The documentary Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse premieres tomorrow at Film Forum in New York City. Given the current political climate in the United States and abroad, the film serves not only as an educational 90-minute exploration of one of the most influential comic creators of the 20th century but also as a reminder […]
Former Charlie Hebdo cartoonist, Rénald Luzier AKA “Luz”, was awarded the prize for Best Graphic Novel at this year’s Angoulême International Comics Festival. Luz’ graphic novel Deux Filles Nues (Two Naked Girls) depicts the true story of a looted Otto Mueller painting by German painter by Nazis. According to Wikipedia the Nazis seized 357 pieces […]
Cartoonists here and there, comics hither and yon. Spotlight on Paul Gilligan PAUL GILLIGAN writes and draws the syndicated comic strip Pooch Café with Andrews McMeel, which runs in over 250 newspapers around the world and has been twice nominated by the National Cartoonist Society for best strip. He is also the author-illustrator of Pluto Rocket: New in […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for January 2025 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. Jimmy! The Comic Art of James Swinnerton edited by Peter Maresca and Michael Tisserand (review) […]
Art Spiegelman is clarifying a news story that first surfaced on Hyperallergic in December that he was working on a new graphic novel about Gaza with Joe Sacco. The Pulitzer Prize winning Maus author says his comment on what he was currently working was twisted from a three page comic into an “epic-length work.” In […]
Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novelist Art Spiegelman and comics journalist pioneer Joe Sacco are teaming up for a new graphic novel about Gaza. Story Update: Art has clarified that he is not working on an “epic-length work” and that the size of his project has been exaggerated. Art mentioned the collaboration during the premiere of a […]
Various items from various places with friends Tom Beland and Nazish Jonathan, Wayno and Dan Piraro, and Mark Evanier and Russell Myers. Checking in with Tom Beland. Tom Beland got some local notoriety as an editorial cartoonist: Beland spent worked as a cartoonist, graphic artist and sometimes reporter for the Napa Valley Register from 1989 […]
Linda Finck on Saul Steinberg; Keith Knight on Little Victories; Michael Maslin on Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell; Walter Scott on criticism; Vincent Alexander on Rob Schribner; Brian Anderson on transitioning from comic strips to graphic novels. It feels wrong to describe Saul Steinberg’s work in words; it simply transcends them. Steinberg called himself “a writer who […]
Cartoonists of The New Yorker; Henrik Rehr; Ian Jones’ Bushy Tales; R. J. Matson’s 2024 revue; Scott Adams on drones; Jenny Jinya on Death; Eddie Campbell’s Kate Carew; Warner Brothers’ Looney Tunes; Fleischer Brothers’ Inkwell Imps. On November 21 at the Rizzoli Bookstore on Broadway, At Wit’s End: Cartoonists of The New Yorker received its […]
Kate Beaton fame began with her webcomic Hark! A Vagrant and has grown worldwide with her recent win of the 2024 Jan Michalski Prize for Literature for her Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands graphic novel. “…a piercing and daring graphic memoir that sheds light on the hidden side of working conditions in the […]
Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud are co-chairs; Connie Zeigler on Brenda Starr and Dale Messick; Phil Witte – counsellor, cartoonist, critic; Barbara Shermund biographer Caitlin McGurk; Terry Laban – graphic novelist; Beginning: Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon. Telgemeier, McCloud chosen as National Library Week honorary chairs From the American Library Association: CHICAGO — Award-winning author and […]
Edward Gorey, Maria Scrivan, James Sturm, Jerry Fearing, Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud, Michael Maslin, Bill Watterson and Calvin and Hobbes, Peanuts, The Stanleys, and encouraging developing cartoonists. Rich Johnston shares news of the print run for Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud’s forthcoming book: The Cartoonists Club, a new graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier and […]
Four years ago, in what could be a replay of the early years of comic strips, cartoonist and corporate engaged in an epic war (some hyperbole here) for control of intellectual property. In the end the syndicate won the battle over the creator, but it was a somewhat hollow victory as the cartoonist left the […]
When last we read Jules Feiffer it was his graphic novel trilogy paying homage to film noir and detective fiction. Now Jules returns with a graphic novel for teens and preteens wherein he puts down in comic form a detective story of a far different kind as two youngster are separated from their older sister […]
From Hal Johnson: I want to find the first American graphic novel—I say American simply because I know very little about comics of other countries; so put down your Tintins and your ACK hardbacks, and let’s see where this leads us. Hal first has to define what a “graphic novel” is: Graphic novel is a […]