The Comics Journal (est. 1976) is a magazine that covers the comics medium from an arts-first perspective, and one of the nation's most respected single-arts magazines, providing its readers with an eclectic mix of industry news, commentary, professional interviews and reviews of current work on a regular basis.
TCJ.com is the daily online version of the magazine and is edited by Timothy Hodler and Dan Nadel.
All right, let’s take the elephant in the room and fly that fucker around like Dumbo: These are self-published, arty alternative comics written and drawn by an actor whose movies have grossed just shy of five billion dollars worldwide.
Reviewed by Rob Clough Lance Ward describes his autobiographical comics in the subtitle of his book KMart Shoes as “a therapeutic exercise” and “a painful memoir.” It’s the psychological equivalent…
Is That All There Is (Joost Swarte) Fantagraphics $35; 144 pages Reviewed by Matt Seneca The title’s the joke: yes, folks, this rather slim, elegantly designed hardcover contains (nearly) every published…
By Frank Santoro Jesse Moynihan is a force. Storyboard artist, writer, cartoonist, webcartoonist, blogger — he’s everywhere. I’ve enjoyed following his webcomic Forming, and I was thrilled when I saw…
The Eyes of the Cat Alejandro Jodorowsky and Mœbius Humanoids $69.95, 56 pages Reviewed by Hayley Campbell This entire review is an elaboration on the following disclaimer: I am the…