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Video: Michael Arthur interviews Eleanor Davis and Co. for tcj.com (Part Two of Two)

Posted by admin on February 15th, 2010 at 9:05 AM

This interview with Eleanor Davis, Drew Weing, Joey Weiser and Michelle Chidester concludes with discussion about calibrating the science in fiction, “kids’ rights” and “schooling grownups.” Revisit Part One (of Two) here.

Rich Kreiner’s Yearlong Best of the Year: Treehouse of Horror

Posted by Rich Kreiner on February 13th, 2010 at 1:00 PM

Last month The Simpsons celebrated its 20^th anniversary on the air. The new episode (itself nothing special) was followed by a Morgan Spurlock documentary on the program’s role around this country as popular entertainment and around the world as …

Video: Michael Arthur interviews Eleanor Davis & Co. for tcj.com (Part One of Two)

Posted by admin on February 12th, 2010 at 9:05 AM

Michael Arthur interviews married couples Eleanor Davis & Drew Weing and Joey Weiser & Michelle Chidester about The Secret Science Alliance, comics for kids, formalism and much more.

Analysis: Rob Clough’s Top 100 Comics of the ’00s Part Two (of Two)

Posted by Rob Clough on February 11th, 2010 at 12:01 AM

Clough concludes his overview of the best comics of the millennium’s first decade.

Analysis: Rob Clough’s Top 100 Comics of the ’00s Part One (of Two)

Posted by Rob Clough on February 10th, 2010 at 12:01 AM

In assembling a top 100 list for 2000-2009, it’s important to remember that for the first time, it’s pretty much impossible to come up with something that resembles a definitive list that spans the world’s output of comics. Any list you’ll see by nature is a personal one, filled with all sorts of gaps and blind spots and slanted toward comics that might have had a particular impact on a reader at a particular time.

Analysis: Rob Clough’s Top 50 Comics Of 2009 Part Two (of Two)

Posted by Rob Clough on February 9th, 2010 at 12:01 AM

Clough concludes his Best of the Year list.

Analysis: Rob Clough’s Top 50 Comics Of 2009 Part One (of Two)

Posted by Rob Clough on February 8th, 2010 at 12:01 AM

Rob unveils his list of the 50 best comics of 2009.

Rich Kreiner’s Yearlong Best of the Year: Masterpiece Comics by R. Sikoryak

Posted by Rich Kreiner on February 3rd, 2010 at 1:00 PM

For fans of the form or of world literature, these media miscegenation make for indelible, enduring works, every bit classics in their own right.

Take Two — An Interview with Ruppert/Mulot

Posted by Matthias Wivel on February 1st, 2010 at 12:01 AM

The cartooning duo Florent Ruppert and Jérôme Mulot are amongst the most remarkable emerging talents on the Francophone comics scene. A two-headed cartoon beast, theirs is an organic collaboration, melding writing and drawing. Their comics are possessed of a strong …