Tag: Comics

For the Public Record

ICv2 News – First Second’s Mark Siegel on ‘American Born Chinese’ Despite what one might assume solely from reading the tons and tons of (well-deserved) interviews with recent National Book Award nominee Gene Yang, the man did not materialize ex-nihilo on the front stoop of First Second publishing.  He self-published comics for a bit and …

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Hauned Mansion #5

In stores now is Haunted Mansion #5, featuring stories by Dan Vado, Devon Devereaux, Drew Rausch, Jon “Bean” Hastings, Mike Moss and yours truly. My story is about “Biscuit,” the Cajun werewolf who lives among the ghosts at the haunted mansion. I posted a page from the story a way back, but here it is …

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Saucer of Milk and a Table for Two, Please

From a recent interview with Ailene Crumb, wife of Robert (or just “R.” apparently these days) Crumb in which she’s asked about her involvement in the early Wimmens Comix movement: DRE: What do those women think of your relationship with Robert? AC: Trina Robbins hates my guts. She thought Robert was the ultimate male chauvinist …

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You Heard of this Guy Segar?

Fantagraphics Books Fantagraphics’ Popeye will collect the complete run of Segar’s Thimble Theatre comic strip (dailies and color Sundays) featuring Popeye, re-establishing Segar as one of the first rank of cartoonists who have elevated the comic strip to art. He was the most popular cartoonist of his day, his sense of humor coming straight out …

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More Langridge Marvel Holiday Special Pages

COMICON.com: PREVIEW: MARVEL MONSTER HOLIDAY SPECIAL Well, not “more” really–the same ones as before, but now colored. The page linked above has three pages of art posted.