The Comics Journal » Jared Gardner http://classic.tcj.com The Comics Journal is a magazine that covers the comics medium from an arts-first perspective. Tue, 29 May 2012 18:30:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 THE PANELISTS: Moving Day http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-moving-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-panelists-moving-day http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-moving-day/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:18:15 +0000 Jared Gardner http://www.tcj.com/?p=29525 After an inaugural six weeks at tcj.com, The Panelists are moving to a site of our own: thepanelists.org. Thanks to all for your tremendous support and for great conversations during our launch, and we hope you follow us to our new home. All archives from the Panelists' posts at tcj.com will also now be found at the new site (the guttergeek archives from tcj.com will be moved shortly to guttergeek.com). Please update your bookmarks and your feed subscriptions: Posts | Comments We'll have a new post up at the new site tomorrow! Hope to see you there... ]]>

After an inaugural six weeks at tcj.com, The Panelists are moving to a site of our own: thepanelists.org. Thanks to all for your tremendous support and for great conversations during our launch, and we hope you follow us to our new home. All archives from the Panelists’ posts at tcj.com will also now be found at the new site (the guttergeek archives from tcj.com will be moved shortly to guttergeek.com).

Please update your bookmarks and your feed subscriptions: Posts | Comments

We’ll have a new post up at the new site tomorrow! Hope to see you there…

]]> http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-moving-day/feed/ 0 THE PANELISTS: The End of the CCA http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-the-end-of-the-cca/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-panelists-the-end-of-the-cca http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-the-end-of-the-cca/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 03:32:16 +0000 Jared Gardner http://www.tcj.com/?p=29101 the Panelists Alex reflects on last month's demise of the Comics Code Authority (and the meaning and lack of meaning thereof).

]]> At the Panelists Alex reflects on last month’s demise of the Comics Code Authority (and the meaning and lack of meaning thereof).

]]> http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-the-end-of-the-cca/feed/ 0 THE PANELISTS: Shops ‘n’ floppies, or, The LCS Experience http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-shops-n-floppies-or-the-lcs-experience/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-panelists-shops-n-floppies-or-the-lcs-experience http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-shops-n-floppies-or-the-lcs-experience/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:47:56 +0000 Jared Gardner http://www.tcj.com/?p=29019 Panelists consider their buying habits. Continuing a series on comic shops, periodical comic books, and change

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]]> A handful of Panelists consider their buying habits. Continuing a series on comic shops, periodical comic books, and change

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]]> http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-shops-n-floppies-or-the-lcs-experience/feed/ 0 This week @ The Panelists http://classic.tcj.com/blog/this-week-the-panelists/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-week-the-panelists http://classic.tcj.com/blog/this-week-the-panelists/#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:38:41 +0000 Jared Gardner http://www.tcj.com/?p=28452 Craig works to drum up entries for our sadistic contest Derik reads a one-page comic by Blaise Larmee Isaac considers the challenges of archiving mini-comics Craig chews on the charms of Jonah Hex & highlights some of his favorite stories Finally, in our ongoing "Off-panel" feature, Patricia Highsmith's secret identity as a comics-writer is unmasked]]> Craig works to drum up entries for our sadistic contest

Derik reads a one-page comic by Blaise Larmee

Isaac considers the challenges of archiving mini-comics

Craig chews on the charms of Jonah Hex

& highlights some of his favorite stories

Finally, in our ongoing “Off-panel” feature, Patricia Highsmith’s secret identity as a comics-writer is unmasked

]]> http://classic.tcj.com/blog/this-week-the-panelists/feed/ 0 THE PANELISTS: Jonah Hex Part 1 http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-jonah-hex-part-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-panelists-jonah-hex-part-1 http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-jonah-hex-part-1/#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:49:42 +0000 Jared Gardner http://www.tcj.com/?p=28358 Craig on the bloody virtues of DC's JONAH HEX comic.

]]> Craig on the bloody virtues of DC’s JONAH HEX comic.

]]> http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-jonah-hex-part-1/feed/ 0 THE PANELISTS: A Mountain of Minicomics http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-a-mountain-of-minicomics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-panelists-a-mountain-of-minicomics http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-a-mountain-of-minicomics/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:49:08 +0000 Jared Gardner http://www.tcj.com/?p=28271 Isaac consults with a professional comics librarian to find a solution to the problem of three big boxes of minicomics.

]]> Isaac consults with a professional comics librarian to find a solution to the problem of three big boxes of minicomics.

]]> http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-a-mountain-of-minicomics/feed/ 0 THE PANELISTS: Magic Forest by Blaise Larmee http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-magic-forest-by-blaise-larmee/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-panelists-magic-forest-by-blaise-larmee http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-magic-forest-by-blaise-larmee/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:03:02 +0000 Jared Gardner http://www.tcj.com/?p=28268 Blaise Larmee.

]]> Derik starts an irregular series of One-Page Criticisms looking at a single page comic by Blaise Larmee.

]]> http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-magic-forest-by-blaise-larmee/feed/ 0 THE PANELISTS: Round 2 continues http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-round-2-continues/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-panelists-round-2-continues http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-round-2-continues/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:31:38 +0000 Jared Gardner http://www.tcj.com/?p=28009 Charles adds some wrinkles to last week's Killhoffer post, Derik considers how we are able to judge a book by its panel, and Craig makes a case for continuities in Clowes' career pre- and post-Ghost World.

]]> At The Panelists today, Charles adds some wrinkles to last week’s Killhoffer post, Derik considers how we are able to judge a book by its panel, and Craig makes a case for continuities in Clowes’ career pre- and post-Ghost World.

]]> http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-round-2-continues/feed/ 0 THE PANELISTS: One-Panel Criticism Round II http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-one-panel-criticism-round-ii/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-panelists-one-panel-criticism-round-ii http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-one-panel-criticism-round-ii/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:47:52 +0000 Jared Gardner http://www.tcj.com/?p=27841 Picking up our round two of working with single panels, I return to Power Girl and happily cannot make sense of the rules governing time and space (or basic anatomy).

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Picking up our round two of working with single panels, I return to Power Girl and happily cannot make sense of the rules governing time and space (or basic anatomy).

]]> http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-one-panel-criticism-round-ii/feed/ 0 THE PANELISTS: 676 Apparitions of Killoffer http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-676-apparitions-of-killoffer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-panelists-676-apparitions-of-killoffer http://classic.tcj.com/blog/the-panelists-676-apparitions-of-killoffer/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 19:26:25 +0000 Jared Gardner http://www.tcj.com/?p=27629 Panelists, I continue our ongoing single-panel jam session by thinking about a single panel that is not a single panel and wondering where the apparitions begin (and will they ever end?) ]]> At the Panelists, I continue our ongoing single-panel jam session by thinking about a single panel that is not a single panel and wondering where the apparitions begin (and will they ever end?)

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