The Comics Journal (original) (raw)

SUBSCRIBE TO THE COMICS JOURNAL NEWSLETTER

Comics criticism, journalism, reviews, plus exclusives!

Kazuo Umezz

In this essay from The Comics Journal Yearbook: The Best of 2022, McCulloch explains why 10 creators/critics placed Umezz’ Orochi in the Top 5.

Joe McCulloch | November 8, 2024

News

If, somehow, inexplicably, you’ve still not had more than your fill of news in this quadrennial newsiest of weeks, then allow me to present a brief remise en bouche of comics-focused happenings.

Clark Burscough | November 8, 2024

Maria Llovet

To begin it must be said, at the risk of stating the obvious, I remain perpetually distracted by the depiction of female beauty in comic books. To which certainly, you nod your head in weary resignation. We noticed. Honesty brings you to strange places. That’s the theme of the book we’re looking at today,… Read more »

Tegan O'Neil | November 7, 2024

Blog

Kazuo Umezu has died at the age of 88, leaving behind an incredible legacy of horror manga for us all.

Sally Madden | November 6, 2024

Kazuo Umezz

From TCJ #254 (July 2003): mangaka Kazuo Umezu (Umezz) talks to John A. Lent about The Floating Classroom, the heart’s sound and much more.

The Editors | November 6, 2024

Kazuo Umezz

In this review from TCJ #233 (May 2001), Ng Suat Tong provides an overview The Floating/Drifting Classroom series and Umezu/Umezz’s sensibilities.

Ng Suat Tong | November 5, 2024

politics

Ian Thomas sat down with the editors of the latest issue – Susan Simensky Bietila, Nicole Schulman, Seth Tobocman, and Jordan Worley – to talk about the latest issue of the anthology, World War 3 Now, as well as a certain election.

Ian Thomas | November 4, 2024

News

And so, we arrive at the final This Week’s Links before the upcoming presidential election, with a selection of reading/viewing/listening, below, to distract from the feverish pitch of the political dog and pony show’s grandest spectacle.

Clark Burscough | November 1, 2024

A 1980 Shimizu Isao essay on the who’s who of literati and painters Depicted in Great People Manga, translated by Jon Holt and Ayumi Naraoka.

Shimizu Isao | October 31, 2024

Charles Burns

Final Cut is Burns’ latest attempt to answer the question that all artists must, from time to time, grapple with: Who am I, in relation to my art, and in relation to the art of others?

Hagai Palevsky | October 30, 2024

Alan Moore

In which the new illuminated manuscript on magic practice by Alan Moore & Steve Moore is considered, on top of the state of things.

Joe McCulloch | October 29, 2024

Obituary

Cartoonist, Myron Moose creator and animation artist Robert Michael “Bob” Foster passed away in hospice care on Sept. 30, 2024.

Andrew Farago | October 28, 2024

Retail Therapy

Zach Rabiroff talked with Desert Island owner Gabe Fowler in the wake of the store being kicked out of its home and a successful GoFundMe campaign to find a new location.

Zach Rabiroff | October 25, 2024

News

A (slightly) pre-emptively spooOOooky™ edition of this week’s links await you.

Clark Burscough | October 25, 2024

Obituary

Larry Todd, a multifaceted and talented artist whose work included wondrous science fiction paintings and trippy underground comix, died on Sept. 28 following a long illness.

John Kelly | October 23, 2024

Bianca Xunise

Bianca Xunise talks with Gina Gagliano about her new book Punk Rock Karaoke, Poly Styrene, punk and plagiarism.

Gina Gagliano | October 23, 2024

Obituary

Mireault was never the sort of artist likely to make the front of a Previews catalog, but it is wholly possible to imagine the sort of alternate world where he might have been, and where anyone with verve, talent and tenacity for the art form might do the same.

Zach Rabiroff | October 21, 2024

Cartoon Art Museum

Pinoy Power!: A Celebration of Filipino Komiks from the Archipelago to the Bay exhibit at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco ran from Dec. 23, 2023 to Sept. 8, 2024.

Chris Anthony Diaz | October 18, 2024

News

A hectic week getting used to a new commute, which means much of this week’s links, below, were read while being ferried through London’s underground system.

Clark Burscough | October 18, 2024

Margot Ferrick

Helen Chazan wanders through the pages of tender masculinity in Margot Ferrick’s book of illustrations, Half God/Half Dung.

Helen Chazan | October 17, 2024

Arrivals and Departures

RJ Casey read, loved, hated, and felt ambiguous about all of these zines this month- what have you don for me lately?

RJ Casey | October 16, 2024

kuš!

kuš! celebrates 50 issues by continuing steadily along their path of consistently high quality work, no birthday cake here, writes Hagai Palevsky.

Hagai Palevsky | October 15, 2024

Jay Fosgitt

The Bodie Troll cartoonist talks about his career, working on My Little Pony and Marvel Comics, and the aesthetics of cute.

Jake Zawlacki | October 14, 2024