Dragon Ball creator's work and the visual techniques it explores while asking how we read comics when we can't read the words. The post Reading without words: Akira Toriyama’s visual manga and its cross-cultural impact appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
A comic from Joe Sacco originally commissioned by Le Monde Diplomatique about the ongoing genocide. The post Joe Sacco’s <i>The Angel Laughs</i> appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Ian Thomas talks to Damm about his new comic, Technocrat Tales, the art of collage, and what makes comics special. The post ‘Comics are the perfect medium for challenging material’: An interview with Johnny Damm appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Time to welcome in new school supplies, the changing colours of the leaves, plastic Hallowe’en tat, pumpkin spiced everything, and, of course, this week’s links. The post Autumn Almanac — This Week’s Links appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Ilan Manouach interviewed by Robert Aman. The post ‘Comics people generally hate what I do’: The Ilan Manouach Interview appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Dutch cartoonist Erik Kriek has been mining a narrow but rich vein of comics over the last few years that places him in the same cultural space as certain film directors who do not choose to cast their nets wide or their sights exceptionally high, but rather chisel away at the same basic shapes, refining... Read more » The post The Pit appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
New Daniel Meyerowitz steps forward to sing the praises of Fumiko Takano's classic manga, now available in English for the first time. The post Fifty-eight views of <i>Miss Ruki</i> appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Shaenon Garrity reads Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama. The post Witch Hat Atelier: The Work of Art appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
I recently learned that people talking about manga have a very different definition of “slice of life” than people talking about American comics. In American comics, slice of life refers to work that is realistic, low-stakes, mundane, often seeming semi-autobiographical due to its basis in observed existence. When manga readers use the term, the work... Read more » The post And The Strange And Funky Happenings One Day appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Beach reads from 2025- Happy Labor Day from TCJ The post Beloved Beach Reads from a Happy Labor Day appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
A Deftones-themed end to this week’s links’ summer, as a new LP arrives, right as preparations are made to go Back to School. The post After Summer Merrily – This Week’s Links appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
The Cabbie by Martí versus Night Zero by John Bronson and Kev Hopgood: Hagai Palevsky hails the cab. The post The Cabbie vs. Night Zero appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
“[Munsky and McClure] were now selling magazines bellow the cost of production. They were able to do so because the big money came from selling advertising. Ads in turn were an artifact of the boom in mass-produced consumer goods” — Mike Wallace, Greater Gotham: A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919 Do... Read more » The post Cover Story: The 2000 AD Design Art of Robin Smith appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Hidden Islands by Cameron Arthur (Bubbles, 2025) reviewed by Thomas Campbell. The post Hidden Islands appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Mike Curato talks to Alex Deuben about the drama of the page turn, drag, and his latest comic, Gaysians, The post ‘It has to get ugly in order for it to be beautiful sometimes’: Mike Curato on his latest, <i>Gaysians</i> appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Tate McFadden looks at Simon Hanselmann's latest ongoing series, plus a new mini from the Megg & Mogg creator. The post You Will Own Nothing and Be Happy #1-4/Boys In Prison appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Translators Satomi Newsom and Jon Holt bring to us a chapter from Natsume Fusanosuke and Takekuma Kentaro's How to Read Manga, looking at how using different art tools helped change the face of the medium. The post The artist’s ‘touch’ and drawing tools: A history of changes in manga expression appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
The etnlightened Sam Szabo talks to Tate McFadden about Valerie Solanas, Lynda Barry, and the literal spiral to get out of not knowing what to write. The post ‘Trans people being generous with their voices and stories is the reason that I’m here today’: Sam Szabo’s path to enlightenment appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
A classic return-from-vacation edition of this week’s links as covid riddles the household. The post Kneel Before Zod — This Week’s Links appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
On the heels of the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Hank Kennedy takes a look at how U.S. comics heralded the arrival of the atomic age. The post Comics and the atomic bomb from 1945 to 1955 appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Katie Fricas’s debut graphic novel tells the story of Louise — or Lou, as most people know and refer to her — a young queer woman who’s trying to write and draw a graphic novel about a heroic band of pigeons in World War I. She ends up working as a page in a private... Read more » The post Checked Out appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
RJ Casey reviews 5 more zines of your dreams... or are they nightmares? The post Arrivals and Departures – August 2025 appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Christophe Blain possesses one of the finest qualities a person can have, and I’m sure many of his fans resent him for it. The only reason why a cartoonist as skilled as Blain would direct his talents towards collaborating with non-comics people, like a chef in his previous book In The Kitchen With Alain Passard,... Read more » The post World Without End appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Alex Dueben offers up a remembrance of underground legend Nancy Burton, who died in July at the age of 84. The post RIP Nancy Burton, aka ‘Hurricane Nancy’, 1941-2025 appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
Andy Alexandy and Alex Laird talk to Christian Lee about small press in NYC. The post ‘It can be lazy and gross, but when it works, it feels good’: NYC Small Press with Alexander Laird and Andrew Alexander appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
An excerpt of Big Pool by Chris Harnan (Breakdown Press, 2025). The post Excerpt: Big Pool appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
An international edition of this week’s links, hailing from Europe, as Belgium is explored, bringing with it murals of Tintin and the Smurfs and copies of Spirou. The post Pump Up The Jam — This Week’s Links appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
According to my fellow country-man Goethe, the Gretchen question always goes straight to the core of an issue. In this case the issue is entitled Plant-Based Monster Trucks. The title alone perfectly subsumes the recurring culture wars that are happening around us now. So the question “Now, what's your stance on comics” comes in handy,... Read more » The post Plant-Based Monster Trucks appeared first on The Comics Journal.| The Comics Journal
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As if you've never gotten in trouble at work? Gretchen Felker-Martin dishes on the abrupt cancellation of her new DC series, Red Hood.| The Comics Journal