A podcast about the craft of comics
by Gary Spencer Millidge Ilex Press, 2011 Conflict of Interest Warning: I provided scans of some of the rare material featured in this book, and I have a “Thanks” credit in it. When this book was first announced, many of us Alan Moore fans were expecting a prose biography (the first) of Alan Moore. What [...]
FLASHBACK! Monte Schulz, son of Charles, claims to have been “horrified” by the David Michaelis bio of his father. Should he have been? (Originally published November 24, 2008) Tweet
by Herge translated by Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper and Michael Turner Egmont, 2004 Herge began his final Tintin album — the 24th — in 1978, and it remained unfinished at the time of his death. This book is kind of a behind the scenes look at his working process. It showcases the work he did complete on [...]
FLASHBACK! Leading into our review of David Michaelis’ controversial Schulz biography, “Schulz and Peanuts,” Tim and Kumar talk about the strip itself, how it influenced what came after, and how, in politics and social issues, it took no sides — and all sides. (originally published November 17, 2008) Tweet
A submission from the Philippines! Josel Nicolas sent us four issues of his Windmills series. While Tim and Mulele have some fairly harsh words for it, at the same time, we can see definite issue-to-issue improvement. See sample pages of Windmills Available as an e-book from Amazon or FlipReads. Josel Nicolas on Tumblr Tweet
by Jon McNaught Nobrow Press, 2010. Hardcover, 38 pages. This is a book of astonishing beauty, pure and simple. Birchfield Close is one of those not-common-enough books that’s not really about narrative, but about trying to represent sensory experience in comics. To some degree McNaught’s work resembles that of Chris Ware, but evacuated of story. [...]
FLASHBACK! Tim and Brandon snack while examining Houdini: The Handcuff King and 24-hour Comics Day Highlights 2006! (Originally published May 21, 2007) Tweet
Mulele stumbled across a wacky, partially translated Korean comic. We’re not sure of the title (if it has one), but the creator’s name is Yang Young-Soon. Tim and Mulele discuss. Tweet
by Gerald Jablonski Self-published, 2002. If ever there was a comic that embodied OCD, then this is it — and I mean that in the nicest possible way. Turning through page after page of Cryptic Wit, the feeling I was uniformly overcome by was disbelief. Tweet
FLASHBACK! Chris Bachlo’s art has long had a compelling style to it, and yet it was sometimes very difficult to decipher just what was happening on some of his pages. This was perhaps particularly pronounced in his work on Steam Punk with Joe Kelly, back at the turn of the millennium. But his recent work [...]
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