Posted by R.C. Harvey on January 27th, 2011 at 12:01 AM
Corrigan is virtually a textbook lesson, day by day, of how to do a continuity newspaper comic strip.
Posted by Alex Boney on January 26th, 2011 at 6:24 PM
Over at The Panelists today, Jared writes about the pall that now enshrouds his weekly trips to comics shops. Because some of us still go through the ritual, even if we’re not entirely sure why anymore.
Posted by R.C. Harvey on January 26th, 2011 at 12:33 PM
It’s the pictures, stupid (or, maybe, the stupid pictures)
Posted by Noah Berlatsky on January 26th, 2011 at 8:13 AM
DC Comics and Archie Comics have abandoned the Comics Code, reducing it to utter irrelevance. Richard Cook takes the opportunity to look back at the self-censorship that was.
Posted by Rob Clough on January 26th, 2011 at 6:29 AM
Rob reviews the new comic from Adrian Tomine, Scenes From An Impending Marriage (Drawn & Quarterly).
Halfway through reading Adrian Tomine’s new release, Scenes From An Impending Marriage, I was baffled. This comic was certainly funny and strangely sweet…
Posted by Kristian Williams on January 26th, 2011 at 12:01 AM
In the conclusion of his six-part essay on aerial combat in Garth Ennis’ works, Williams summarizes: The truth is insane. The trick is to find a way to make the insanity bearable.
Posted by Alex Boney on January 25th, 2011 at 6:52 PM
Today at The Panelists, Charles Hatfield takes a look at continuity-heavy superhero crossovers/events/crises through the lens of Kurt Busiek and George Perez’s JLA/Avengers. Excerpt: “Okay, so prelapsarian innocence (think DC in the early sixties) can comfortably coexist with angst, moral ambiguity, and post-direct market revisionism. And stories can poach freely from various eras, resulting in complexity and irony. Sure, why not?”
Posted by Noah Berlatsky on January 25th, 2011 at 6:13 AM
Matthias Wivel reexamines Jimmy Corrigan in light of Chris Ware’s subsequent work.
Posted by Kristian Williams on January 25th, 2011 at 12:01 AM
In his war stories, Garth Ennis has repeatedly put enemies in dialogue, face to face; or set allies against each other, in debate. He has returned, almost obsessively, to questions of duty and compassion, and to the brutal, arbitrary nature of modern warfare.
Posted by Alex Boney on January 24th, 2011 at 8:02 PM
Over at The Panelists today, Jared interviews Terry Moore about self-publishing, electronic distribution, and Moore’s most recent work (Echo).
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