Mar 24 2025
A few weeks ago I was listening to author/comics historian Glenn Fleishman discussing his new (and amazing) book on the history of comics printing technology, How Comics Were Made, on the podcast Blockhead, and heard this exchange about the use of Craftint: (at 43:45) Geoff: I’m just wondering about Roy Crane.. I was actually surprised …
Jan 01 2025
So, clearly my New Year’s resolution for 2025 should be to post more, as I’ve only done two other posts since my “What I Read in 2024” write-up. That said, I’ll try to make this year’s round-up a little more robust and less of just a list than last year’s–although I will, if for no …
Jul 16 2024
Yeah, Angoulême was six months ago, but that doesn’t mean I’m not gonna post a few pics from the amazing Moto Hagio show! Shows of original manga pages are rarer than the proverbial hen’s teeth. I’ve seen exactly three: this one, Junji Ito at a previous Angoulême, and Kaoru Mori at the Kyoto Manga Museum. …
Apr 26 2024
A few years ago I was a guest at a con I won’t name… because it was an entirely dismal affair sales-wise. Needless to say, I was bored to tears after a couple of hours sitting behind a table with zero happening. So, I began wandering around the floor trying to enterntain myself. Thankfully, there …
Dec 30 2023
As I’ve been doing for the last few years, here’s a list of comics and comics-related things that I read in the past year–with some scattered commentary as I see fit! Catwoman: Lonely City – Cliff Chiang I mentioned this book in a “so, what are you reading?” conversation with a friend at one point …
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