Features - The Comics Journal (2024)

Festival

What was the first ever Nancy Fest like? M.S. Harkness lays it all out for you.

M.S. Harkness | June 21, 2024

News

Lawsuits, AI issues and grant givings are revealed in the link.

Clark Burscough | June 21, 2024

Arrivals and Departures

Here’s some new stuff that I’ve read that no one wants to talk about on the playground.

RJ Casey | June 18, 2024

The War on Gaza

This is the twelfth installment of Joe Sacco’s column, “The War on Gaza.”

Joe Sacco | June 18, 2024

Interview

As the man behind the King Features reboot of Flash Gordon in newspapers, Schkade has wowed readers with a fast-paced, action heavy style that works surprisingly well in the comic-a-day format.

William Schwartz | June 17, 2024

News

Censorship, AI drama, awards and sad passings top this week’s news roundup.

Clark Burscough | June 14, 2024

Derf Backderf

Derf Backderf speaks with Jason Bergman about the past and present states of: campus policing, growing up with Jeffrey Dhamer, and literal tons of garbage.

Jason Bergman | June 13, 2024

Miriam Libicki

Libicki talked to the Comics Journal about the incidents at VanCAF that led to her being banned as an exhibitor at the show and the festival’s subsequent apology.

Zach Rabiroff | June 12, 2024

The War on Gaza

This is the eleventh installment of Joe Sacco’s column, “The War on Gaza.”

Joe Sacco | June 11, 2024

Yamagami Tatsuhiko

Protests at university, struggles in the comics market: it could be today, but here it’s the 1970s, as related by Natsume Fusanosuke in a 1996 essay on the gag manga master Yamagami Tatsuhiko, and a young man’s journey into comics.

Natsume Fusanosuke | June 10, 2024

News

Lots of doings have been transpiring.

Clark Burscough | June 7, 2024

Obituary

Familia. Es la primera palabra que viene a la mente cuando uno piensa en Ricardo Padilla, que falleció el 8 de abril de 2024, después de una batalla contra una enfermedad pulmonar.

Andrew Farago | June 5, 2024

Obituary

Familia. It’s the first word that comes to mind when you think of Ricardo Padilla, who passed away on April 8, 2024, after a battle with pulmonary illness.

Andrew Farago | June 5, 2024

Obituary

Fantagraphics’ Eric Reynolds pays homage to the late comics scholar and one-time Comics Journal editor.

Eric Reynolds | June 4, 2024

Retail Therapy

Retail Therapy returns to talk to Edward Uvanni, owner of Pure Folly Books in Hudson, New York, about his decision to close the store.

Zach Rabiroff | June 3, 2024

News

Piracy, convention bans and knighthood await.

Clark Burscough | May 31, 2024

Interview

John Kelly talks to the Doofus cartoonist about the long road towards getting his new graphic novel published.

John Kelly | May 29, 2024

The War on Gaza

This is the tenth installment of Joe Sacco’s column, “The War on Gaza.”

Joe Sacco | May 28, 2024

News

All the comics news and link you could hope to peruse as we head into a holiday weekend.

Clark Burscough | May 24, 2024

Obituary

Prolific comic book artist, editor, and art director Don Perlin passed away peacefully from natural causes on May 14 in the company of his family in Florida. Andrew Farago looks at his lengthy career.

Andrew Farago | May 24, 2024

Arrivals and Departures

RJ Casey attempts to beat the entire editorial staff in pickleball, only to once again get distracted (and defeated) by zines.

RJ Casey | May 22, 2024

Obituary

A legion of comics creators whose work has rarely entered the spotlight are mourning the May 7, 2024, death of Michael Dowers. The publisher/founder of Starhead Comix and Brownfield Press was a friend and colleague to every cartoonist who was motivated more by self-expression than by any glimmer of hope for financial reward.

Michael Dean | May 21, 2024

Judge Dredd

Mixing SF action and mordant satire since 1977, sometimes uneasily, Judge Dredd recently concluded a storyline on defunding the police. Shea Hennum examines the utility and futility of broaching activist themes in a strip like this.

Shea Hennum | May 20, 2024

News

Dare you to enter the house of link posts?

Clark Burscough | May 17, 2024