gilbert hernandez
From the Archives- Julio's Day (2013)
A simple life doesn’t necessarily equal a life that is simple as Gilbert Hernandez reminds us in Julio’s Day, the story of a man’s 100-year life that spans the 20th century.
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#screenshot reviews- Hellboy and the BPRD: Night of the Cyclops, That Texas Blood #14, & Aquaman: Andromeda #1
Check out our capsule reviews of Hellboy and the BPRD: Night of the Cyclops, That Texas Blood #14, and Aquaman: Andromeda #1
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This Week in Comics' Journalism-- June 11th, 2022
Look back at the week that was, including a podcast anniversary, a long-running manga taking a month off, and wondering about what comics you may have missed.
Alec Robbins
Love in the Age of Cartoons- a look at Alec Robbins' Mr. Boop
Alec Robbins really loves Betty Boop. That’s probably the most straightforward fact about Robbin’s Mr. Boop. From there, Robbins and his book just get… weird. Here’s the premise of this book: Betty Boop is the cartoon character and Alec is married to her. Alec thinking “My wife
From The Archives
From the Archives- Paul Moves Out (2005)
Rabagliati's semi-confessional story is a wonderful slice of life story that you just can't get in any other storytelling format. Rabagliati takes advantage of comic's ability to easily make the reader identify with the characters and pull them in for a most unremarkable story.
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This Week in Comics Journalism-- June 5th, 2022
A look at this week's comic writing from Publisher's Weekly, Sequential, Paul Gravett, Panel Patter, Ligne Claire, The Washington Post, and Newsarama.
From The Archives
From The Archives- Jonah Hex #50 (December 2009)
Maybe Hex wants to change, maybe he doesn't. But he's never given the opportunity to choose who or what he wants to be. He's a killer, and as fate will have it, that's all he's going to remain.
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This Week in Comics Journalism- May 28th, 2022
A look at some of what happened this week in (and outside) of comics, including writing by Calvin Reid, Graeme McMillan, Alex Dueben, and Rob Clough.
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Welcome to the Party in Julie Doucet's Time Zone J
Julie Doucet's time away from comics has given her the freedom to just jump back into their creation, rewriting the rules about how she’s going to tell her story.
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This Week in Comics Journalism- May 21st, 2022
It's been a while since we've done one of these. We'll try to do better in the future, we promise. But instead of wallowing in the general time suck that is life, let's just jump into a few of the things that
I Don’t Think I Can Ever Eat A Pierogi Again- thoughts on Nate Garcia’s Muscle Horse
Part of the fun of this comic is the feeling that Garcia is going to do something completely messed up on the next page. And then again on the next page, and the page after that, and the page after that.
grant morrison
This Week in Comics Journalism- April 17th, 2022
A look at the week in comic writing.