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Violence Dimension — This Week’s Links
Anything happen on the comics side of the Internet this week?
Maria Bamford and Scott Marvel Cassidy
Maria Bamford and Scott Marvel Cassidy on 5 senior dogs in heaven, 6 gallons of ice cream in the trash, and Hogbook and Lazer Eyes
‘There was vomit, there was poop, there was pee, there was animals drinking out of the toilet: It was the best party we ever had.’ Maria Bamford and Scott Marvel Cassidy on their comic book memoir Hogbook and Laser Eyes, interviewed by Nicole Georges.
Arrivals and Departures – May 2025
The next time YOU think you can turn in a finished draft of an article, including all necessary images and hyperlinks while caring for two sick kids, let me know. Otherwise, please enjoy May’s Arrivals and Departures from RJ Casey.
Shōnen Manga for a Shōnen Mangaka: Yoshihiro Togashi’s Hunter × Hunter: The Comics Journal #311 Preview
Excerpted from TCJ #311: Helen Chazan’s new column links classic and contemporary manga. Here, she examines Yoshihiro Togashi’s Hunter × Hunter.
RIP Jackson ‘Butch’ Guice, June 27, 1961-May 1, 2025
Andrew Farago remembers the late comic book artist, who died on May 1.
At Least, Be Human – This Week’s Links
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night nor website domains expiring nor a killer bout of insomnia can keep comics articles from issuing forth onto the internet.
The manga of Zajirogh: Where do we go?
Jacob Ahana-Laba looks at the work of the little-known (in the U.S. at any rate) mangaka Zajirogh and his breakthrough manga, Rapid Commuter Underground.
Emerald City Comic Con, Noah Van Sciver reading and Fantagraphics Office Field Trip
Chris Anthony Diaz goes to Emerald City Comic Con, Ana. visit to the Fantagraphics offices and bookstore for a Noah Van Sciver signing.
Tout est tranquille – This Week’s Links
Enjoy this week’s links, below, as we head into the calm before the storm of the summer convention and festival season.
Far from easy comfort: An examination of Jordan Crane’s Goes Like This
Hagai Palevsky examines the grim endings and abstracted happiness found in this new collection of Jordan Crane’s work
‘I’m doing the work I need to do to live with myself’: Joe Sacco on democracy, genocide, and drawing the truth
Joe Sacco talks to Zach Rabiroff about stories past and future, as well as the endless misery.
‘Insane, but not impossible’: ALIVE OUTSIDE editors Cullen Beckhorn and Marc Bell discuss their ambitious anthology
Cullen Beckhorn and Marc Bell on their co-edoted anthology, ALIVE OUTSIDE, interviewed by Bill Boichel of the beloved Copacetic Comics.
Unraveling the mystery of the man called Mad Peck, 1942-2025
John Peck, the underground cartoonist, music and comics historian, disc jockey, pack rat, and many other things, better known as the Mad Peck, and sometimes known as Dr. Oldie, died on March 15 in Providence, Rhode Island. He was 82.
The Fate Remains Mysterious: an update on Diamond’s bankruptcy
Part three of Brigid Alverson’s coverage of the Diamond Comics bankruptcy.
Comics and Trump’s tariffs 2.0: ‘They might fuck us up at any moment’
Gina Gagliano follows up in how the comic book publishing industry is being affected by the Trump administration’s reckless tariffs.
The blunt force and furry drama Of Toxic Metal Press
Welcome back to High-Low, a column that originated at TCJ.com in December of 2009. It was originally about mini-comics and small-press comics publishers, but since RJ Casey has the mini-comics part of things covered with his monthly column, I thought I’d focus on the output of specific small presses. When you think of a small-press… Read more »
Jack Katz, 1927-2025
Jack Katz, born Sept. 27, 1927, is best known for his landmark epic The First Kingdom which paved the way for future long-form graphic novels.
Cities in Flight — This Week’s Links
Let’s spend Friday as is traditional, by reading this week’s links.
Kent Worcester: ‘If they need me, they can find me in the twentieth century’
20th Century Man, Kent Worcester, talks the past, the present and The Punisher.
MoCCA 2025: Comic art building connections
MoCCA 2025 attracted over 8,000 attendees and featured more than 400 exhibiting artists, showcasing the diverse and dynamic world of comics and cartooning.
U.K. cartoonist Rebecca Burke on her ICE detainment: ‘No one should be here’
On Feb. 26, 2025, Rebecca Burke became a prisoner of the United States immigration system. Burke, a 28-year-old comic artist from Wales, had come to the U.S. on a tourist visa on Jan. 7, in the waning days of the Biden administration, with a backpacking itinerary that entailed staying with friendly homeowners in exchange for… Read more »
The Egg, A Symbol of Life — This Week’s Links
Let’s skip the preamble and dive straight on down into some of that unceasing news.
