The Comics in Canada: An Illustrated History I’ve been slowly making my way through this nice archive of audio and video interview and feature clips of Canadian cartoonists. I listened most recently to the one about “Seth,” a cartoonist who really wears his obsession with the 1920s and 30s on his sleeve. The voiceover referred …
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Aug 16 2006
Dame Darcy’s The Illustrated Jane Eyre
Dame Darcy’s The Illustrated Jane Eyre Check out these beautiful preview pages from the forthcoming Penguin Books classics series version of Jane Eyre. Darcy on the feature film she’s apparently making version of her graphic novel Gasoline: It’s an environmental movie about technology working with nature and it stars a family of witches in a …
Aug 10 2006
Masters of Comic Art!
I’ve just returned from spending about five hours taking in the Masters of Comic Art exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum and I thought I’d post a few thoughts while they’re fresh in my mind: First off, I can’t imagine that there’s ever been a more jaw-dropping collection of original American comics art collected in …
Aug 07 2006
Speaking of…
Speaking of Brad McGinty, have I mentioned lately how much I love his character, Millionaire Hobo? These days, when I run into him at a convention or something, I just walk up to his booth, ask him if he’s got any new Millionaire Hobo stuff, and when he says no, I just walk away. I …
Aug 03 2006
Best Message Board Retort Ever
From The Comics Journal message board… The topic is basically, why aren’t characters in super-hero comic books shown smoking anymore? Posting: The reason why there is no smokingin marvel is because [Marvel comics editor in cheif, Joe] Quesada has banned it. Not even Wolverine or the Punisher can smoke anymore. Quesada believes that children look …
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