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Don Wright, 1934-2024
Wright, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, who spent years skewering the powerful in the pages of the Palm Beach Post, died March 24 at his home in West Palm Beach, Fla. He was 90 years old.
A letter from the building’s new superintendents
Hello all, welcome and thank you for joining us on this latest junket of the Comics Journal website.
“I Think After All These Years I Finally Accepted That Comics is Actually my Calling”: Talking with Jay Stephens
Jason Bergman interviews Jay Stephens, a longtime indie comics practitioner enjoying a new wave of appreciation for his throwback horror series Dwellings.
Superstition, Fear, and Jealousy – This Week’s Links
Fine! If that’s how you feel, I’ll never write these post descriptions again! Goodbye! (Slams door.) (Peeks through.)
Meanwhile, 40 Years Later…
A tale of two Ronin, comparing the 1983-84 Frank Miller/Lynn Varley original with Miller’s 2022-24 sequel, made in collaboration with Philip Tan & Daniel Henriques.
A Conversation with Trina Robbins, December 2023
We are pleased to present a never-before-seen interview with Trina Robbins, perhaps the late artist’s final longform interview, conducted by Zach Rabiroff in December of 2023 on the topic of Jewishness in Robbins’ comics and comics history.
Trina Robbins, 1938-2024
An obituary for Trina Robbins, artist and historian, who passed away in San Francisco on April 10 at the age of 85.
One For You, Nineteen For Me – This Week’s Links
Hello, I am here to collect the comics tax! (Panels vanish depending on one’s income bracket.)
Remembering Comics Retailer and Historian Robert Beerbohm, 1952-2024
Following the death of American comic book retailer and historian Robert Beerbohm on March 27, 2024, we reached out to notable comics academics, writers and historians and asked them to share their memories of him.
A Look Back at Retail, a Comic Strip About Work, with Cartoonist Norm Feuti
William Schwartz speaks with cartoonist Norm Feuti about Retail, a daily strip about day-to-day work that ran from 2006 to 2020.
The Mystery Behind Astro Boy
In this new translation of a 2022 essay, Natsume Fusanosuke muses on the elusively erotic quality of Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy, and the force of Tezuka’s personality that shaped the very idea of manga history.
Arrivals and Departures – April 2024
It’s back: YOUR favorite monthly column of small-press and self-published capsule reviews by RJ Casey. Why is it 80 degrees out in April?!
“I Was Done With Not Being Noticed”: The Matt Lesniewski Interview
Jake Zawlacki talks to artist Matt Lesniewski about his ascendant career, his interests in storytelling, and his recent series Faceless and the Family.
An Interview with Trina Robbins
In this vintage interview from The Comics Journal #53 (Winter 1980), Bill Sherman speaks with the cartoonist Trina Robbins (1938-2024) about a life in underground comics as the ’70s drew to a close.
Ed Piskor, 1982-2024
Cartoonist Katie Skelly pens an obituary for Ed Piskor, author of popular series such as Hip Hop Family Tree, X-Men: Grand Design and Red Room, and co-creator of the influential YouTube channel Cartoonist Kayfabe. Piskor died on April 1, 2024, aged 41.
Mark D. Bright, 1955-2024
Remembering a sturdy and humane craftsman who co-created several prominent off-kilter superhero projects of the 1990s; Mark D. Bright died on March 27, 2024, aged 68.
The War on Gaza – 4.9.24
This is the seventh installment of Joe Sacco’s column, “The War on Gaza.”
“You Can Best Access The Truth About An Era And Time Through Its Pop Culture Ephemera”: An Interview with Tim Lane
Steven Brower chats with Tim Lane, one of the standout alternative cartoonists of the 21st century, whose new comic book series, Mythologies & Apocrypha, debuts this month.
April Now in Morning Clad – This Week’s Links
Everybody damned to turn the awful spinning wheel.
The End of History, as Presented by Sergio Toppi
Hagai Palevsky examines a recent collection of science fiction comics by the late Italian master Sergio Toppi, going deep into how the artist’s fascination with the cultural past informs his idea of the future.
Cartoonist Ed Piskor Dead at 41
Ed Piskor, prominent writer/artist of comics such as Wizzywig, Hip Hop Family Tree, X-Men: Grand Design and Red Room, was reported dead on April 1, 2024
