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Arrivals and Departures — March 2026
Hello esteemed members of the Selection Committee. As you may have heard, this year’s tournament will be a little different. Instead of basketball teams, the field of 68 in 2026’s bracket will be populated with cartoonists. Of course, receiving automatic bids will be the winners of each conference. Those include Genre (i.e. strip; one-panel gag;… Read more »
‘Rip it up and start again’: Tanino Liberatore on his illustrious career
Tatnino Liberatore interviewed by Valerio Stivé.
Excerpt: Seattle Samurai: A Cartoonist’s Perspective of the Japanese-American Experience
The book was released in hardcover last year, and won a Pacific Northwest Book Award. The paperback version will be released on March 25.
In The Outlet By The Light Switch – This Week’s Links
Aww yiss, it is false spring time, my dudes.
Tatjana Wood, March 2, 1926-Feb. 27, 2026
Andrew Farago pays homage to the late colorist, who died last month at the age of 99.
A look at the Forever, City Hunter! exhibition: Enough art to sate the hungriest Hojo fan
Forever, City Hunter!, an exhibition celebrating the influential manga City Hunter’s 40th anniversary, took place at the Ueno Royal Museum in Tokyo from Nov. 22 to Dec. 28.
Clément Oubrerie, 1966-2026
Cynthia Rose remembers the Aya artist, who died earlier this month of ALS.
An Interview with Linnea Sterte: ‘Small moments are probably the easiest thing for me’
Gina Gagliano talks to the author of A Garden of Spheres and Stages of Rot about fantasy, dragons and why frogs are so fascinating.
Part VII: The New Blood — This Week’s Links
A linkblogger more susceptible to signs and portents than I would balk at the falling of this week’s links.
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
Half the Battle
Tegan O’Neil has been reading G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero THIS ENTIRE TIME.
Bill Griffith Returns to the Drawing Table to Put More Feeling Into It
Bill Griffith interviewed by Sally Madden.
Ants Marching – This Week’s Links
The news, well, it just absolutely will not stop, spewing forth from the pipes of the internet like so much sewage water.
The Diamond death throes continue, but comics surge ahead
The Diamond bankruptcy case has moved to Chapter 7, full liquidation, but that doesn’t seem to be simplifying things much.
Lucca Comics and Games 2025: A merry, light-hearted show, but not devoid of complainers
No sore-loser report this year.
From WildStorm to Act 4: An interview with ‘Artist Edition’ mastermind Scott Dunbier
Zach Rabiroff talks with the former IDW editor about his new publishing venture and exactly what it takes to put together one of those massive Artist’s Editions.
Spring Will Be A Harvest Time — This Week’s Links
A quiet end to February, as the spring and summer convention seasons wait in the wings for the annual deluge of publication announcements and associated folderol.
The Empty Table Revolution: How Angoulême’s Cancellation Proved the Girlcott’s Power
Passion doesn’t pay rent, cultural work deserves economic dignity: Ilan Manouch on the cancellation of the 2026 Angoulême Festival.
Traced identities: Hisashi Eguchi and the crisis of the Tokyo Pop image
In the autumn of 2025, Japanese illustrator and manga artist Hisashi Eguchi was accused of tracing a photograph of a woman without her consent for a public promotional image.
Diane DiMassa: Still Homicidal After All These Years
Diane DiMassa interviewed by Ana Woulfe for the Philly Comix Expo 2025.
We’re Eating Ice Cream — This Week’s Links
Fully stumbling into true Bleak Midwinter behavior, as idle/clicker games have insidiously made a troubling return to daily life, inbetwixt compiling this week’s links.
Conventions, signings and exhibitions: A (west coast) 2025 photo yearbook
2025 was a challenging year for many, including myself. But comics kept us together when anxiety in the world is at an all-time high. From the end of April to a few days before Christmas, these 24 Bay Area comics events got me through 2025 with hope intact of the world after I saw what… Read more »
An interview with the late Canadian underground cartoonist Leo Burdak, creator of Gearfoot Wrecks
Pulled from Robin McConnell’s archives is an interview he and Colin Upton did with the obscure cartoonist Leo Burdak, best known for Gearfoot Wrecks.
Arrivals and Departures — February 2026
Enjoy what’s left of soup season with this collection of reviews from RJ.
Lost Marvels Volume 3: Savage Tales: Old-fashioned machismo in the EC tradition
Remember Marvel’s Savage Tales? No, the other Savage Tales. The one edited by Larry Hama. Tom Shapira takes a look at a new collection of the series published by Fantagraphics.
