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Chrysanthemum Under the Waves - The Comics Journal
There is something about trying times that brings out the best in some artists. Historically and contemporarily, war, disease, loss, turmoil, and uncertainty can be a great silencer, but in some people, it is just as great a focuser. With the entire world coming apart, what is there to do but close yourself off to... Read more »
The 2024 Eisner Awards and Hall of Fame induction ceremony: photo galleries - The Comics Journal
The 2024 Eisner Awards Hall of Fame was held on the morning of July 26 during the San Diego Comic Convention (Comic-Con). Each year the Eisner Awards judges select 19 individuals to automatically be inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame. This year's inductees included 12 deceased comics pioneers – Creig Flessel,... Read more »
B. Traven: Portrait of a Famous Unknown - The Comics Journal
In the long historical line of public figures who have “gone native,” B. Traven stands out. The (probably) American-born writer, best known as the author of the novel The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, was in his thirties when he found himself on a beach in Tampico, Mexico, more or less by chance, but he... Read more »
Naked City - The Comics Journal
The big city, specifically New York City, excites the senses to no end, especially those of an artist. For Eric Drooker, a longtime street artist who rose up the ranks to become a regular contributor of cover art for The New Yorker, his muse is The Big Apple, and it has inspired him to create... Read more »
Maria Llovet's effortless line: glimpsing Crave and the Direct Market - The Comics Journal
To begin it must be said, at the risk of stating the obvious, I remain perpetually distracted by the depiction of female beauty in comic books. To which certainly, you nod your head in weary resignation. We noticed. Honesty brings you to strange places. That’s the theme of the book we’re looking at today,... Read more »
'We worry about everything': A World War III Illustrated roundtable - The Comics Journal
Ian Thomas sat down with the editors of the latest issue – Susan Simensky Bietila, Nicole Schulman, Seth Tobocman, and Jordan Worley – to talk about the latest issue of the anthology, World War 3 Now, as well as a certain election.
Remembering Bernie Mireault: 1961-2024 - The Comics Journal
Mireault was never the sort of artist likely to make the front of a Previews catalog, but it is wholly possible to imagine the sort of alternate world where he might have been, and where anyone with verve, talent and tenacity for the art form might do the same.