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Archive for May, 2010
Pterodactyl Hunters Rule
Posted by Kent Worcester on May 25th, 2010 at 8:04 AMRecent SVA grad Brendan C. Leach has just published a clever mock newspaper from 1904 that features the exploits of NYC’s famed pterodactyl hunters. “Battle Above the Bowery,” screams one headline; “Pterodactyl Commission Remembers Fallen Hunters,” says another. The 36-page
…Journalista for May 25, 2010: Another world
Posted by Dirk Deppey on May 25th, 2010 at 2:31 AM
Pictures of Dorian Gray, Images of Oscar Wilde; Part Seven: Victorian Cameos
Posted by Kristian Williams on May 25th, 2010 at 12:01 AM
Dave Sim's Wilde is a sympathetic figure — intelligent, amusing, affectionate and pitiable. He is also physically gross in both senses of the word: he is very fat, and his body is producing symptoms that are undeniably disgusting. As Sim draws him, Wilde's face is so massive and slack that it seems almost to melt onto his shoulders. But the real masterpiece of this book is the haunting, yet strangely noble, portrait of Wilde on the cover. The image shows an open bottle of wine and a near-empty glass in the foreground, ornamental wallpaper in the background. Wilde is in between, almost entirely in shadow. Half of his face — the half away from us — looks tired and gaunt. In the other half we see the outline of a skull.
Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six.
The Dearth of Advertising
Posted by R.C. Harvey on May 24th, 2010 at 9:39 PM
How One of My Pets Almost Died
What Is Wrong With This Picture?
Posted by Noah Berlatsky on May 24th, 2010 at 6:56 PM
Some more thoughts on why (or whether) Brave and Bold #33 is such a visual mess.
Strippers
Posted by Kristy Valenti on May 24th, 2010 at 5:42 PM
What comic-strip character drove '80s ladies wild?
Minis Monday: Breakfast at Mimi’s; Mimi’s Doughnuts Zine Volume 1 By Marek Bennett
Posted by Rich Kreiner on May 24th, 2010 at 1:00 PM
Wonder Woman Makes Man’s Pants Explode In Pee Light
Posted by Noah Berlatsky on May 24th, 2010 at 12:06 PM
Vom Marlowe wishes to God she hadn't seen that, or any other part of The Brave & The Bold # 33.
Round and Round: Dungeon Twilight 3: The New Centurions
Posted by Rob Clough on May 24th, 2010 at 5:48 AM
Rob reviews the third volume of NBM's translation of Dungeon Twilight, entitled THE NEW CENTURIONS. It's by Lewis Trondheim, Joann Sfar, Kerascoet & Obion.
TCJ Blogs
Top TCJ Stories
- Jason Shiga on Interactive Comics (with video)
- Hail The White Rhinoceros Part Three (of Three): Josh Simmons
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- Hail The White Rhinoceros Part One (of Three): Shaun Partridge
- The Strangest Pictures I Have Seen #13
- Sean Michael Robinson: The Craft Behind Cerebus: An Interview with Gerhard (Part One of Three)
- Moebius Above and Below
- The Passing Scene
- “I’ve Drawn Thousands of Comics”
- DICK LOCHER HANGS UP HIS FEDORA
TCJ International Blogs
- Belgium: Egypt, Country of Clay
- Latin America: The Co(s)mic Race: Blackface in Comics South of the Border (Part II)
- Italy: Ignatz Update 4: Interiorae #4
- Belgium: Going Underground in the Thirties
- Sweden: The New Serieteket
- Italy: A little mirror of comics in Italy / part 1
- Latin America: The Co(s)mic Race: Blackface in Comics South of the Border (Part 1)
- Belgium: The Girl and the Gorilla
- Belgium: When I Was 18, Uncle Sam Wanted Me to Fight Adolf
- Sweden: Moebius exhibition in Paris