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Foul Play and Other Stories - The Comics Journal
Foul Play and Other Stories is the 37th collection in The EC Artists’ Library series from Fantagraphics. As the 37th book in a series, it is basically critic-proof in the traditional sense of the word. You probably won’t be too surprised that book has all the strengths (excellent drawings, top-notch design and presentation) and weaknesses... Read more »
Absolute Wonder Woman #1-3 - The Comics Journal
So, yes, I have wrestled with the Wonder Woman. Not a pastime I’ve sought, over the years. It seems I am only ever interested in Wonder Woman when she’s someone other than Wonder Woman. I’m sorry. I didn’t want to wake up on the shores of middle age encumbered by the realization that I was... Read more »
Distant Ruptures - The Comics Journal
In the Fort Thunder issue of The Comics Journal, Brian Chippendale describes a CF comic: “Did you see that melting man, one-page thing that he did, where the guy stops at the inn? That thing’s amazing! It’s the best comic ever!” This comic, "C," is the first one reprinted in Distant Ruptures, though Chippendale’s description... Read more »
Dictatorship: It's Easier Than You Think! - The Comics Journal
Since the election of Donald Trump in 2016, there has been a cottage industry of books warning about a growing authoritarian movement in the United States. Readers can choose from Twilight of Democracy by Atlantic columnist Anne Applebaum, The Road to Unfreedom and On Tyranny both by historian Timothy Snyder, and Fascism: A Warning by... Read more »
Drafted - The Comics Journal
Rick Parker was drafted in 1966. By the time he was discharged he had endured boot camp, an "escape and evasion course" during which the recruits were literally tortured, Officer Candidate School, and the training to launch nuclear missiles. He was briefly in charge of the "Holdover Platoon" ("individuals deemed unfit for military service"), supervised... Read more »
Forces of Nature - The Comics Journal
Some people strive to attain a particular career goal, some stumble into it by accident. In the case of Edward Steed, he almost seemed destined to be a cartoonist for the New Yorker; the 37-year-old British export to the Big Apple wanted to draw for the venerable publication, he did it, and he continues to... Read more »
Political cartoonists on facing Donald Trump, again: 'There is no consensus reality anymore' - The Comics Journal
Shrinking newspaper circulations. Social media morass. First amendment rights. Zach Rabiroff talks to a variety of cartoonists about all that and more as we head into a second Donald Trump administration.
Adrift on a Painted Sea - The Comics Journal
Tim Bird’s graphic memoir is a brief, meditative book, but the emotions it contains are large. The plot is easy to summarize, as there are really only two major parts to the book: an overview of Bird’s mother’s interest in art; and the end of her life, when she dies of cancer during the COVID-19... Read more »
The Legend of Kamui Vol. 1 (of 10) - The Comics Journal
PLEASE NOTE: In keeping with the conventions observed in the book under review, all names in this article are presented in the Japanese naming order, family name before given name, e.g., Shirato Sanpei rather than Sanpei Shirato. * * * Though we still await the summertime release of the fifth volume in Drawn & Quarterly's... Read more »
Barry Malzberg: At an hourly wage rate that would astonish even a teamster - The Comics Journal
In this Carter Scholz column from The Comics Journal #82 (July 1983), he sings the praises of editor and SF writers' writer Barry Malzberg (Herovit's World, Galaxies, Beyond Apollo, The Falling Astronauts).
Deprog #1-2 - The Comics Journal
Note: This review covers the first two issues of Deprog. A trade paperback collecting the first four issues is also available now. Whether or not the idea of a publisher having a sensibility is “real,” making a claim for one is an expression of context; a way to sort history, draw lines, and avoid the... Read more »
Kate Carew: America's First Great Woman Cartoonist - The Comics Journal
Kate Carew: America's First Great Woman Cartoonist is a carefully compiled, linear history of Carew’s career, authored by veteran comics legend Eddie Campbell, with help from the titular artist’s granddaughter, Christine Chambers. Packed with examples of Carew’s work from across her career, it feels beefier than its 160 pages. Born Mary Williams in the late... Read more »