Book Reviews and Book Revues
Despite their vast impact, the whole story of the underground comix movement has never been fully told in a coherent,…
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Comic Newspaper The Ladybroad Ledger Revived
“Vermont’s only free femme Alt Comics newspaper!” Each time Teppi Zuppo taught a workshop at the Center for Cartoon Studies…
Simon Deitch – RIP
Underground cartoonist Simon Deitch has passed away. Simon Deitch May 12, 1947 – June 21, 2022 From The Comics…
Justin Green Remembered
John Kelly and The Comics Journal has collected reminiscences of Justin Green by cartoonists, editors, historians, friends, and family of…
Update: Sack, MacKinnon, S.Adams, Whiting, Green
A Sack Full of Wit © Journal Gazette/Steve Sack When Steve Sack, the editorial cartoonist for The Minneapolis Star Tribune,…
Justin Green, Gentleman Cartoonist
Green became known for a personal warmth that seemed at odds with the angst he would spill across a page….
Cartoonists are Exhibitionists
Some upcoming events. Or in this first one a currently in progress event. There’s no mistaking artwork created by Chad…
A Belated Weekend Roundup
Right-wing forces are still ignoring facts and promoting divisiveness. Liberals are still gutless. Religion is still the greatest threat…
A Late Wednesday Roundup
Friday Event Liza Donnelly explores [the New Yorker women cartoonists] in her new book, Very Funny Ladies (with foreward by…
Matt Bors Returns to Cartooning
Matt Bors is returning to comics, not political cartooning, rather comic books. When Matt announced last year his stepping back…
N.Y. Times Goes with Illustrated Reporting Story
In a comic about reporting on comics, a Times journalist takes you through his process — from idea to pitch…
Tennessee School Board Bans Maus Graphic Novel
Southeast Tennessee’s McMinn County School Board has voted unanimously to ban Art Spiegelman‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus from every…
Matt Bors on the Future of The Nib and Bors
From Multiversity Comics: For the second year, we have put together a ‘Best Small Press’ category for our Year in…
“We were Texas hippies, a proud but pitiful bunch”
Those Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers by Gilbert Shelton became famous through their underground comix books, but got their start down…
Comics Stuff-ing
© Ward Sutton Ward Sutton and The Village Voice start us off with a Thanksgiving Day comic. Roadside America…