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Recent Articles
Kill the Sunflower — This Week’s Links
One more round of links before Clark heads off to a board game convention, which I’m sure is completely different from the comic book kind.
The Comics Journal #59: The Ted White Interview
In this October 1980 interview from TCJ #59, Ted White talks about his time at Heavy Metal Magazine, drugs, Moebius, Neal Adams and much more.
Larry Stark, pioneer of EC Comics fandom and noted theater critic, dies at 93
Thommy Burns remembers EC critic and fan Larry Stark, who died on May 1.
A leap of faith: Fun Home’s last page 20 years later
The question is not simply what Fun Home means, but why it chooses to stop exactly where it does.
Remembering comics scholar John A. Lent, 1936-2026
Bart Beaty returns to the Journal to pay homage to the late scholar John Lent, who died on May 16.
A talk with ‘Antifa’ cartoonist Gord Hill on capitalism, fascism, resistance and comics
If hyphens are a requirement for the marketing of an artist’s work, Hill might be designated an activist-artist, but that hyphen does not connote any sort of balance. Hill’s art is in complete service to his activism.
Flip the Tortoise Over — This Week’s Links
It’s heatwave time in London, which means that it’s time to batten down the hatches and read the latest comics news and reviews.
Hans Rickheit Talks Hitchhiking on 9/11 and The Time-Saving Twin Technique
Hans Rickheit interviewed by Henry Chamberlain.
Arrivals and Departures — May 2026
RJ Casey loves everyone and everything, when are you going to cut the crap and accept that you’re part of a collective society of humanity?
Norakuro and the New Manga-School Group
Natsume Fusanosuke on Norakuro, translated by Jon Holt and Teppei Fukuda.
Chris Harnan Makes a Splash with His Latest from Breakdown Press
Chris Harnan interviewed by Cail Judy for a virtual studio visit.
Electric Worry — This Week’s Links
The innate human skill of pattern recognition ping ping pings once more, for this week’s links.
Son of Tomahawk: A forgotten masterpiece of American comics
Today we are pleased to present Matt Seneca’s essay on the largely forgotten Frank Thorne and Robert Kanigher western, originally published as a zine in early 2021.
‘Make Room for the Next Generation’: How BODEGA wants to sell Brooklyn comics to the world
Zach Rabiroff talks to the organizers behind the Brooklyn Organization Dedicated to the Endurance of Graphic Arts about their plans for the upcoming expo.
Through snow and sleet and dark of night: S. Clay Wilson’s correspondence
The cartoonist S. Clay Wilson was old school all his life and valued sending and receiving personal correspondence. Even as a young boy he preferred hand-drawn holiday cards over Hallmarks.
‘He led a big life’: Discussing the legacy of Drew Hayes and Poison Elves with Robb Horan
Jason Bergman catches up with Horan over Zoom to talk about the rollercoaster that was working with Drew Hayes, the current plans for Poison Elves, what the end of the series would have looked like, and if we’ll ever see it in print.
Nazo Funny: The Third Reich’s War on Cartoons
Political cartoon cavalcade by Hank Kennedy.
R.I.P. underground comics pioneer Frank Stack, 1937-2026
Frank Stack, the cartoonist, painter and educator whose 1964 The Adventures of Jesus is considered by some historians to be the very first “underground comic book,” died on April 12 at the University of Missouri’s University Hospital. He was 88.
‘I’ll probably die on the job’: An unambiguous conversation with Bryan Talbot
Bryan Talbot interviewed by J.D. Harlock.
Excerpt: Paper Airplane
Today on TCJ we are pleased as punch to bring you an excerpt from Paper Airplane, a new magazine of comics, long-form writing, games, puzzles, and other sorts of things you like.
TCJ Special Edition Vol. 5: On Top of the Mountain: The Influential Manga of Yoshiharu Tsuge
In this feature from The Comics Journal Special Edition 5: 2005, Beatrice Marechal argues that Yoshiharu Tsuge’s work created new storytelling possibilities for manga.
